Racial Anxiety Can Perpetuate Racial Inequalities

Meaningful contact between groups can reduce racial anxiety and bias By Linda R. Tropp, PhD (University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Rachel D. Godsil (Seton Hall University School of Law) Most…

Football really is America’s religion

That’s what made the NFL protests so powerful. The macho Christianity behind American sports culture, explained. Updated by Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIB tara.burton@vox.com This weekend, the football arena became a political…

From Louis Armstrong to the N.F.L.: Ungrateful as the New Uppity

By Jelani Cobb Trump’s invective toward N.F.L. players who kneel during the national anthem (such as members of the Jacksonville Jaguars, above) highlights the racially charged demands facing black entertainers.…