How the news makes us think we need more cops
As President Trump flirts with invoking the Insurrection Act on anti-ICE demonstrators in LA, we...
What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about the U.S.
How the false notion of "white genocide" traveled from the political fringes to the...
Why tacos are as 'American' as apple pie
The hunger for Mexican food in the U.S. is longstanding — from the conquistadors' love affair...
How race science shows up at the doctor's office
We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So...
Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump's election
Trump's win exposed political tensions between Arab-American voters — who were critical of...
40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV
We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a...
In the face of trans erasure, what can we learn from Marsha P. Johnson?
Marsha P. Johnson was a trailblazer in the fight for gay rights. But Johnson's legacy extends...
Why now is the time to find power in "otherness"
Viet Thanh Nguyen came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when he was four years old. Growing...
Revisiting the fight over the Lakota language as Trump targets "divisive narratives"
As the Trump istration targets the Smithsonian Institute for "divisive narratives"...
Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador
One of President Trump's main campaign promises was carrying out mass deportations. We look at...
What's lost in Trump's DEI ban?
President Trump has put diversity, equity, and inclusion in his crosshairs — but there's no...
With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics
As the U.S. health system grapples with new outbreaks and the risk of old diseases making a...
What mahmoud khalil's arrest means for ... everyone
Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident and Columbia alum, was detained by ICE for his role in...
The Palestinian-American 'Sex and the City'
To be a Palestinian-American writer right now can lead to a lot of expectation to focus on...
A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal's impact on the geopolitical stage far outreaches its roughly 51-mile stretch of...
Black audiences see themselves centered in a brand new soap opera
B.A. Parker digs into the historical connection between Black Americans and soap operas with the...
The NFL's concussion problem beyond CTE
In 2015, the NFL agreed to an uncapped settlement to pay former players diagnosed with brain...
What a Black enclave lost in the Los Angeles wildfires
Altadena was the site of the Eaton fire, one of two major wildfires in Los Angeles County in...
An NFL star on what the game costs those who play it
Dominique Foxworth played in the NFL from 2005 to 2011. After he retired, he went on to become...
Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the...
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