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Discrimination

Bright Stars

by Laila Lalami,

The unfulfilled promise of American citizenship

Losing My Religion

by Kevin Baker,

In the Seventies, when I came of age politically, being a lefty was all about believing that “the people” would always save us, if they just knew the truth. We…

Municipal Bonds

From a class-action lawsuit filed in February against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, for excessively fining and imprisoning residents for minor infractions. In March, the Department of Justice concluded that…

Guessworker

Translated by Frauke Levin,

Reconstructing Dixie

by Harper’s Staff,

The rehabilitation of “that woman”

by L. Mandy Stellman,

Lookists look out

by Harper’s Staff,

The rights game

by Walter Goodman,

Courts, quotas, and the corruption of equality

The Negro as first class citizen

by John Fischer,

Some comments and rejoinders

Ten Christmas cards, and that’s all

by John Fischer,

The Alien Myth

by Lucille B. Milner, David K. Dempsey,

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