Trump has made a "safe space" for bigotry. Opposing him shouldn't cause us to engage in a different brand of belittling.

Let’s acknowledge the self-deception at the heart of our racial theater.

In a two-part conversation, the Princeton professor argues that a “value gap” in America is keeping us from seeing each other as fellow citizens, and it’s stunting our democracy.

The senator spoke at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate last night about what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the inseparable twin of racial injustice" -- economic injustice.

We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding.

In this book excerpt, Ian Haney López explains why -- for conservatives -- alleging that they've been called racist is a good strategy.

Bill continues his conversation with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López about how politicians use strategic racism to win votes.

The GOP's Southern Strategy has yielded some success, but ultimately race is just a single variable.

Author and legal scholar Ian Haney López says Mitt Romney's infamous statement played into existing racial biases and was "the narrative that his audience wants to hear."

A new documentary chronicling the education of two Brooklyn children presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.