Race
Vox's home for coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for racial justice in America.
A conversation with author Nathalie Etoke on Black existentialism and the case for tragic optimism.
Thanks to an opinion by Sam Alito, rigged maps now enjoy the Supreme Court's unambiguous support.
Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana's illegal racial gerrymander.
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
The latest in Race
What the debate over “white rural rage”misses.
Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over.
The film’s Japan premiere renews critiques about what the movie omitted.
Jenn Tran, a physician assistant student from Miami, has been named the new Bachelorette.
Six former police officers tortured two Black men. They’re getting sentenced this week.
In a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program.
They’re emblematic of how the awards have failed Black artists.
The guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies.
The Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change.
The justices may have stepped away from their unrelenting hostility toward voting rights plaintiffs.
A SCOTUS case about disabled travelers is likely to end in a whimper. That’s probably the best possible outcome.
Michael Oher says the story of his adoption by a white family was never true and that they exploited him.
The new show’s hair and wardrobe team explain the significance of these seemingly small choices.
Ta’Kiya Young’s fatal shooting — and bodycam footage — renews scrutiny of police violence.
The Asian American candidate is peddling a dangerous message.
The shooting adds to a litany of anti-Black attacks in recent years.
The outcome of the Tory Lanez shooting trial won’t erase Megan Thee Stallion’s pain.
The Court ordered Alabama to draw a second congressional district where Black voters can elect their chosen candidate.
Legacy admits, athletic recruits, and the children of donors, faculty members, and VIPs still have a leg up under the Supreme Court’s new ruling.
The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.
France finds itself at the center of the global reckoning over police violence.
Everything you need to know about the two cases that will likely have sweeping implications for race-conscious admissions at US colleges and beyond.
The debate has long tapped into American resentments and anxieties. The Supreme Court’s decision may quiet one controversy, but new battles rage.
What America will lose, now that affirmative action is effectively gone.
A rogue federal court has spent years harassing a prominent civil rights advocate.
The uprisings sparked a national conversation about race and policing in America.
There’s no cure for the effects of pervasive discrimination, but there are steps you can take to help heal.
The holiday’s 159-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today.
Daniel Penny has now been indicted in connection with the tragic killing, which came in a climate of fearmongering and New York City’s long failure to support people experiencing homelessness.
Is it chemicals? Diet? Stress?
How school reinforces inequalities between Black children and their peers.
Cars can be a source of freedom. They also drive discrimination.
Vox analyzed dozens of studies and found that racism adds up in insidious ways.
From chronic stress to cancer, racial discrimination weathers Black Americans’ lives over time.
The Republican presidential candidate is betting that a hopeful message will break through in 2024.
The NAACP is the latest to issue a travel advisory for Florida because of Ron DeSantis’s policies.
DeSantis wants to beef up his “tough on China” cred. The result is a racist law.
South Carolina’s lawyers propose a rule that could make it virtually impossible to challenge racial gerrymanders.
What we know about the shooting of a Black Kansas City teen — and the charges the shooter faces.