Race/Related

The streaming service highlights some of the finest movies starring, and often directed by, Black artists.

By Jason Bailey

Try this short quiz about the vibrant cultural movement that came together a century ago — and continues to be influential.

By J. D. Biersdorfer

The retreat by the police coincided with a surge in reckless driving and a rise in road fatalities.

By Emily Badger and Ben Blatt

Native American tribes say the casinos are part of their right to self-determination. But state officials fear they could siphon revenues from the Oregon Lottery.

By David W. Chen and Jordan Gale

A man fled the country to escape political violence and seek asylum in the United States. He has made some inroads in New York financially, but he misses the family he left behind.

By Danielle McLean

Two of the men met through a neo-Nazi online forum and recruited other people to join their scheme, which was rooted in white supremacist ideology, prosecutors said.

By Sara Ruberg

Some Asian American leaders are rooting for Kamala Harris to become the first Asian American president. But she is not widely known as Asian American, reflecting the complexity of the identity.

By Amy Qin

Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups are backing the vice president, despite their clashes with the Biden administration on border policy.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Michael February, a boundary-breaking surfer and the first Black South African on the World Surf League Championship Tour, embarks on a transformative journey.

By Sandra Winther and Michael February

Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.

By Emily Bazelon

She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

By Richard Sandomir

The museum reports having hundreds of consultations with Native American groups and says it is also returning 90 objects.

By Zachary Small

When it comes to people of mixed racial origin, our assumptions are sometimes strangely at odds with our ideals.

By John McWhorter

New research shows that the Black-white opportunity gap closed by about 30 percent for people born poor. It's also harder for poor white people to climb into the middle class.

By German Lopez and Ashley Wu

Nearly lost, Mary Sully’s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. Our critic calls it “symphonically bicultural.”

By Holland Cotter

MAGA won’t be content to beat the vice president. It’ll try to destroy her.

By Charles M. Blow

He was a threat as a halfback, receiver and returner for the Dallas Texans, the team that became the Kansas City Chiefs. But he still had to deal with racism.

By Richard Sandomir

Her speech was a clear effort to make the election a referendum on the former president.

By Nicholas Nehamas and Simon J. Levien

The mayor of Nashville, Freddie O’Connell, asked the police to investigate three bombings after a book said that the attacks were tied to racist terrorism.

By Amanda Holpuch

In a new memoir, Fred C. Trump III claims his uncle, Donald J. Trump, made cruel and racist comments.

By Shawn McCreesh

She was, she said, unable to cook a basic meal into her mid-20s. But she went on to a successful career as a restaurateur and an authority on Asian cuisine.

By Alex Williams

A united “Divine Nine” could be a formidable political advantage as the vice president, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, looks to shore up the Democratic base.

By Maya King

In interviews around the country, Black voters voiced enthusiasm for the reshaped campaign. They also worried about how a polarized country would see it.

By Jeremy W. Peters, Audra D. S. Burch and Clyde McGrady

Ahogado por la visibilidad de su nueva contendiente, Donald Trump podría atacar a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris con la retórica brutal y personal que ha usado antes contra rivales y críticas mujeres.

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

After years planning to face President Biden, Donald J. Trump and his team will be campaigning against Kamala Harris. He has attacked female rivals and critics in brutal and personal terms.

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

The tension from tight box braids, ponytails and buns can cause pain and lead to hair loss, experts said.

By Katie Mogg

El expresidente encabeza una campaña agresiva —y algunos sostienen que ofensiva— con estética hip-hop y rap para llegar a los jóvenes votantes negros y latinos.

By Jennifer Medina

Justice Erin P. Gall of upstate New York engaged in a “racially offensive, profane” diatribe after people crashed a large party she was attending, a disciplinary body found.

By Ed Shanahan

No, Black workers aren’t being “decimated” by new immigrants.

By Paul Krugman

The woman, Sonya Massey, 36, called 911 on July 6 because she believed there was an intruder in her home. She was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy who has been fired and is charged with murder.

By Jesus Jiménez

He wrote of how 50 Black sailors were court-martialed for refusing to keep loading munitions onto cargo ships in 1944 after explosions had killed hundreds. They were exonerated this month.

By Richard Sandomir

Residentes latinos en la capital del estado dicen que llevaban meses alertando de la situación incluso antes de unos asesinatos en una tienda guatemalteca.

By Christina Morales

Mr. Walker, who oversaw $7 billion in grants, plans to leave at the end of 2025 after what will have been 12 years.

By Robin Pogrebin

History will remember what this former lion of the Senate accomplished from the West Wing to improve Black communities across the nation.

By Al Sharpton

The shameless presence of white supremacists here tells us something about the similarity between the politics of the past and our political moment.

By Margaret Renkl

Latinos in Montgomery, Ala., said they had been sounding the alarm for months, describing the killings at a grocery store as the culmination of unchecked violence.

By Christina Morales

In interviews, some Black voters expressed concern about whether Americans were ready to elect Kamala Harris, who has the backing of President Biden.

By Jeremy W. Peters and Clyde McGrady

Former President Donald J. Trump has an aggressive — and some argue offensive — campaign using hip-hop and rap to reach young Black and Latino voters.

By Jennifer Medina

Carlos Espina forma parte de un nuevo tipo de personalidades de las redes sociales a quienes los políticos, especialmente los de la Casa Blanca de Biden, ven como locutores de la era moderna.

By Sapna Maheshwari and Ken Bensinger

If a lunch with your boss makes you feel uncomfortable, you don’t have to go. Suggest an alternative.

By Anna Holmes

Indian Americans are now the largest and most politically active group among Asian Americans. Among their recent milestones: Vice President Kamala Harris, two G.O.P. presidential candidates — and a possible second lady.

By Amy Qin and Jonathan Wolfe

A singer, composer, curator and founder of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she provided a gospel soundtrack for the civil rights movement.

By Trip Gabriel

The lawmakers and donors who have been the most outspoken about keeping President Biden in the race are driven by a concern that ditching him could also mean bypassing his vice president.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Robert Jimison, Erica L. Green and Erin Schaff

Early in the civil rights movement, a Georgia governor tried to ban Black players from the game, but after a protest by Georgia Tech students, Grier was allowed to play.

By Richard Sandomir

Some Black Democrats are speaking out against what they see as a disregard for their voice as the party frets over Mr. Biden’s candidacy.

By Robert Jimison

Critics slammed the idea of “restricting audiences on the basis of race,” but at a recent performance, Black spectators praised producers for creating a safe space.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

In a new memoir, the marine biologist Jasmin Graham reflects on her passion for studying sharks and the barriers she refused to let stop her.

By Katrina Miller

She starred in kung fu movies from the modern origins of the form in midcentury Hong Kong to the worldwide breakout “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

By Alex Traub

We won’t preserve American democracy through silence and timidity.

By David French

Mr. Biden appeared to forget the name of his Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and instead refers to him as the “Black man” in an interview with BET.

By Eric Schmitt

A Public Health Service employee, he turned whistle-blower after learning of decades-long research involving hundreds of poor, infected Black men who were left untreated.

By Trip Gabriel

Carlos Espina is among a new kind of social media personalities whom politicians, especially those in the Biden White House, view as modern-day broadcasters.

By Sapna Maheshwari and Ken Bensinger

Charleston’s International African American Museum helps visitors fill in the blanks of their family’s pasts.

By Jonathan Abrams

Encuestas y grupos de sondeo muestran que más latinos afirman que confían en Trump y los republicanos por encima del presidente Joe Biden y los demócratas para gestionar mejor la migración en la frontera sur.

By Jazmine Ulloa

The men had objected to working until safety concerns were addressed following an explosion at a port near San Francisco that claimed hundreds of lives.

By John Ismay

Many Hispanic Republicans watched with pride as the Florida senator spoke, but some expressed disappointment over his defense of Trump.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Annie Karni

The first Black American model to appear on the cover of GQ magazine, he was an avatar of male beauty for nearly half a century.

By Penelope Green

The president plans to promote his economic and immigration policies as he tries to re-energize his campaign in the battleground state.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Hispanic voters disillusioned with Democrats want tougher immigration enforcement, but dozens of interviews showed many unfamiliar with details of Trump’s proposal.

By Jazmine Ulloa

“The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist,” part of Lincoln Center’s summer festival, aims to shine light on police violence in the United States.

By Javier C. Hernández

The president courted Black voters in Nevada by focusing on an economic message. But the tumult of recent weeks still penetrated his remarks.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Robert Jimison

Its easier to kick off a conversation when you’re sporting some fine footwear.

By Brent Holmes

Jesse Katz’s true-crime narrative, “The Rent Collectors,” delivers a nuanced portrait of a community racked by poverty and violence and deprived of opportunities to get ahead.

By Ben Ehrenreich

Los candidatos demócratas consideran que el derecho al aborto podría resonar tanto entre los hombres latinos como entre las mujeres, porque en esencia tiene que ver con las libertades del individuo.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Glyphs and pictographs at a site in Texas represent generations of settlement by Indigenous peoples.

By Dimitri Staszewski and Franz Lidz

La idea de que tú también puedes ascender del barrio a Hollywood a base de esfuerzo no encaja con una generación desilusionada con el mito de la meritocracia.

By Yarimar Bonilla

We spoke to them about why they feel like their votes, while important, don’t seem to translate into the type of change they want to see in their daily lives.

By Julie Bosman, Noah Throop, Kassie Bracken and Mark Boyer

The group discusses the former president, the 2024 election, race and more.

By Patrick Healy, Adrian J. Rivera and Kristen Soltis Anderson

El torneo, que comenzó el 20 de junio, ha perdido parte de la emoción sudamericana que lo caracteriza al jugarse completamente en EE. UU. El escenario de la final podría devolverle su típica energía festiva.

By Patricia Mazzei

Few would argue there could be a more perfect setting for the final game of the Copa América soccer tournament on Sunday night.

By Patricia Mazzei

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment.

By Roni Caryn Rabin

The pieces that the Indigenous model and activist wears are symbols that reclaim sacred traditions and practices from her communities.

By Amelia Diamond

These candidates say the issue cannot be avoided in 2024, and dismiss the notion that focusing on men, who typically prioritize the economy, is a risk.

By Jazmine Ulloa

In 1975, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ordered every town in the state to make way for multifamily housing. It’s been a long journey.

By Roshan Abraham

A Utica, N.Y., officer’s fatal shooting of a 13-year-old provokes anger among the city’s Karen residents, members of an ethnic group from Myanmar.

By Hurubie Meko

In 1921, an Army veteran who was traveling home stopped in Tulsa, Okla., only to be caught in one of the worst racial attacks in American history.

By Audra D. S. Burch

Readers offer varying assessments and call on Donald Trump to hold one as well. Also: Steve Bannon’s chilling answer about U.S. Jews; Gettysburg’s meaning.

The notion that you, too, can rise from the Barrio to Hollywood through sheer grit doesn’t speak to a generation disillusioned with the myth of meritocracy.

By Yarimar Bonilla

By striving for authenticity, brands like Ebbets Field Flannels have created jerseys, hats and shirts that are equal parts fashion statement and history lesson.

By Alexander Nazaryan

An exhibition in Atlanta aims to capture the complexities of the sprawling Southern saga and its legacy in the space where it was written.

By Rick Rojas

For many Black women, summertime calls for braids. Pricing for knotless braids, which are faster to braid, feel lighter and have gotten more popular, depends on the length and size of each braid and color blend, and whether hair used in the boho style is human or synthetic.

By Lola Fadulu and Naima Green

This documentary follows a renowned Inuit activist over seven years, making sense of the ways in which racism and impoverishment can abrade one���s sense of self.

By Devika Girish

Leaders of the Democratic Party’s most loyal voting bloc have expressed frustration with the calls for President Biden to step aside, mindful of undermining Vice President Kamala Harris.

By Maya King and Jazmine Ulloa

A former employee sued the nonprofit, accusing it of denying professional opportunities because of her race and gender.

By Michael J. de la Merced

8000 kilómetros, 8 países y una familia en su camino a Estados Unidos.

By Shauntel Lowe

A reporter and a visual journalist followed the Aguilar Ortega family during a dangerous journey to the United States.

By Shauntel Lowe

After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.

By Jim Robbins and Eros Hoagland

Green energy is caught in red tape.

By Robinson Meyer

Some South Asian women remember being embarrassed of their families’ hair oiling traditions. Now, beauty brands, bloggers and celebrities are embracing them.

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta

Gérald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, said that more than 50 people — including candidates, their substitutes or supporters — had been “physically assaulted” during the campaign.

By Catherine Porter