List of Race and Ethnicity articles
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A man walks past a mural depicting Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in Awka, Nigeria, on Feb. 24. What Would It Mean for Nigeria to Elect an Igbo President?
Peter Obi doesn’t want to be defined by his ethnicity. But in a country still haunted by the Biafran War, his election would be a symbolic milestone.
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Italian MP Aboubakar Soumahoro casts his ballot for the new president of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome. Italy’s Only Black MP Is Tangled in In-Laws’ Migrant Exploitation Scandal
Aboubakar Soumahoro’s case has become a flashpoint for the right wing.
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The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks (Simon & Schuster, 416 pp., $27.99, July 2022). No Justice. No Peace.
Post-apartheid South Africa remains steeped in the “rainbow nation” ideals of reconciliation and forgiveness—but it has never truly reckoned with accountability.
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A woman passes a mural supporting the Russian Federation in Mitrovica, Kosovo. In Northern Kosovo, Tensions Threaten to Boil Over
The Kosovo government’s laws on ID cards and license plates have enraged ethnic Serbs and heightened tensions between the young nation’s fractured communities.
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An Israeli man walks past an electoral billboard bearing portraits of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by far-right politicians Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich and Michael Ben Ari, with a caption in Hebrew reading "Kahane Lives" in a reference to a banned ultranationalist party in Jerusalem, on March 29, 2019. What Makes Israel’s Far Right Different
The Religious Zionist Party’s rise isn’t about immigration, crime, or populist economics—it’s driven by Jewish supremacy and anti-Arab racism.
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Far-right members attend the “Unite the Right” rally. How ‘Screw Your Optics’ Became a Far-Right Rallying Cry
White supremacist terrorists have taken a page from the Islamic State’s playbook—discarding concerns about image and embracing shocking displays of public violence.
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A drawing of Gina Abercrombie Winstanley, the State Department's chief diversity officer. The Reformer
From a cork-walled office at the U.S. State Department, diversity chief Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley reveals her plan to vanquish the oldest boys club.
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Mahsa Amini protest in Iran How Iran’s Ethnic Divisions Are Fueling the Revolt
Non-Persian minorities, often overlooked in the West, may hold the key to the uprising’s course.
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People are seen walking on the streets of Sarajevo Meet the Bosnian Youth Trying to Hold Their Country Together
Postwar Bosnia remains deeply divided. These young people are trying to change that.
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Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s junta, attends a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of Martyrs’ Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018. The Built-In Brutality of Myanmar’s Military
Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta’s mindset.
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U.S. State Department State Department to Appoint New Envoy for Global Racial Justice
The appointment comes as the department grapples with correcting its own spotted record on diversity and inclusion.
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Honor guards carry the coffin of Rustam Zarifulin, a Kyrgyz soldier who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, in Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan, on March 27. Restive Caucasus Sees Signs of Discontent with Putin’s War
But with power increasingly centralized in the Kremlin, don’t look for Moscow’s empire to fracture anytime soon.
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A black and white police SUV is parked on a street with the Tops grocery store shown in the background. The Global Roots of the Buffalo Shooting
White supremacists today are engaged in a global discussion, with violence part of the dialogue.
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Cameroonian army soldiers secure the perimeter of a polling station in Lysoka, near Buea, southwestern Cameroon, on October 7, 2018 during presidential elections. Ethnic Clashes in Cameroon Aren’t About Religion
There have long been tensions between Muslim Mbororo pastoralists and Christian groups, but the war between Anglophone secessionists and the government has enflamed them.
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People protest in Jamaica. Why Do Caribbean Countries Want to Leave the Monarchy Now?
Of the 14 countries beyond the United Kingdom that retain Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, at least six in the Caribbean want out.
