...Bill Berkeley B ill Berkeley writes editorials fo r the N ew Y ork Tim es. Race, Tribe, and Power in the Heart of Africa B ill Berkeley This is an essay about evil. Its setting is Af­ for a time, and so I wound up taking the rica. The characters are mostly African...

... some startling racial inequalities. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 Race incarceration prison ANATOMY RACE AND INCARCERATION In countries around the world, minorities are disproportionately represented in incarcerated populations. GENERAL POPULATION...

..., Afrocubanas especially, are still fighting anti-black discrimination and working to create “a revolution inside a revolution.” Copyright © 2016 University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission 2016 Cuba racism revolution race “Against racial discrimination / social justice for all...

...Robbie Corey-Boulet After a backlash against gay rights in 2012, LGBT Liberians have begun to organize and be more public in their demands for equality. But two presidential races—last November’s election of Donald Trump and the selection of a successor to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

.... for inspiration as they found their own race-conscious political organizations. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 France Black Power Islamophobia Angela Davis les Indigènes de la République “The Healers: Frantz Fanon,” painting by Rudy Shepherd START GALLERY “The Healers: Frantz...

...Kehinde Andrews Racism transcends borders and so too must the fight against it, argues Kehinde Andrews . Too often, analyses of race are hemmed in by “methodological nationalism,” or the tendency to frame our thinking around the nation-state. Instead, Andrews says, the African diaspora should unite...

.... But in their conversation with each other, it become sclear that they face many of the same challenges in overcoming their countries’ naïvenarratives on race. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 black lives matter racism Brazil Canada organizing RICHARD HAHN RICHARD HAHN Janaya Khan...

... found in having greater understanding of how their loved ones died. Generally speaking, race is not an easy topic of conversation in Germany, because for many the German term for race, Rasse , harkens back to the biological race thinking of the Third Reich. This trepidation stifles discussion...

... by ethnicity. However, a World Policy Journal examination of data from London’s 32 boroughs shows that nonwhites still suffer from differential treatment. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 London crime stop and search race MAP ROOM MIND THE GAP: ETHNIC DIVISIONS OF LONDON In 2012...

... Africa put a wave of positive discrimination measures in place to support the country in its transition to democracy. These included race-based quotas for positions in state services, scholarships for learners in underrepresented fields, tough anti-discrimination legislation, and an enormous economic...

... clings to this fantasy of colorblindness quite like France. With its secular, republican spirit of egalité , the French government refuses to count race, religion, or ethnicity in its censuses. In a country where much of the minority population lives impoverished in exurban banlieues, there’s no way...

... Mexico’s polit­ and longer life expectancy have changed its ical stirrings, is likely to watch the race demographic profile, but Mexico may never with morbid fascination. In congressional grow wealthy enough to pay for its citizens testimony last year, CIA chief Porter Goss in­ who reach old age...

.... Remembering Ralph Bunche Lawrence S. Finkelstein If you want to get an idea across, wrap anyone else. This seemingly inherent in­ it up in a person. stinct was reinforced by the conviction that — Ralph Bunche he could help his race...

... of completing national consoli­ nations— the United States and Russia— dation, as in Italy’s North African colonial would confer a worrisome advantage on efforts or in the United States after the Civil them in international competition. And War. The United States entered the race for they feared...

... argument for the thrilling and beautiful spectacle sport can offer. It is an elemental test. Every child has raced against his peers to see who is fastest. It is also easy to understand. It can be followed without any grasp of arcane rules or tricky technique. The race may be the briefest event...

... surround this year’s presiden­ minds of voters. During this spring’s pri­ tial race. The first one is that foreign policy maries, no issue, from the proposed “star is largely irrelevant. The second is that even wars” U.S. missile defense system to U.S. when they do address foreign affairs, Re­...

... to establishing race reporters, or race beats, do you ever wonder if it’s too little, too late? I ask because everyone’s freaked out about trust in media being at an all-time low, but it often feels like what they’re really talking about is it being at an all-time low with white people. It’s not like a lot...

... is key to dismantling the false logic of race. This is why it remains incumbent on Europe watchers to absorb these seemingly disparate conversations (racism against Poles in Britain and racist violence against non-Poles in Poland) as part of a single story about Eastern Europe trying to defend its...

... in solidarity with each other. Latin America is perhaps the last place one expects racialized state violence to take place. While it is a region with deep histories of authoritarianism, abuses were generalized, never specifically about race. Latin America was seen a place of racial transcendence, evident...

... by artificial intelligence. Technology companies, banks, universities, or anywhere else dependent on algorithms need to form diverse teams to better anticipate problems. Earlier this year, members of the Rainbow Laboratory at Drexel University wrote a white paper entitled, “Does Technology Have Race...