Racism

A soldier stands guard Friday Nov. 9, 2012, near the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing was held for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

National Security

Drinking, racial slurs at base where U.S. soldier killed 16 Afghans

Jacqueline Klimas · August 18, 2015 6:23 pm

President Obama will sign an imperfect bill funding the government in order to avoid shutting down the federal government. (AP Photo)

Obama: Task force will improve policing with ‘communities of color’

Barbara Boland · August 15, 2015 3:35 pm

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, left, leads Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis into a classroom to meet with students participating in a junior state's attorney program, Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Former prosecutor: Mosby has role in Baltimore’s ballooning murder rate

Barbara Boland · August 14, 2015 2:33 pm

Michael Brown Sr., the father of Michael Brown, listens during a news conference Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Michael Brown’s family mourns anniversary of son’s death: ‘I still think of him every’ day

Barbara Boland · August 8, 2015 4:32 pm

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks during a news conference onÂ July 30, 2015,Â to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Let’s celebrate the progress on voting rights

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

Protesters march on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Phoenix during a May Day rally to show support for national immigration reform. (AP Photo/Matt York)

New Yorker’s Toobin abandons ‘illegal,’ compares it to ‘negro’

Paul Bedard · August 5, 2015 9:06 pm

Hillary slams Bush on ‘Black Lives Matter’

Hillary slams Bush on ‘Black Lives Matter’

Ariel Cohen · July 31, 2015 8:14 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Celebrate Milton Friedman’s birthday: Watch him describe how school choice helps minorities

Jason Russell · July 31, 2015 3:31 pm

Washington Secrets

All talk: Fewer black reporters now than in 1968 — 4.78%

Paul Bedard · July 27, 2015 5:40 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters after speaking to federal contract workers at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, to push for a raise to the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bernie Sanders blasts ‘institutional racism’

Sarah Bedford · July 26, 2015 6:34 pm

Pro-choice supporters and members of Planned Parenthood rally to mark the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, outside the Federal Building January 22, 2008 in the Los Angeles area community of Westwood, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

With its Planned Parenthood editorial, the New York Times repeats a shameful history

joshua-rogers · July 26, 2015 4:01 am

Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the Greek parliament in support of the new government's tough stance with the EU, on February 5, 2015 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

Don’t blame the Germans — blame the euro

Dan Hannan · July 20, 2015 4:01 am