A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America’s great promise of equality has always rung…

“Blackness in the white imagination has nothing to do with black people.” A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine’s long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking…

A speech delivered on January 26, 2016 at the annual meeting of the Stellenbosch University Convocation, a statutory body comprised of alumni and fulltime academic staff…

The Testament Project is an exploration and a re-conception of contemporary black American masculinity. Black men in America are portrayed in the extreme – either…

Separated by decades, Eldridge Cleaver’s, ‘Soul on Ice,’ and Kendrick lamar’s performance at the 2016 Gammy Awards share much in common. Watch the performance here, also see “Deconstructing…

Dear Friends of Race Inquiry: Do not miss this important movie.  Ronald John Sheehy “Anyone who travels abroad a lot inevitably reflects that, due to…

The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. By turns shocking…

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one…

On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is…

The sports legend sits down with the Nation’s Dave Zirin. Watch the video, and listen to the conversation.

“An extraordinary history…Deeply researched, elegantly written…a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.” —Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review Giving voice to the…

Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum…

In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and…

There are more deaths from guns in the U.S. than deaths from all U.S. wars. Watch the video here

A global problem for people of color! Studio 11 Films, Divine Entertainment International and LOT 10 Productions presents the feature film “Skinned” Directed by Lisaraye…

This is a must read for all who care that ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Ronald John Sheehy, Editor Read here !

The crisis of leadership in the white community is remarkable – and terrifying – because there is, in fact, no white community. This may seem…

Race Inquiry (RI) was launched in 2015 to distribute high quality articles on the subject of race. This past year, we have met that challenge. Our goal is to continue…

I hear more parents telling me they won’t let their kids play until high school,” said Dustin Fink, an Illinois athletic trainer who blogs about…