The Year in Race, Identity, and Criminal Justice
Selections from <em>The Atlantic’s </em>coverage of 2016, when longstanding tensions over race and identity erupted into conflict.
Every December, The Atlantic looks back on the previous year—to highlight not just the “big moments” but also the progression of “big ideas.” Below, the second of three installments looks at the year in race, identity, and criminal-justice coverage.
In 2016, long simmering tensions over race and identity in America boiled over. Years of conflict between , abortion and gender identity, and of immigrants and Muslims in a diversifying country all played prominent roles in a contentious presidential election. More. The United States has a long road ahead to address these issues, but coverage from the past year offers some clues about what may lie ahead.
