Nobody really gets scolded for being a sellout anymore. In the three decades since its heyday, in the late eighties and early nineties, the term has grown to seem a bit old-fashioned. The people who ...

Ibram X. Kendi's key idea was that institutions must practice "antiracist discrimination" in favor of blacks and other minorities to make up for past "racist discrimination," writes columnist ...

Historian and bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi is bringing his latest book tour to Charlotte this week. In "Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age," Kendi traces the history of what’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere.

Every era has its grifters, gurus, quacks, and frauds. This is an American tradition, from the snake oil salesmen to the pyramid-schemers to the New Age prophets of the 20th Century. One might be ...

A woman on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington holds a billowing "Black Lives Matter" flag. Credit: Alex Brandon/AP Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be ...