Gillian B. White

The third chapter of “Inheritance” is a recognition, a celebration, and a reclamation of the Black body.

163 years of The Atlantic’s writing on race and racism in America

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Will the rest of America learn to love it too?

What happened to the superstar was shocking. It was not surprising.

In California’s poorest major city, policy, poverty, and a legacy of discrimination and segregation haunt the most vulnerable residents.

Probably the same way it began.

By suddenly ousting a board of advisers, the head of the CFPB is continuing to shape the bureau in Trump's image.

The Dow's recent antics are an extreme resumption of one of markets’ typical features.

Friday’s drop likely doesn’t spell trouble for the economy, but it was still an abrupt interruption to a remarkably steady growth streak.

The first jobs report of the year beat economists’ expectations, and provided the biggest boost in earnings since 2009.

Hollywood was one thing. But inoffensive, taxpayer-funded media?

The president’s tweet directed at the rapper shows that he still doesn’t grasp the actual issues black Americans are struggling with.

In a memo, the agency's director outlines his vision for a regulator that's kinder and gentler to the financial industry.

Big banks once offered some basic services without fees. But that's become rarer and rarer.

The Senate quickly confirmed the president's pick for the next leader of the Federal Reserve.

President Trump lauded them and then claimed credit for their positive developments in the past year. He was doubly mistaken.

But job growth in 2018 likely won't be as robust.

The interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking a more laissez-faire approach to policing the financial sector.

The number of Americans dying at work due to overdoses is increasing at a rapid clip.

“I don't know that many people ever believed that someone other than a white male should be a Fed chair.”

The most common forms of discrimination that women face are getting paid too little and constantly having their competence doubted.

The addition of 228,000 jobs could provide the Fed with a reason to raise interest rates before the end of the year.

Four Atlantic writers discuss the Netflix adaptation of Spike Lee’s 1986 film, and the ways the series exceeds and falls short of its potential.

“There come times when even the most savvy or knowledgeable consumer is still going to get burned.”

The legal battle for control of the CFPB isn’t stopping Trump’s pick from assuming the role of interim director.

The workweek got off to a weird start when two people showed up expecting to fill the role of acting director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

By appointing a new deputy director before resigning, Richard Cordray is signaling that the Bureau has no intention of letting the president name his own acting director.

Sarah Adler-Milstein, a labor advocate, argues “there’s absolutely no reason” the world’s biggest clothing brands couldn’t follow the example of Santo Domingo’s Alta Gracia.

Lena Dunham’s defense of a Girls writer accused of sexual assault highlights how frequently allegations from women of color are dismissed.

Mick Mulvaney, the controversial head of the OMB, might soon direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency he once called “a sick, sad joke.”

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP was reportedly representing The New York Times while simultaneously trying to kill one of the paper’s stories.

In October, the country added 261,000 jobs, picking up after a short slump.

His nomination represents a political compromise, as he's a regulation-cautious Republican who would likely keep up the policies of his Democratic predecessor.

Why, yes, the president of the United States did create an Instagram teaser for his forthcoming central-banking announcement.

Next year, that number is set to drop to three. What happened to progress toward diversifying corporations' highest ranks?

People will now have a much harder time taking financial institutions to court.

The Harvey Weinstein scandal rocking Hollywood has now spread throughout the American business world, with a growing list of firings and suspensions among high-profile men.

The question is whether that something will be just as bad.

The president keeps congratulating himself for a bull market that he didn’t create.