The New Republic Addresses Its 'Perceived Legacy of Racism'

By: Dylan Byers | Politico

The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December — features a cover story by Canadian journalist Jeet Heer about the magazine's "perceived legacy of racism."

The 4,000-word article, which was obtained by POLITICO last week, comes in the wake of severe criticism about the magazine's history of racism, including an essay by The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates that accused the century-old magazine of ignoring or dismissing blacks.