In its first issue since 50 plus staffers resigned in protest in December, The New Republic takes on itself and a “perceived legacy of racism” at the magazine.
In a 4,000 word cover story written by Canadian journalist Jeet Heer, the magazine addresses years of criticism of its stance on race.
In the piece, obtained by Politico, Heer notes the gap between TNR’s liberalism and hostility African American readers feel.
“How do we reconcile the magazine’s liberalism, the ideology that animated the Civil Rights revolution, with the fact that many black readers have long seen—and still see—the magazine as inimical and at times outright hostile to their concerns?” he writes in his piece.