Jim Crow

What You Can't Win in Court

By Scott Jaschik After you’ve been called racist by some students, can you sue to get your reputation back? The idea of suing students intrigued and worried many observers of the professoriate, and Peltz’s case prompted much...

Obama Election Spurs Race Threats And Violence

From California to Maine, there have been outbreaks of 'hundreds' of incidents revealing stubborn racism in America. From cross burnings to school children chanting "assassinate Obama"!Submitted by Robert Marsh II to US...

Why the Skeletons Won’t Go Quietly Back into Karl’s Closet

Karl Rove & His Skeletons Maybe you’ve read about the pissy interview in the New York Times with Karl Rove. Rove revealed he had already officially sucked up to President-Elect Barack Obama by sending him a congratulatory note...

Why Marriage Matters

Only With Legal Equality Will Same-Sex Couples Have Security And Support We bask in the afterglow of an election that was a victory for democracy: This time around, no one disputes that a clear winner emerged. And if Sen....

Moment makes me think of boy named Rhonda

To grow up in the South in the 1950s was to enjoy all the comforts of segregation, at least if you were white. And so I did. In my suburban neighborhood in Houston (West University), mine was an almost idyllic early childhood...

America doesn't need 'rebranding'

By Froma Harrop I'm delighted that Barack Obama has been elected president and that foreigners are delighted, too. There has been much talk of Obama "rebranding" America as a liberal land of race-blind equality. It is...

The Newest GOP Myth: We've Drifted from Our Principles

In the aftermath of a decisive defeat, Republicans and conservatives are nursing their wounds and wondering what went wrong. Many have come up with an easy answer: the GOP has drifted from its core principles; consequently, the...

Trends beyond black vote in play on Prop. 8

Since the election, there's been a tremendous focus on the fact that 70 percent of African Americans voted to ban same-sex marriages in California. The vote coincided with the overwhelming support among African Americans for a...

Aunt CeCi's vote goes down in history

On the epoch-shaking evening of November 4, we as a nation gathered in rapt attention around televisions, computer screens, and radios. We gathered with friends at poll-watching parties in our homes and at campaign volunteer...

Guest column: New agenda for black America?

JONATHAN NARCISSE, author of the 2001 State of Black Iowa Report, is a member of the Des Moines School Board. Black America cannot have the leading actor in Hollywood, Will Smith; the most powerful television personality in...

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