Bearing the Weight of it All
Benjamin Todd Jealous : Barack Obama
Barack Obama's electoral victory is momentous but ethereal. Progress is eroded when not pushed forward--and there is still much yet to be done.
Race, Ethnicity & Religion
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2008
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Well, There You Go. Imus the Bigot Is Back
Dave Zirin : Sports
Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?
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Where Is the Debate on Race?
Gregory D. Squires : Presidential Election 2008
Race remains a fundamental divide in American society--so why is the issue missing from the presidential campaign?
2007
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White History 101
Gary Younge : African-Americans
Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
2006
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Co-opting Consumers of Color
Makani Themba-Nixon : Corporate Media & Consolidation
Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?
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Emotional Truth
Patricia J. Williams : History
In a DNA-driven search for biological roots, it behooves us to be less romantic about connecting with our ancestors. If we biologize our history, we will be forever less than we could be.
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The Geography of Fear
Thomas J. Sugrue : Urban Issues
Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs.
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What's Race Got to Do With It?
Gary Younge : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.
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Just Us
David Oshinsky : Racism & Discrimination
Three books examine American history through the scope of racism and racial identity.
2004
2001
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Pogroms Return to Russia
On the eve of Vladimir Putin's visit to the US, there is a troubling new phenomenon in the Russian capital: mass skinhead attacks against Muslims.
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Scapegoats
Commentators call for casting an ever wider net to snare terrorists lurking among us, and a hysterical populace turns on people with brown skin as potential suspects.
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Against Rationalization
The bombers of Manhattan represent fascism with an Islamic face.
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Young Activists Unite
Bojana Stoparic : Student Movements
The Youth Summit in Durban, South Africa, gives twentysomething activists their own platform before the start of the UN's racism conference.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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