As Barack Obama seals the deal on the Democratic nomination, it seems there’s an uptick in writing about both overt and subtle kinds of racism that infect our language and political psychology. But a…
North Dakota State University is investigating the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club and sorority Alpha Gamma Delta after a racially charged performance at the Mr. NDSU Pageant. The performance…
Expect to see more words from Jeremiah Wright coming to your front pages and TV screens shortly — this time concerning anti-Israeli commentaries re-published by Wright in church newsletters.
The arc of the story as it has moved…
The right-wing cottage industry that makes its living by unearthing “liberal bias” in news media loves to cart out the fact that traditionally there have been more Democrats than Republicans in newsrooms across the land. But the tarring…
Barack Obama has released the text of this morning’s speech on race, and CNN has already posted an article on it.
The headline? Obama: Constitution stained by ‘sin of slavery’.
Was that the biggest point of…
Like any spiritual adviser worth his or her keep, Jeremiah Wright Jr. has led Barack Obama to a place he did not want to go but needed to go. This morning in Philadelphia, Obama is delivering a speech…
City Pages’ new editor Kevin Hoffman ventured into Don “Nappy-Headed Hos” Imus/George “Macaca” Allen territory this week in a news item that squeezed three questionable ethnic stereotypes into a wee 291-word piece entitled, “New Delhi Star Tribune:…
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