Rand Paul tries to outrun history at Howard
The Tea Party senator hoped Howard University would forget his comments on the Civil Rights Act
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 5:50 PM UTC 120Politics Rand Paul, African Americans
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Politics Rand Paul, African Americans
Rand Paul to speak at black university
What will the audience at Howard University make of a senator with a controversial record on civil rights?
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 6:06 PM UTC 30Politics Rand Paul
Have Republicans read their new rebranding report?
Hours into its new outreach effort to minorities, the party is already trashing Obama's new Latino labor secretary
Monday, Mar 18, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 29Politics RNC, GOP Civil War, Tom Perez
Is it ever OK for white people to say the N-word?
Comic Lisa Lampanelli is not the first white comic to drop the N-word. But her "context" defense doesn't excuse her
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 4:39 PM UTC 107Entertainment Twitter, n-word, comic, Girls
New data: Whites twice as likely to own guns
A previously unreleased survey shows whites far more likely to own guns, and oppose reform, than blacks or Latinos
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 8:16 PM UTC 73Politics Guns, Gun Control, Polling, Race
Viola Davis on why her role in “Beautiful Creatures” changed from a maid to a librarian
The actress says "people need to see an African-American in the 21st century integrated" in life, not in servitude
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 9:30 PM UTCEntertainment Viola Davis, The Help
“I wasn’t surprised when everyone got upset because it’s about a bunch of white girls”
"Girls" executive producer/co-showrunner Jenni Konner tells us what they talk about when they talk about race
Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment Girls, jenni konner, TV, Television
Pick of the week: An impressive all-black crime drama
Pick of the week: Rapper Common is the breakthrough star in this moody, fatalistic fable of urban manhood
Friday, Jan 18, 2013 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Movies, Our Picks
Just how factual is “Lincoln”?
Historians question whether Spielberg has made the 16th president into an unrealistic hero
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 37Entertainment Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Tarantino’s incoherent three-hour bloodbath
"Django Unchained" has action, comedy, fake history and oceans of blood -- but it's an endless, undisciplined mess
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:39 PM UTC 57Entertainment Movies, Action movies
Michael Jackson’s legacy is “Untouchable”
Meticulous details can't mask the insight lacking in this portrait of one of the most important figures of my youth
Saturday, Dec 15, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 110Life Michael Jackson, King of Pop
Maine GOP Chair alleges possible voter fraud by “dozens of black people”
Charlie Webster is concerned about possible voter fraud, because "nobody in (these) towns knows anyone who's black" VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 7:50 PM UTC 32Elections 2012 Elections, Maine
Politico: Women, blacks, Latinos and young people don’t count
For Mike Allen and Jim VendeHei, these groups are just part of a dangerously limited coalition of Obama supporters
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 5:35 PM UTC 20Politics Latinos, 2012 Elections
Ohio ad: Black people should vote GOP because Lincoln freed the slaves
A Super PAC ad argues that it's a "lie” that Democrats support African-Americans VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 9:35 PM UTC 37Elections 2012 Elections
Is Obama failing the black community?
An African-American intellectual wonders if he's getting cut slack because of his race -- and if it's fair to ask
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 8:38 PM UTC 30Elections Colin Powell, John Sununu, Obama
Banned from voting booths: Ex-convicts
Despite government reforms, several states continue to disenfranchise former prisoners -- many of them men of color
Monday, Oct 22, 2012 9:06 PM UTCPolitics 2012 Elections, D.C., Washington
For white chicks in afro wigs
A blogger takes flak for her silly race experiment, but I'm reminded of the complicated power of black women's hair
Friday, Oct 19, 2012 11:30 PM UTC 14Life Race, Internet Culture, Body Wars
“Brooklyn Castle”: An inner-city school where chess legends are made
A corrective to "Won't Back Down," this doc about tween chess champs proves public schools may not be hopeless
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 3:30 PM UTCLife public schools
Will whites see a black indie film like “Middle of Nowhere”?
This gorgeous, sober drama about the human costs of prison deserves a broader audience than it's likely to get
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 6:25 PM UTC 10Life Middle of Nowhere
Ark. GOPer: Slavery a “blessing in disguise” for black people
Jon Hubbard says slavery may have been a good thing
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 3:08 PM UTC 46News Racism, slavery
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