Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never
liked social insurance for people of color
By Michael Lind Sep 15, 2009
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America is changing, and that makes white people like Joe Wilson -- and Michele Bachmann -- very nervous
By Richard Benjamin
September 11, 2009
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Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving"
By Ed Kilgore
August 31, 2009
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Finally, a funny -- and long-overdue -- film on this taboo topic.
By Pam Spaulding
August 11, 2009
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You are suffering from what I call the "Ivy League Effect"
By a Phantom Negro
July 24, 2009
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America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad?
By James Hannaham
July 22, 2009
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A Republican looks at the numbers and sees disaster ahead, unless his party figures out how to be less -- caucasian
By Bill Greener
July 20, 2009
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President Obama and Congress, focus your economic recovery efforts on the communities being hit the hardest
By Angela Glover Blackwell
July 15, 2009
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Being a black male intellectual used to make me stand out. Now, it's the norm. Thanks for nothing, man.
By G'Ra Asim
May 26, 2009
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North Carolina is getting bluer, but there's some speculation that GOP Sen. Richard Burr might keep his seat thanks to his outreach to African Americans.
By Alex Koppelman
April 1, 2009
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Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job.
By Joe Conason
March 13, 2009
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Even if Congress gives D.C. a vote in the House, don't expect federal lawmakers to stop meddling in the city's business.
By Mike Madden
February 26, 2009
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Nappy or relaxed, African-American hair has always been a loaded subject. So what does it mean to have a black do in the White House?
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
February 3, 2009
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Republicans know what they're against: Barack Obama. They're still figuring out what they're for.
By Thomas Schaller
February 2, 2009
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A tender African-American love story set in the capital of white hipsterdom, "Medicine for Melancholy" is the perfect indie debut for the early Obama era.
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 29, 2009
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The comedian talks about why African-Americans spend so much money on their hair, the political ramifications of the weave, and his new documentary.
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 24, 2009
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On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America.
By Gary Kamiya
January 20, 2009
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MLK helped pave the road to the White House for Obama, but it will take more than Tuesday's inauguration to fulfill King's dream.
By Joan Walsh
January 19, 2009
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A new study contradicts claims that African-American voters led to the passage of California's gay marriage ban.
By Vincent Rossmeier
January 9, 2009
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A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
By Sarah Hepola
November 19, 2008
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I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
November 18, 2008
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I was elated over Obama's historic win. Then I got the news that Proposition 8 was passing -- banning my right to marry a woman.
By Meredith Maran
November 10, 2008
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The polls were right after all, and it was the economy, stupid, but there were still some surprises in the final results.
By Paul Maslin
November 6, 2008
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Howard Dean's pollster tells you the five things to look for in early returns Tuesday.
By Paul Maslin
November 4, 2008
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Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people.
By James Hannaham
November 3, 2008
Uninsured like me
Inside the mind of Joe Wilson
The return of the welfare queen
Chris Rock takes on black hair
Skip Gates, please sit down
The good news about the Henry Louis Gates fiasco
My GOP: Too old, too white to win
The recession is not colorblind
Obama ruined my game
Can black voters save a Southern Republican?
Caught in a Steele trap
Will trade: One black Democrat for one Mormon Republican
The Michelle Obama hair challenge
Just how bad off is the Republican Party?
Young, black, sexy and sad in San Francisco
Chris Rock's good hair day
Obama and the spirit of Hawaii
Are we there yet, Martin? 
Should Michelle Obama's booty be off-limits?
First lady got back 
A rough night for gay Obama supporters
How Obama won, by the numbers
How to read the numbers on Election Day
Racists for Obama
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