http://dir.salon.com/topics/african_americans/?source=rss&aim=african_americans en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color By Richard Benjamin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/joe_wilson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/joe_wilson/index.html?source=rss America is changing, and that makes white people like Joe Wilson -- and Michele Bachmann -- very nervous By Ed Kilgore Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving" By Pam Spaulding Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/11/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/11/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss Finally, a funny -- and long-overdue -- film on this taboo topic. By a Phantom Negro Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/24/gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/24/gates/index.html?source=rss You are suffering from what I call the "Ivy League Effect" By James Hannaham Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad? By Bill Greener Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/gop_math/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/gop_math/index.html?source=rss A Republican looks at the numbers and sees disaster ahead, unless his party figures out how to be less -- caucasian By Angela Glover Blackwell Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/15/recession/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/15/recession/index.html?source=rss President Obama and Congress, focus your economic recovery efforts on the communities being hit the hardest By G'Ra Asim Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/26/obama_uncool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/26/obama_uncool/index.html?source=rss Being a black male intellectual used to make me stand out. Now, it's the norm. Thanks for nothing, man. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/01/burr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/01/burr/index.html?source=rss 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 Joe Conason Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/13/steele/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/13/steele/index.html?source=rss Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job. By Mike Madden Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/26/dc_votes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/26/dc_votes/index.html?source=rss 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 Erin Aubry Kaplan Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/03/michelle_hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/03/michelle_hair/index.html?source=rss 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 Thomas Schaller Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/02/republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/02/republicans/index.html?source=rss Republicans know what they're against: Barack Obama. They're still figuring out what they're for. By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/29/melancholy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/29/melancholy/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/24/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/24/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss 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 Gary Kamiya Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/01/20/obama_hawaii/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/01/20/obama_hawaii/index.html?source=rss On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America. By Joan Walsh Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/19/mlk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/19/mlk/index.html?source=rss 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 Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/09/race_prop8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/09/race_prop8/index.html?source=rss A new study contradicts claims that African-American voters led to the passage of California's gay marriage ban. By Sarah Hepola Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/11/19/michelle_obama_backstory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/11/19/michelle_obama_backstory/index.html?source=rss A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady. By Erin Aubry Kaplan Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/18/michelles_booty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/18/michelles_booty/index.html?source=rss 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 Meredith Maran Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/10/proposition_8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/10/proposition_8/index.html?source=rss 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 Paul Maslin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/06/obama_numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/06/obama_numbers/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/04/polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/04/polls/index.html?source=rss Howard Dean's pollster tells you the five things to look for in early returns Tuesday. By James Hannaham Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/03/racists_for_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/03/racists_for_obama/index.html?source=rss Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people.