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It's hard out here for an entourage: I'd like to thank my agent, my accountant and my therapist. No, really.; By Debra J. Dickerson Feb 19, 2007
Fighting words: Can liberal bloggers be both partisan kingmakers and independent journalists? The blogstorm over the John Edwards campaign points to some tough lessons.; By Joan Walsh Feb 16, 2007
Dickerson on Colbert: Salon writer meets the host who "doesn't see race"; By David Puner Feb 9, 2007
Colorblind: Barack Obama would be the great black hope in the next presidential race -- if he were actually black.; By Debra J. Dickerson Jan 22, 2007
Not in my backyard, either: After the poor kids next door took advantage of me, I felt sympathy for the people of Houston, who've suffered crime and violence because of struggling Katrina exiles.; By Debra J. Dickerson Dec 18, 2006
Raising Cain: When I found out I was having a boy, I wondered: How can a feminist raise a man without becoming a hypocrite or a castrator?; By Debra J. Dickerson Dec 11, 2006
Race matters: Black History Month is coming soon. I wonder: Will anyone pay me to be black for them this year?; By Debra J. Dickerson Dec 4, 2006
Souls on ice: While the GOP was exploiting the bigotry of the black clergy in the midterms, black piety was melting before America's eyes.; By Debra J. Dickerson Nov 27, 2006
Memo to O.J.: Kill yourself: But meanwhile, let's hear it for the white girl who got him to confess.; By Debra J. Dickerson Nov 20, 2006
Old school: I'm supposed to be inspired by women my age who run marathons and go back to college, but I'm too tired to be young. It's too much work.; By Debra J. Dickerson Nov 13, 2006
"Jesus didn't smoke no weeds!": I tried to persuade my Bush-hating, Baptist mother to vote to legalize marijuana in Nevada -- but she wouldn't believe her Savior was cool with pot.; By Debra J. Dickerson Nov 6, 2006
Beyond blaming whitey: Tavis Smiley's "The Covenant With Black America" has become a No. 1 bestseller because it offers black people a tough and inspiring vision.; By Debra Dickerson Apr 28, 2006
Chicks with guns: 28-year-old Kayla Williams did an Army tour in Iraq, and all we got was this insufferably self-absorbed memoir.; By Debra Dickerson Oct 24, 2005
I want you to want me: I laughed, I cried -- then I wondered: Why won't the "Wedding Crashers" crash any sister's wedding?; By Debra Dickerson Jul 30, 2005
Too damn little, too damn late: Senators can take their half-assed lynching apology and shove it.; By Debra J. Dickerson Jun 28, 2005
Ten winners from 2000: Editor Laura Miller and journalist Stephen Cox discuss this year's Salon Book Award winners.; Jan 3, 2001
Salon Book Awards: Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end.; By Laura Miller and Maria Russo Dec 18, 2000
"An American Story": An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000.; By Debra Dickerson Dec 18, 2000
"An American Story" by Debra Dickerson: The passionate, category-defying journalist levels her tough gaze on her own journey from the ghetto to Harvard Law School and beyond.; By Maggie Jones Oct 3, 2000
False prophet: A new biography of Elijah Muhammad tackles tough issues, including the matter of blacks' collusion with the Japanese during World War II.; By Debra Dickerson Jan 6, 2000
Letters to the editor: I knew Mumia when he was Wesley Cook. Plus: The L.A. Times' "blow job"; don't ask, don't tell about Stuart Little.; Letters to the editor Jan 5, 2000
No apologies: How I learned to fight for my country, proudly.; By Debra Dickerson Dec 30, 1999
Try him again: Justice for the widow of a dead police officer, cut down in the prime of his life, will not be served by executing a framed man, even if he's guilty.; By Debra Dickerson Dec 29, 1999
Black like who?: Mumia Abu-Jamal may be a symbol of racism to the celebrity set, but to most black people, he's just a scary character who probably got what he deserved.; By Debra Dickerson Dec 21, 1999
"The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction" by Linda Gordon: A historian unearths a bizarre-but-true story of New York nuns, Irish Catholic orphans, their Mexican-American would-be parents and a white Protestant lynch mob.; By Debra Dickerson Dec 13, 1999

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