http://dir.salon.com/topics/malcolm_x/?source=rss&aim=malcolm_x en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Laura Miller Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/07/07/obama_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/07/07/obama_books/index.html?source=rss The works that have influenced Obama illustrate that he would be the most literary president in recent memory -- and one likely to govern from the center. Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/11/clint_spike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/11/clint_spike/index.html?source=rss A British paper lures Eastwood and Lee into an unfortunate feud. Here's the real question: Which of their films should the other one have made? By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/01/barbershop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/01/barbershop/index.html?source=rss Beneath the furor over the film's wisecrack about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. lies a real crisis in black leadership. By Debra Dickerson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/06/muhammad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/06/muhammad/index.html?source=rss A new biography of Elijah Muhammad tackles tough issues, including the matter of blacks' collusion with the Japanese during World War II. By Frank Houston Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/12/24/hurricanecarter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/12/24/hurricanecarter/index.html?source=rss Rubin "Hurricane" Carter has lived a life of novelistic proportions. Unfortunately, the only fiction was the prosecutor's case. By Larry S. Platt Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/09/14/jordan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/09/14/jordan/index.html?source=rss Despite what liberal critics say, Michael Jordan is the true heir to the radical legacy of Muhammad Ali. By David Horowitz Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/13/racism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/13/racism/index.html?source=rss As we divide along racial lines, aren't we surrendering the fundamental idea of what it means to be American? By Sarah Vowell Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/06/30/sam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/06/30/sam/index.html?source=rss A melting pot of several stories, "Summer of Sam" is a sprawling urban epic from Brooklyn's native son. By Richard Rodriguez Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/01/29/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/01/29/news/index.html?source=rss Many commentators, notably feminists, dismiss stories about the sex life of President Clinton as irrelevant to his public role. But this drawing of a line between public and private lives, says a homosexual writer, cannot work. By Roni Sarig Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/07/24/sharps970724/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/07/24/sharps970724/index.html?source=rss