"Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?
By James Hannaham Aug 25, 2008
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In a speech to the civil rights group, Barack Obama said he'd work to end discrimination and invoked the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to describe the fight ahead.
July 15, 2008
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Julian Bond writes to DNC chairman Howard Dean, saying the states should be represented at the Democratic convention.
By Alex Koppelman
February 13, 2008
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The venerable advocacy group changed history with its civil rights leadership -- so why does it seem to have lost its way?
By Debra Dickerson
June 19, 2007
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Springfield, Ill., where Barack Obama officially announces his presidential campaign on Saturday, has a tortured racial history. What happened, and what it could mean for Obama.
By Jim Rasenberger
February 10, 2007
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Bush gets heckled. The White House calls it applause.
By Tim Grieve
July 21, 2006
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Friday, he wasn't in any hurry. But with the president speaking before the NAACP today, the Senate majority leader is on the case now.
By Tim Grieve
July 20, 2006
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NAACP head Julian Bond says the GOP is going all out to suppress the black vote. Can his "Election Protection" offensive stop them?
By Mary Jacoby
October 28, 2004
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As radio giants censor antiwar musicians, TV networks bully pro-peace actors, and Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares a new assault on civil liberties, a climate of intimidation creeps over America.
By Tim Grieve
March 25, 2003
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Partisans of the extreme right gathered outside of Washington this
weekend to cheer on Cheney and Coulter -- and vent their rage at the liberals who rule America.
By Michelle Goldberg
February 4, 2003
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Beneath the furor over the film's wisecrack about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. lies a real crisis in black leadership.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
October 1, 2002
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A Labor Day gift from baseball players. Plus, how the Democrats become a majority party, Jeb Bush settles a voting rights suit in Florida and Colorado gets rocky for a GOP incumbent.
August 30, 2002
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With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do.
By Daryl Lindsey
March 16, 2001
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Black and white America are worlds apart in the way they view President-elect Bush, and how he came to power.
By Eric Boehlert
December 16, 2000
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The Byrds harbor deep resentments over the Texas governor's treatment of their family and failure to support a hate crimes bill.
By Jake Tapper
October 16, 2000
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A drug sting case in a small Texas town shows how drug war paranoia can feed the fires of injustice.
By Arianna Huffington
October 11, 2000
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A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
August 31, 2000
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An NAACP chapter president and a Bush delegate? Meet Shannon Reeves.
By Jake Tapper
July 31, 2000
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Listen and be the judge: Does Al Gore change his tone when he talks to African-Americans?
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July 14, 2000
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Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
July 13, 2000
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A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned.
By Jake Tapper
July 11, 2000
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Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors?
Letters to the editor
March 8, 2000
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The NAACP's Washington bureau chief takes the Census Bureau to task for its new multiracial categories.
By Daryl Lindsey
February 16, 2000
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Don't blame Gov. Bush -- he's just one of Texas' many willing executioners Plus: Is Confederate flag flap a waste of NAACP time? How "liberated" are women who wait by the phone for a date?
Letters to the editor
January 21, 2000
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When Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, chose a white as its next mayor, it marked a watershed event in the evolution of America's racial politics.
By Debra Dickerson
October 13, 1999