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The recession is not colorblind

By Angela Glover Blackwell — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

President Obama and Congress, focus your economic recovery efforts on the communities being hit the hardest

Obama talks personal responsibility to NAACP

By Alex Koppelman and Caitlin Shamberg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

The nation's first black president addresses one of the organizations that made it possible

Blockbuster blackface

By James Hannaham — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

"Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?

Obama to NAACP: "Our work is not over"

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

The NAACP's sad decline

By Debra Dickerson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

The venerable advocacy group changed history with its civil rights leadership -- so why does it seem to have lost its way?

NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted

By Alex Koppelman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Julian Bond writes to DNC chairman Howard Dean, saying the states should be represented at the Democratic convention.

Barack Obama and the Springfield race riot

By Jim Rasenberger — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Recapping our top story, up is the new down

By Tim Grieve — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Bush gets heckled. The White House calls it applause.

Frist, in a switch, moves Voting Right Act just in time for Bush

By Tim Grieve — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

"It will be worse than in 2000"

By Mary Jacoby — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

NAACP head Julian Bond says the GOP is going all out to suppress the black vote. Can his "Election Protection" offensive stop them?

"Shut your mouth"

By Tim Grieve — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Shock troops for Bush

By Michelle Goldberg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

"Barbershop" doesn't need a trim

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Beneath the furor over the film's wisecrack about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. lies a real crisis in black leadership.

Joe Conason's Journal

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Counting the mix

By Daryl Lindsey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do.

Two nations, once again

By Eric Boehlert — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Black and white America are worlds apart in the way they view President-elect Bush, and how he came to power.

Bush angers slain man's family

By Jake Tapper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

The Byrds harbor deep resentments over the Texas governor's treatment of their family and failure to support a hate crimes bill.

Tulia's witch trials

By Arianna Huffington — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

A drug sting case in a small Texas town shows how drug war paranoia can feed the fires of injustice.

The politics of lynching

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies.

Brother from another planet

By Jake Tapper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

An NAACP chapter president and a Bush delegate? Meet Shannon Reeves.

Black like Al?

By — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Listen and be the judge: Does Al Gore change his tone when he talks to African-Americans?

Has lynch law returned?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Ebony and irony

By Jake Tapper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors?

"The stakes are a bit higher for us"

By Daryl Lindsey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

The NAACP's Washington bureau chief takes the Census Bureau to task for its new multiracial categories.