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Pat Buchanan: Working-class whites losing "their" country Pat Buchanan: Working-class whites losing "their" country

The conservative pundit thinks white people have suffered enough already
By Darren Hutchinson Oct 22, 2009

  • Joe Wilson takes on Jimmy Carter

    Congressman calls former president's remarks "a distraction," says he's taking a cue from Obama, focusing on issues
    By Alex Koppelman September 16, 2009

  • Steele accuses Carter of "playing the race card"

    The RNC chair, who is black, heatedly denies that opposition to the president is based in racism
    By Alex Koppelman September 16, 2009

  • Carter: Animosity towards Obama based mostly on race

    The former president says he's concerned "many white people" believe "African-Americans are not qualified to lead"
    By Alex Koppelman September 15, 2009

  • White voters and Obama's slide in the polls

    What role does race play in who likes the president? A statistical look at when and why his white support slipped
    By Gabriel Winant September 14, 2009

  • Crowley, Obama speak after "beer summit"

    The president issues a statement, while the sergeant says he plans to meet again with the professor he arrested
    By Alex Koppelman July 30, 2009

  • "Beer summit" won't stop racists like Limbaugh

    It's good to see Obama, Gates and Crowley meet, but they can't fix years of racism with a few beers
    By Joan Walsh July 30, 2009

  • Obama: "The Cambridge police acted stupidly"

    At Wednesday's press conference, the President responded to the arrest of Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    July 23, 2009

  • Disney's princess problem

    Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White?
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams June 1, 2009

  • Obama and race: Silence is golden

    The president has dramatically improved race relations -- by not talking about race.
    By Gary Kamiya April 29, 2009

  • The unbearable smallness of the RNC chair battle

    The contest to run the Republican National Committee has turned into a fight over which of the candidates are racist.
    By Gabriel Winant January 26, 2009

  • RNC chair update: Who's least offputting to minorities?

    The selection of the GOP's next chairman now centers around the party's struggles to appeal to minority voters.
    By Gabriel Winant January 22, 2009

  • "Cadillac Records"

    As Etta James, Beyoncé Knowles gives one of the year's best performances in this ensemble film about the legendary artists of a Chicago music label.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 5, 2008

  • Should Michelle Obama's booty be off-limits?

    A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
    By Sarah Hepola November 19, 2008

  • First lady got back

    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 Erin Aubry Kaplan November 18, 2008

  • Are you white enough?

    From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary.
    By Laura Miller November 10, 2008

  • Athletes didn't "pave way" for Obama

    Heroes like Jackie Robinson played a small role, but exaggerating it diminishes what anonymous millions have done.
    By King Kaufman November 6, 2008

  • Our biracial president

    When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
    By James Hannaham November 6, 2008

  • "There's an awful tough tightrope for Obama to walk"

    An interview with sociologist Michael Eric Dyson on Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and race relations in America.
    By Cordula Meyer October 24, 2008

  • John McCain's female card

    By choosing an X-chromosome cipher, McCain is trying to beat Obama at the identity politics game. But it's dangerous to fight on your opponent's turf.
    By Gary Kamiya August 29, 2008

  • Hope floats

    She was unforgettable in Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke." Now Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc explains what the storm took away -- and never could.
    By Pasha Malla August 27, 2008
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