Racial Issues

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Who's afraid of Pat Buchanan?
His spineless Republican rivals and the political punditocracy, that's who.
The color of money
Of course there are blacks on TV. You just have to pay to see them.
Letters to the Editor
Was it the guns, or the racism, that caused last week's shooting? Plus: Mourning Times Square; Cintra's sour grapes; beautiful days with Mister Rogers.
Theater in black and white
Two Chicago plays -- "Jitney" and "Spinning into Butter" -- tackle racial issues from opposite sides of the tracks.
How not to stifle a racist
The California Supreme Court may have been well-meaning when it banned racial slurs in a hostile workplace, but in the process it damaged the Bill of Rights.
Bill Bradley: The next black president?
His campaign purports to make race a central issue, but so far it's more style than substance.
R.I.P. Prop. 187
California Gov. Gray Davis' flip-flop marks the end of immigrant bashing as a viable political tactic.
Letters to the Editor
Don't sanitize America by censoring "South Park"; "Nancy Quan" glamorizes prostitution; breast is best for most (but not all) new moms.
Letters to the Editor
Why the Mumia case is a watershed (or a waste of time); Anne Lamott is wrong on Vietnam; the Web helps racists find friends.
Shopping at high speed while black
Armed with an AmEx card designed to function silently, a scalawag aliased Raydog pulls a fast one.
Sambos in the shadows
George W. Bush's restrictive deed covenant provides an audit trail to our racist past.
You can call me Al
In her effort to line up political support, Hillary Clinton extends an olive branch, and a White House invite, to Rev. Al Sharpton.
The Web can't make racists
But it can help expose them and their ideas to the light of the truth.
The education of Alice
Are white supremacists and anti-Semites using the Net to recruit upscale followers?
Letters to the Editor
Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin?
Letters to the Editor
Why Tiger's dad can't be (or must be) a racist; Camille Paglia showed me the light; does Bob Woodward matter anymore?
Jerry Brown shakes up Oakland's black political establishment
The hard-charging mayor challenges an entrenched bureaucracy -- and a racial spoils system.
Is black politics dead in California?
The steep decline in the number of powerful black officeholders could be a sign of the community's political maturity -- or its demise.
Crying wolf
Ellis Cose's Newsweek cover story set out to celebrate America's racial good news. So why did it wind up singing the same old despairing song?
Letters to the Editor
Viewers lament Salon's "Silence" (or lack thereof); Hillary can prove her moxie in New York.
Capitol Hill's odd couple
Guess what happens when a white conservative and a black liberal join forces?
The ad from hell
Can a company successfully sue an agency for making a commercial that really, really sucks? Stay tuned for a word from our courthouse.
Miami's vice
Crack cocaine is almost dead in many cities, but immigrants, suburbanites and teenagers have kept it alive in South Florida.
Letters to the Editor
The race angle on Littleton massacre; Conason just doesn't get punk music.
Good news from teen America
While we're wringing our hands over Littleton, evidence of a sharp decline in teen birthrates, especially among blacks, shows that adults can make a difference
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