By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world
By Juan Cole Nov 30, 2009
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Antiabortion activists target African-American women, again
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 5, 2010
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The paper's former editor-in-chief goes after President Obama's mother, and the ed page editor goes to the EEOC
By Alex Koppelman
November 17, 2009
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The actress takes a stand against meat -- and puts her foot in her mouth
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 28, 2009
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The Lone Star State mourns a justice-for-all judge while enduring a governor who's in love with the death penalty
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
October 23, 2009
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Why the "it-isn't-looting-if-you're-starving" argument is particularly lame
By Heather Michon
January 19, 2010
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Louisiana official not a racist, just opposes "mixing the races that way"
By Darren Hutchinson
October 16, 2009
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While right-wingers posture about secession and armed resistance, let's recall how our actual Civil War began
By Steven Lubet
October 16, 2009
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If the feds don't spend money to put people back to work, the economy won't recover and politics will get uglier
By Robert Reich
October 2, 2009
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From Oprah to Banana Republic, pop culture is nostalgic for a dark time. Screw history, bring on the pencil skirts!
By Amy Benfer
September 23, 2009
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The media would rather debate whether right-wing Obama critics are racist than rebut their lies about his policies
By Darren Hutchinson
September 21, 2009
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Anybody shocked by nasty GOP attacks on Obama must have forgotten what happened to the last Democratic president
By Gene Lyons
September 17, 2009
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Conservatives, who've often lauded the comedian's takes on race, aren't likely to enjoy this one so much
By Alex Koppelman
September 16, 2009
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The White House remains cautious about allegations that racism is behind some criticism of the president
By Alex Koppelman
September 16, 2009
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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
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The former president says he's concerned "many white people" believe "African-Americans are not qualified to lead"
By Alex Koppelman
September 15, 2009
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A new book says that parents who refuse to talk to kids about racism might be unwittingly reinforcing it
By Amy Benfer
September 11, 2009
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Vaudeville star Sophie Tucker was brassy, sexually confident and brave. She was also the "Queen of Coon Shouters"
By Sady Doyle
August 31, 2009
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I was shocked and appalled at the ugliness of the image: Should I tell my boss?
By Cary Tennis
August 3, 2009
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There's one person to blame for Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
By Gene Lyons
July 30, 2009
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You are suffering from what I call the "Ivy League Effect"
By a Phantom Negro
July 24, 2009
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America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad?
By James Hannaham
July 22, 2009
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The new chairwoman seemed to endorse a racist joke. Is this party doomed?
By Gabriel Winant
July 13, 2009
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On his Facebook page, a South Carolina GOP activist had called a gorilla an ancestor of Michelle Obama's
By Alex Koppelman
June 15, 2009
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Our conservative denies that the Holocaust Museum shooting and other violent acts are related to Obama's election.
By Glenallen Walken
June 15, 2009
Bigotry wins in Switzerland
Black babies as propaganda
Racism, religious discrimination at Washington Times?
Natalie Portman's vegan vendetta
Texas, the eyes of Justice are upon you
Time warp! Justice of peace won't officiate interracial marriage
Remembering the roots of a real Civil War
The truth about jobs that no one wants to tell
"Mad Men" minus the racist, sexist parts
What to talk about instead of talking about race
Obama gets the Clinton treatment
Gibbs contradicts Carter about racism against Obama
A vendor sent me a racist cartoon
Black men, white cops and media mind readers
Skip Gates, please sit down
The good news about the Henry Louis Gates fiasco
Wingnut, why are angry white guys shooting people? 
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