Gary Younge | The Nation

If Obama's remarks on poor white voters were gauche, the responses they elicited have been galling.

Wouldn't a real feminist also oppose racism?

If democracy does not prevail in August, the Democrats will not prevail in November.

Before we can talk sensibly about transcending difference, we must first transform the conditions that give these differences meaning.

The main threat to democracy isn't “Islamofacism” but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious superiority.

Have the dreams of the civil rights movement been realized or deferred?

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.

Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.

Cindy Sheehan taught us that the only way to reach those who will go to the polls is by taking to the streets.

Who's on this ship? A lot of nice, intelligent people, a few 9/11 conspiracists, a self-righteous blowhard or two and an undercover reporter for the New York Times.