A White Hot Season
The Editors : Racism & Discrimination
Policy can be racist even when no one crafting it harbors hatred of a particular racial group.
2009
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The African Airlift
Karen Rothmyer : History
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
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Canary in the Mine Shaft
Dave Zirin : Sports
Why the absence of African-American baseball players matters.
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The Trials of Benjamin Jealous
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Can the NAACP's new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?
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Behind the Abortion Color Line
Sheryl McCarthy : Reproductive Rights
Reducing unintended pregnancies is an urgent priority for African-Americans.
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Are We 'a Nation of Cowards'?
GRIT TV : Racism & Discrimination
Attorney General Eric Holder recently said we remain 'a nation of cowards' on race. Is he right? Manning Marable, JLove Calderon and others weigh in.
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Jesse Jackson '88: Realizing the Promise
Brett Story : Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson's campaign formed the basis for a new political coalition that helped elect Barack Obama America's first black president.
2008
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Obama's New Deal
Obama has an opportunity to further racial and economic justice by fusing the New Deal and civil rights traditions.
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Rocking the Black Vote
Dallas DJ Tom Joyner is encouraging African-American listeners to engage in electoral politics.
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First Black President?
Comedian David Alan Grier implores White America to get over its irrational fear of voting for a Black man.
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Obama and the Sisters
Melissa Harris-Lacewell : Presidential Election 2008
His convention speech should draw from the wisdom of black women activists who were the prophets of American democracy.
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Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle
Nation magazine contributor Kai Wright discusses his July 14 article about the mortgage crisis and its effect on the black middle class.
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Race and Extreme Inequality
Dedrick Muhammad : Ethical Economics
Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?
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Race and the New Deal Coalition
Adolph Reed Jr. : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
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Black Women Talk Barack
Amy Alexander : Feminism & Women
It's like one big family squabble among feminists, activists and post-civil-rights-era voters.
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Reconstruction Lessons
Advocates of African-Americans and women achieve more by working together than by fighting.
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'Catastrophic Times' for Black America
The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?
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