Wrong for Civil Rights Wrong for Civil Rights
When Mary Frances Berry resigned as chair of the Commission on Civil Rights on December 7, the media's harsh, fleeting spotlight on Berry's purported combativeness distracted rea...
Dec 22, 2004 / Editorial / Susan Eaton
Goodbye to All That? Goodbye to All That?
On European anti-Semitism, old and new.
Voting Blocks Voting Blocks
Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Under the Veil, Who’s for Kerry? Under the Veil, Who’s for Kerry?
Many Arab-American voters loathe Bush, but they have little love for his rival.
Oct 21, 2004 / Feature / Gary Younge
First Nations in the 21st Century First Nations in the 21st Century
The largest gathering ever of Native Americans in the nation's capital greets the opening of the NMAI.
Oct 21, 2004 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor
DeLay on the Hot Seat DeLay on the Hot Seat
Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.
Sep 23, 2004 / Editorial / Jack Newfield
Return of the White-ist Return of the White-ist
Not that you missed him while he was gone, but David Duke is back.
Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Leonard Zeskind
Identity Politics Identity Politics
While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system this ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Tova Andrea Wang
Ralph Reed’s Gamble Ralph Reed’s Gamble
When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his "family values" agenda, calling gambling "a cancer on the ...
Jun 24, 2004 / Editorial / Jack Newfield
By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary
In June 1965 James Farmer, leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and longtime champion of Gandhian nonviolence, arrived in Bogalusa, Louisiana, to support a desegregat...
Jun 17, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mike Marqusee