Race Politics

Dems See Racial Undertones In Controversial Romney Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has received no shortage of attention and criticism over his first campaign ad of this election cycle, which deliberately ta...

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Are Chicago's Racial Politics Changing?

AP | DON BABWIN and SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The plan was simple: The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago's other black leaders would choose one black candidate to run for mayor, invok...

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GOP Stressed Gonzales' Hispanic Roots In 2005

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the more provocative critiques to come from conservatives concerning the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has been the charg...

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School Closings, Race, and Movement Politics

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (called No Child Left Behind) was an attempt to close these gaps, but the status quo protects bad schools and bad teachers.

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My View of The Atlantic's "The End of White America?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Part of what I always suspect comes out of articles like this, is the affirmation from some that a browner America should also mean minorities can finally stop complaining about inequalities.

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Bobby Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of Blagojevich

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a wild press conference where Gov. Rod Blagojevich introduced Roland Burris as the Senate-appointee to replace Barack Obama, congressman Bobby Rush...

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The End of the Republican Majority: Three Things You Need to Watch

Martin Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The historic 2008 presidential election is over and the main casualty is the Republican Party.

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Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011

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It has been a long eight years, and this past week saw the politics of division pushed to the absolute limit of absurdity. We must not allow it to go on any longer.

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OTB Writers Respond to Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Slurs

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

From smear email campaigns and hectoring rally audiences to hateful YouTubes and candidate equivocations, slurs against Muslims and Arabs have become ...

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Palin Fans Flames Of Fear And Hatred

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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During times of extreme insecurity, people can fall easy prey to the fiery rhetoric and xenophobia of folksy characters like Sarah Palin, Huey Long, Charles Coughlin and Joe McCarthy.

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CULTURE ZOHN: Obama Actions, Affirmative and Otherwise

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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We should not be thinking of exclusivity when it comes to affirmative action! Obama could bring this conversation to a new level.

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"Uncle Barack's Cabin": Why We Must Repudiate the Ugly Racial Undercurrents of the Campaign

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

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This offensive German headline is a warning to us here in the US. The bigots will exploit every slimy racist undercurrent in a desperate effort to keep Obama out of the White House.

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