Holiday News| More...
 

Black

Being Biracial and Black in the Age of Obama

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dreams From My Father, White, Bi-Racial, Black, Barack Obama, Mixed Race, Children, Heritage, Immigration, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Jamaica, South Africa, Kids, Identity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Racial Identity, Parents, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

When Obama was born, it was illegal in 16 states for blacks to mary whites. Today the product of a relationship between a black man and a white woman is the President of the United States.

Read Post

Steele's Slippery Slope

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Rnc, Maryland, Republicans, Black, Conservatives, Steele, African Americans, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele Rnc, Rnc Chair, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Republicans needed a public relations break more so than a Michael Steele, a fact that will show itself much sooner rather than later.

Read Post

Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media

Read More: April Ryan, Aggresive, Meltdown, Emotional, Implict Cognition, Obama, Media, Black, White Male Workers, Race, Ashley Todd, Bush, Msnbc, History, Press Room, Male, Agitated, Conservatives, Envy, Implicit Bias, African Americans, Racism, Masculinity, Whiteness, Meme, Rove, Fear, Carrie Budoff Brown, White House Press Corp, Rush Limbaugh, Irritated, Msm, Black Male, Lou Dobbs, Jonathan Martin, Association, White Male, Cnn, White, Politico, Press Corps, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Fox, Politics, Rnc, Michael Steele, Republican Chair, Media News
Ronald B. Robinson

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

Read Post

Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: President, New Evangelical, Leadership, Media, Campaign, Christian Community, Black, Poor, Pastors, Prayer, Consistent Ethic of Life, America, Human Trafficking, African-American, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Common Good, Values, Climate Change, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Hispanic, Catholic, Religion, Human Rights, Abortion Reduction, Church, Common Ground, Election, Evangelical, Religious Leaders, Jewish, Vote, White, Gay Marriage, Liberal, Poverty, Emerging, Living News
Jim Wallis

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

Read Post

Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mormon, Burris, Impeachment, Blaggy, Representative Rush, Lord Has Ordained, Obama, Reconstruction, Race, Republican, Blagojevich, Politics, Revels, Bobby Rush, Senate Seat, Wallace, Reed Smoot, Religious Bigotry, Rush, Racism, Qualifications, Black, Faubus, Mississippi, Plantation, Reid, Illinois, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Appointment, Smoot, Garrett Davis, Roland Burris, Kentucky, Democrat, Appointee, Senate Appointment, Barack Obama, Yellow Dog, The Lord, Racial Politics, Hiram Revels, Religion, Chris Weigant, African American, Appointer, Harry Reid, Plantation Politics, Utah, Obama Senate Seat, Senate, Bull Connor, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

Read Post

Ken Blackwell, If Barack Obama is a Magic Negro, Then What Type of Negro Do They Think You Are?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Black Republicans, Race Relations, Politics, Black, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Racea Nd Politics, Breaking Political News, Barack the Magic Negro, Ken Blackwell, Race, Racism, Rnc, Negro, Republicans, Race in Politics, Black Apologists, African Americans, African American Republicans, Chip Saltsman, Saltsman, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

As an African American Republican, one of the irritations I have is with other Black Republicans who are apologists for racist actions and statements made by white Republican leaders.

Read Post

Guest Column: Why Obama's Election Should Be Considered Historic

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chicago, Obama, Racial, CotyJarret, Race, LewDan, Barack Obama, President, Election, Personal History, Politics, History, Eisenstein, Historic First, Racial Legacy, Chris Weigant, African American, Racism, Black, Llewellyn Daniel, Historic, Politics News
Chris Weigant

For only the third time in this column's two-and-a-half year history (see note below), I am turning over my soapbox to a guest columnist. As with bot...

Read Post

Lindsay Lohan Calls Obama "Colored" (Video)

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.12.2008 | Style

Read More: Access Hollywood, Black, Lindsay Lohan, Race, Colored, African American, Barack Obama, Celebrities Talk Politics, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Even if it were a generational issue, Lindsay is definitely not in the same demographic as my grandmother. Though they do share a strange penchant for leggings and muumuus.

Read Post

Barack and the Prize

Doon Baqi | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Slavery, Racism, Roland Martin, Black, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Tom Cruise, Politics News
Doon Baqi

Let's make this an American celebration, and not a black or white one. Let us remember that the other half of "united we stand" is "divided we fall."

Read Post

A New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Evangelical, Progressive, Abortion Reduction, Culture War, Gay Marriage, 2008 Election, Religious Right, Evangelicals, Black, Evangelical, White Evangelicals, Pro-Life, Barack Obama, Consistent Ethic of Life, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Election Results, Joe Biden, Election, Religion, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.

Read Post

Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

Read Post

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

Off The Bus | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Race Politics, Obama Muslim, African American, Barack Obama, Muslim Obama, Arabs, Racism, Black, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Muslim, Campaign 2008, Arab Mccain, John McCain, Anti-Arab Election Slurs Youtube, Ohio Christians Muslim, American Anti Muslim, Palin and Anti Arab, Our Anti-Muslim Election, That's So Slurs, Muslim Arab, American Anti Muslims, Home News
Off The Bus

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

Read Post

Race and the Race

Justin Frank | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Race, Palin, Obama, Mccain, Election, Black, Barack Obama, Biden, African-American, Debate, Politics News
Justin Frank

I think voters also have inner fears that they might not even recognize until they find themselves inside the polling booth.

Read Post

Barack Obama is the President -- Why are Black People Still So Mad?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1984, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Police, Political Drama, Satire, Violence, Police Brutality, Obama, Black, Justice, San Francisco, African Americans, Civil Rights, Election, Cops, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

A calm day. A sunny, day, for San Francisco - which means really foggy with what will ultimately be an unfulfilled promise of sun later. A nice day, w...

Read Post

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Predicts A Lot Of Purple For Fall

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fashion Week 2008, New York Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2008, Black, Trends, Fashion Trends, Bcbg, Max Azria, Purple, Style News

NEW YORK — Many stylish women worship the color black, but not Jamie-Lynn Sigler. The 27-year-old actress, also known as Meadow from "The Sopra...

Read Whole Story

Vote for Obama Because He's Black

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Equality, John McCain, Youth Vote, America, Independent Voters, Democracy, 2008 Presidential Campaign, African-American History, Barack Obama Race, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama 2008, History, Historic Election, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Black, Election 2008, McCain 2008, African Americans, White Voters, Politics News
Michelle Haimoff

Here's the thing - people are going to vote against Obama because he's black. This is the country we live in. And I know, he's only half black, yadda...

Read Post

Inside Hollywood Jokes Kill Tropic Thunder

Sergio Mims | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tropic Thunder Comedy, Black, Entertainment, Movies, Blackface, Tropic Thunder, Tropic Thunder Review, Tom Cruise, Entertainment News
Sergio Mims

Hollywood is a place so insular and self-centered that it's convinced that everyone else on the planet is as enraptured as they are about themselves and the going-ons behind the scenes.

Read Post

Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1948, Dewey Defeats Truman, Executive Order 9981, Homosexual, Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation, Harry Truman, Racial, Campaign, Race, 1948 Election, 9981, Dadt, Military, 2008, 2008 Campaign, Integration, Black, Democratic Convention, Dixiecrat, 2008 Elections, Gay, 08, 2008 Election, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Army, 08 Campaign, Morale, African American, Segregation, Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2008 Presidential Race, Desegregation, Elaine Donnelly, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Being gay should be no more of a barrier to serving the United States military than being black now is. My guess is that sixty years from now, people will wonder what took us so long.

Read Post

Don Imus Remix

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Don Imus What Color Is He, Black, Adam Pacman Jones, Race, African American, Media News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

2008-06-28-loganvid.jpg

Read Post

Oh I Get It, The Left Just Doesn't Want to Win This Year

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, John McCain, Pragmatism, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, Nancy Pelosi, Don Imus, White, Fisa, Harry Reid, Obama, Black, Muslim, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Obama's a pragmatist, not a messiah. He has to win in order to make the changes I want. What merit is there in attacking him for his stance on FISA, now?

Read Post

Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

Read More: America, African, Political Language, White, Media Coverage, Obama, Media, Campaign, Race, African American, Culture, Politics, Barack, United States, Black, Biracial, Society, American, News, Home News
BlackAndBrownNews

There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

Read Post

What A Long, Strange Primary Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Puerto Rico, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, Delegate, South Dakota, Comeback Kid, African-American, Picks, Pledged Delegates, Primaries, Montana, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Pick, Superdelegates, John Edwards, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Black, Delegates, John McCain, Primary, Mitt Romney, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Contest, 08 Campaign, Vote, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Rather than a Vince Lombardi halftime pep talk about giving 110% in the second half, I'd like to review where we've been so far. This will be my final "picks" article for 2008.

Read Post

Why Do We Stick With Her?

Hilary Rosen | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Delegates, Women, Clinton, Clinton Campaign, African Americans, Obama, Black, Huffington Post, Race, Gender, Women Voters, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Politics News
Hilary Rosen

The personal answer for me is that I am loyal. But I want to focus on trying to translate for my friends, just what it is about this campaign that keeps the enthusiasm of her supporters.

Read Post

An African-American Grand Old Party

Lonnee Hamilton | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Colin Powell, Barack Obama, Senator McCain, Senator Clinton, Clinton, Mccain, Black Voters, Condoleeza Rice v.P, Superdelegates, Black, Democrats, African-Americans, Nomination, Home News
Lonnee Hamilton

If Hillary steals the nomination, there will be race division within the Democratic party. If McCain chooses Rice or Powell as VP, he would be masterfully positioning the Republican party as moving beyond its racist past.

Read Post

Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Debate, Assault Weapon, Cia, Marijuana, Guantanamo, Gun Control, Fisa, Medical Marijuana, Iraq, Campaign, Wright, Bush, Handgun, Democratic Nominee, Guantanamo Bay, 2008, Schedule I, Tax Holiday, Reverend, Telecom Immunity, Schedule II, 2008 Campaign, Black, Capital Gains, Democratic Debate, Taxes, Flag Burning, Gun, Gas Tax, Interrogation, Army Field Manual, Mlk, Telecom Amnesty, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Nafta, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Second Amendment, Elections, Income Tax, 08 Campaign, Martin Luther King, Present Votes, Tax, Wiretapping, 2008 Presidential Race, Telecommunications, Warren Buffett, Hillary Clinton, Debates, Senate, Warrantless, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

Read Post