Driving While Black

Reflecting on the Gates Arrest

Jim Luce | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media


Jim Luce

The Gates arrest uncorked pent-up emotions and helped reveal a dirty national secret: racial profiling is real, it violates the highest ideals of our country, and it demeans the daily experiences of too many people.

Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Abby L. Ferber

Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

"Driving While Black," "Negro Riots," and Two Nations

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Kenneth C. Davis

On August 11, 1965, an all-too-frequent stop of a black man by a white police officer exploded into one of the worst urban riots in American history.

The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.