Identity Politics

Workplace Diversity: What Happens When White Men Don't Want It

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business


Natalie Holder-Winfield

Until senior-level white men take a stake in the success of their employees of color, their organizations' retention and promotion efforts will fail.

Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Terrance Heath

Watching some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was like a crash course in what I've often referred to as "self evasion of the mind."

Jason Linkins

Bill O'Reilly: "The Left Sees White Men As The Problem" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


As you have probably experienced for yourself, it's so hard for most white dudes to get a leg up in America, a nation that has historically both hated...

Mutts Like Me

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living


Valerie Tarico

Mutts are often stronger, healthier and smarter than purebreds. They tend to live longer. They surprise you more. They're less prone to neuroses and other kinds of twitchiness.

Barack is Not a Tiger

Michael Rowan | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Michael Rowan

In one speech, Sarah Palin can achieve what it might take Barack Obama 100 speeches to do, if at all.

Women Respond To Palin: Part One

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

A substantial number of women writing in discussed their lives. Many made a point of conveying that they come "from small towns like Palin."

Why the Political is Personal(ity)

Aimee Liu | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home


Aimee Liu

There are seven basic traits that we all have in common, and our own personalities influence how we respond to Obama and Palin. This election season we would do well to understand how these seven traits affect our actions and reactions.

White Men and the G.O.P. Mastery of Identity Politics

Jackson Katz | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


Jackson Katz

"I don't think Barack Obama is half the man Sarah Palin is. He can't take a punch, he's weak, and he whines," Limbaugh says of the Democratic nominee.

America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1)

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Terrance Heath

Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to ...

Young Voters, Identity Politics

Ben Terris | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home


Ben Terris

"McCain understands people like him better than he does people like us, so his tax plans will help the rich, not the people who need it the most. I want to vote for someone who will look out for me."

John Edwards Win Seven Percent Of West Virginia Primary

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


AFP notes a strange trend in the West Virginia primary: the surprising turnout of John Edwards. Clinton beat Obama by a bruising 67 to 26 percent in ...