Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan: Don't Be "Pacified" By Obama Election

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama's election and to wor...

Fatally Beaten Teen Derrion Albert Mourned At Funeral: 'The Eyes Of The World Are Watching'

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 10.04.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and ...

Gaddafi's "Green Revolution" Turns 40

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Mona Eltahawy

How did the world's longest serving dictator make it from diplomatic deep freeze to preparing to make his first ever visit to the U.S. to address the U.N. General Assembly in September?

GOP Must Repudiate Limbaugh or Be Defined by Him

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Menachem Rosensaft

By tolerating and encouraging Limbaugh, the Republican leadership is fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for our country.

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.

Guys Who Wear Bow Ties: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style


Two weeks ago when we asked "Who's the best-dressed Supreme Court Justice?", your answer was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her signature lace jabot....

Ms. F and Me

Robert M. Grossman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Chicago


Robert M. Grossman

Farrakhan was much more of the generation and attitude of Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright. Barack had passed them by. He didn't see things their way. Perhaps his daughter didn't either.

Farrakhan Praises Obama: 'America's New Beginning'

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — After months of silence about his support for Barack Obama, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said in an address Sunday that th...

Farrakhan: 'New Beginning' For Nation Of Islam

AP | RUPA SHENOY and SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stressed unity among religions, while still preaching a message of black empowerment, at a ra...

Six Degrees of Barack Obama

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

The latest right-wing game is to pin controversial figures, who might have said or done anything objectionable at any point in their lifetimes, to Obama.

Jeremiah Wright At National Press Club: Watch Video

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics


Rev. Jeremiah Wright appeared at the National Press Club on Monday morning, speaking out in what he called a defense of the traditional black church, ...

Gingrich: Left Wing Of The Democratic Party "Admires" American Terrorists

Huffington Post | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics


Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Friday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told the conservative pundit that "the left wing of the Democrat...

McCain: Obama "Does Not Share" Wright's Controversial Views

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A classic exchange between Sean Hannity and John McCain last night (bolding mine):... HANNITY: He's been -- but he's been going to the church for 20 ...

Obama Distances Himself From Farrakhan Praise

Reuters | Jeff Mason | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Not all endorsements are welcome on the presidential campaign. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama sought to distance himself on Monday from...

Jason Linkins

Richard Cohen Suggests Obama Has A 'Farrakhan Test,' Obama Responds

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Cohen's whole piece today is an identity politics cheap shot masquerading as high-minded outrage. It's a masterwork of tortured logic, to boot.