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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Gates, President Obama, Obama, The Nation, Race, Institutionalized Racism, Obama Town Hall Meetings, Officer Crowley, Town Hall, White Privilege, Racism, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates Arrested, African-Americans, Privilege, Health Care, African Americans, Whites, Leonard Zeskind, Pat Buchanan, Barack Obama, Driving While Black, White Nationalism, Lynching, People of Color, Sarah Palin, Sonia Sotomayor, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Erik Ward, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Inequality, Town Hall Meetings, Eric Alterman, Healthcare, Class, Politics News
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.

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Andres Piedrahita Shamed By Media Into Leaving Mega-Yacht

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Socialites, Yachts, Bernard Madoff, Walter Noel, Wealth, Privilege, Andres Piedrahita, Yacht, Business News
Vicky Ward

Last week, I wrote how Piedrahita, the major shareholder of a feeder fund that lost $7 billion of investors' money to Bernie Madoff, was summering on his new yacht. This week, he's off the yacht.

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Getting to the Roots of Hate Crime

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Hate, Annual Day of Silence, Bullying, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mathew Shepard Act, State Hate Crime Statutues, Colorado, Harassment, Transgender, Gay, Oppression, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Schools., Angie Zapata, Federal Hate Crime Law, Privilege, Inequality, Hate Crime, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

If we are serious about protecting people from violence and crime simply because of their group identities, we must also take seriously their right to equality in the home, workplace, and school.

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An Involuntary Lent

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, Neighbor, Church, Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Economic Crisis, Budget, Ash Wednesday, United States, Congress, Families, Business, Economic, Easter, Government, Privilege, Job, Simplicity, Churches, Economy Special Focus, Lent, Catholic, Economy, Obama's Budget, 100 Days, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.

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I Am Racist!

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Obama, Race, Barack Obama, Election, White Privilege, Whiteness, Privilege, Votes, Racist, Florida, Pennsylvania, Polls, Voters, New York Times, Florida Voters, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

Race will be a factor in this presidential election. It is always a factor in our society. How much race impacts the election will depend on our willingness to consciously strive to be anti-racist.

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