Race

Economic Tier Scheme for CPS Selective Enrollment Schools: Go Back to the Drawing Board

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago


Esther J. Cepeda

I cannot imagine the Dickensian horror city parents today go through to get their kids into decent schools. Now Chief Mathemagician Ron Huberman plans to select enrollment to these schools based on family income.

Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

About That Piece on Transracial Adoptions in the New York Times...

Deborah Douglas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Deborah Douglas

The Asian-adoptee identity crisis reported in the Times might finally lend credence to what black social workers have been saying all along: Ethnic and racial identity matters.

The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Michael Henry Adams

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

Why I Don't Want to Be the Next Amy Tan

Celeste Ng | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books


Celeste Ng

Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style. Because if a review compared me to Amy Tan on those measures, rather than on just our shared culture, I'd be proud.

Anthony Edwards To "Act" His Way Through The NYC Marathon (VIDEO)

Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy


Well, it's finally happened. Dr. Mark Greene is back on television this weekend in the NYC Marathon. And while Anthony Edwards is sure this "five hour...

Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

Time For Justice To Do The Right Thing

Bill de Blasio | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York


Bill de Blasio

Whether it's an interracial couple in Louisiana denied a marriage, or that blacks and Hispanics are 90% of the people frisked by NYC police, no place is immune to our history of racial struggle.

Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan Worries The White People Are Losing Their America, Like Always

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Pat Buchanan has a post up today on WorldnetDaily, about the "Oath Keepers," the latest strain of extremist nimrods who have lost their minds over the...

Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

Detroit Marathon Deaths: 3 Runners Die During Half Marathon In Detroit

Detroit Free Press | Korie Wilkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Local


Three men died this morning during the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon, police and race officials have confirmed. The first man to collapse...

John Brown's Body Lies A-Moldering in Upstate New York

Alfred Gingold | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Alfred Gingold

150 years after his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown looms ever larger in the national psyche, either a great martyr to a just and necessary cause, or our first domestic terrorist.

Guilt by Association: The Southern Poverty Law Center Hurls a Punch

Carol M. Swain | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


Carol M. Swain

A few days ago, I received a notice from a friend informing me that the Southern Poverty Law Center had included me in this week's HateWatch. I linke...

The Real Reason Obama Deserves the Nobel Win

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Ali A. Rizvi

The impact of Obama's election stretches far beyond even what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the "fierce urgency of now." It goes beyond race and beyond policy issues.

Harry Connick On Hey Hey: Blackface Peformance Offends Connick (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment


An Australian act's blackface impression of The Jackson Five did not impress celebrity judge Harry Connick Jr. The American musician and actor was d...

We Are the Obama Effect

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Sara Haile-Mariam

Derrion Albert's death should resonate from coast to coast, because his early departure represents a lost opportunity; a life that could have given back has been taken.

No Safe Passage: Little Rock to Chicago

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago


Bernardine Dohrn

Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?

Shahien Nasiripour

Minorities More Likely To Be Denied Refinancing

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business


First, minorities were disproportionately steered by lenders into subprime loans. Now there's news that they're disproportionately being denied when t...

CNN's Dobbs: Creating a Hostile Image of Hispanics

Adam Luna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media


Adam Luna

Ninety percent of Latino leaders believe that Lou Dobbs is having a hostile impact on Hispanics. We know Dobbs doesn't care about this, but does his network?

The Past Is Never Dead

Alison Teal | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver


Alison Teal

A new book is a true story about the 2007 trial of klansman James Ford Seale for the hideous murder of two young black men in 1964.

Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

The Conversation America Won't Have on Race

Irene Monroe | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Irene Monroe

No matter what kind of shape-shifters or mask-wearers we are as African Americans leaders, even our post-racial leaders are finding out that the nagging issue of race is an unavoidable issue.

Republicans and the Art of Racism

Caroline Myss | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Caroline Myss

Racism is the one issue President Obama can't fight. It's the perfect tool to take to the streets and channel into the repressed anger of the American public.

Still Fighting the Same Battles

Mike Lux | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

A lot has changed in the 20 years since my father died, but things haven't as well. We still have to fight for people of color to be treated with respect; for those who are sick to be cared for with dignity.

Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...