Bush Civil Rights Failures Scrutinized In Congressional Report
When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in...
When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
Short of the television program "America's Biggest Loser," there is probably no way to undo eighteen years of overeating, or poor habits, with a single semester of exercise.
Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Earlier this month, Louisiana Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell refused to perform a marriage for an interracial couple, on the grounds that society has...
AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
(AP) NEW ORLEANS A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new stud...
Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
The same slurs, epithets, and offensive language that comics use to get laughs can create disrespect in the workplace, school and in other social settings.
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
We still have a long way to go in healing the divisions that exists between us and in "perfecting our union." It would be stupid to delude ourselves that we are in a post-racial America.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."
Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
The pre-clearance provision is the most powerful weapon against racial discrimination in voting that Congress has ever devised and must be saved.
Alex Storozynski | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
The United States has always had a totem pole of bigotry, where the latest arrivals were notched in at the bottom of the shame pole.
Rinku Sen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
In one study of racism in the restaurant world, people of color were half as likely to get offers, and less likely to get interviewed in the first place.
Alden Loury | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago
As Americans, we seem far better at touting how far we've moved past our racist legacy than actually dealing with our racial problems.
Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
A lot of people feel extremely frustrated about the rampant voter suppression going on as evidenced by the many comments on my last post.
The New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics