The Conservative Fantasy History Of Civil Rights
The civil rights movement, once a controversial left-wing fringe, has grown deeply embedded into the fabric of our national story. This is a salutary ...
The civil rights movement, once a controversial left-wing fringe, has grown deeply embedded into the fabric of our national story. This is a salutary ...
Joel Berg | Posted 03.17.2012
Dr. Martin Luther King, responding to near-starvation conditions found in parts of the U.S., viewed access to food as a civil rights issue. King made the hunger issue a central component of his Poor People's Campaign.
Christopher Lamb | Posted 03.12.2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who just won the New Hampshire primary, needs to keep in mind what happened to McCain in South Carolina or else he will find himself dazed and confused, and talking out of both sides of his mouth. Again.
Elizabeth Abbott | Posted 07.24.2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a traditional man! His cheating on Maria followed the age-old tradition of the sexual double standard for husbands by allowin...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.28.2011
Barbour's statement is significant for two reasons: First, it sounds like the Mississippi governor is indeed running for the GOP presidential nomination. Second, it suggests his state has changed considerably since the 1960s.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011
Denying the long-standing link between white tribalism and conservatism may be "politically correct" within the DC bubble where press and politicians mingle, but denial is the opposite of truth.
David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011
The Kagan hearings, or any Supreme Court hearings for that matter, are part of the war to win over the hearts and minds of America, to determine what kind of country we want this to become.
Morris Davis | Posted 05.25.2011
What brought the wrath of the radical right down on Sen. Graham is that on occasion he breaks ranks with right wing orthodoxy and, heaven forbid, works with colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011
The people of South Carolina seem to be tired of hearing about this kind of thing. They might well consider adultery too juvenile to be a political issue.
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011
The principles that Helms stood for were bigotry, hatred and fear. Obama passed health care reform, something both Republicans and Democrats have tried to do for decades.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011
With their anger and vitriol, Republicans and Tea Partiers are banking on Americans rejecting health insurance reform. But their plan is in peril. Americans appear to be embracing hope and change in health care.
Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011
If you're used to instant gratification, homelessness might not be for you. I found that out during our three days on the streets, and it became especially evident later when I walked (literally) through the steps of obtaining a photo ID.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.17.2011
I have a racist in-law. But then again, who doesn't? I don't see a lot of this guy, because my wife only begrudgingly let him back into her life afte...
Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011
It wasn't until recovering from stage IV uterine cancer that I began to notice the parallels between cancer and racism -- and potentially similar paths of recovery.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011
According to the 99.5% lily-white Republican Party, these poor black folk defending Reid are either too naive or forgiving or both to understand just how offensive and insensitive his remarks were.
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to slam the book shut Monday on a controversy stemming from remarks about President Barack...
Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011
After years of supporting her racist father, Liz Cheney is finally calling out racism where she sees it -- in the words of Harry Reid.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
If Michael Steele can pull himself away from bashing Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada), he really should take a moment to dash off a thank-you note to... Harry Reid.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
While Trent Lott could technically support and advocate segregationist policies as majority leader, what policy would Reid be in danger of furthering, based on his statement? None. That's the difference.
David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Raw Story | Sue Sturgis | Posted 05.25.2011
During President Obama's address on health insurance reform to a joint session of Congress last night, he observed that some people have been spreadin...
William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011
We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.
Lionel | Posted 05.25.2011
No arena has been spared its own blemish and moral hiccup. Sports, entertainment, politics, the clergy -- name it.
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Yup, this home-schooled Doogie Howser R.N.C. is the latest offering from the downward-spiraling Republican Party's public relations arm.
Darin Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011
In an unprecedented moment in history, Governor Sarah Palin was sworn in today by the far right wing of the Republican Party as the first female President of The Real America.
New York Magazine | Posted 05.22.2012