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Black-Centric Website Edited By Gates Hit With Racist Comments

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media


t was probably inevitable that in the furor over the arrest of the Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., some people would resort publicly to the u...

Race in America: Comments on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Martha St Jean | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Martha St Jean

One commentator said, " I am tired of the race card being played every time a black person is arrested/questioned or anything else that happens with the police."

Starting Simple and Changing the World

Autumn Saxton-Ross | Posted 02.18.2009 | Living


Autumn Saxton-Ross

With the parallels between MLK day and inauguration I thought, "with all these folks coming into the city to kick it, why not put these people to work and show them parts of DC that are often overlooked or forgotten?"

Washington Post Launches Black Slate

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In attempt to broaden its online audience, The Washington Post Company on Monday is to introduce an online magazine primarily for a black audience, wi...