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Blockbuster blackface Blockbuster blackface
"Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?
By James Hannaham Aug 25, 2008
Obama to NAACP: "Our work is not over" Obama to NAACP: "Our work is not over"
In a speech to the civil rights group, Barack Obama said he'd work to end discrimination and invoked the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to describe the fight ahead.
Jul 15, 2008
NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted
Julian Bond writes to DNC chairman Howard Dean, saying the states should be represented at the Democratic convention.
Alex Koppelman Feb 13, 2008
The NAACP's sad decline The NAACP's sad decline
The venerable advocacy group changed history with its civil rights leadership -- so why does it seem to have lost its way?
By Debra Dickerson Jun 19, 2007
Barack Obama and the Springfield race riot Barack Obama and the Springfield race riot
Springfield, Ill., where Barack Obama officially announces his presidential campaign on Saturday, has a tortured racial history. What happened, and what it could mean for Obama.
By Jim Rasenberger Feb 10, 2007
Recapping our top story, up is the new down Recapping our top story, up is the new down
Bush gets heckled. The White House calls it applause.
Tim Grieve Jul 21, 2006
Frist, in a switch, moves Voting Right Act just in time for Bush Frist, in a switch, moves Voting Right Act just in time for Bush
Friday, he wasn't in any hurry. But with the president speaking before the NAACP today, the Senate majority leader is on the case now.
Tim Grieve Jul 20, 2006
"It will be worse than in 2000" "It will be worse than in 2000"
NAACP head Julian Bond says the GOP is going all out to suppress the black vote. Can his "Election Protection" offensive stop them?
By Mary Jacoby Oct 28, 2004
"Shut your mouth" "Shut your mouth"
As radio giants censor antiwar musicians, TV networks bully pro-peace actors, and Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares a new assault on civil liberties, a climate of intimidation creeps over America.
By Tim Grieve Mar 25, 2003
Shock troops for Bush Shock troops for Bush
Partisans of the extreme right gathered outside of Washington this weekend to cheer on Cheney and Coulter -- and vent their rage at the liberals who rule America.
By Michelle Goldberg Feb 4, 2003
"Barbershop" doesn't need a trim "Barbershop" doesn't need a trim
Beneath the furor over the film's wisecrack about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. lies a real crisis in black leadership.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Oct 1, 2002
Joe Conason's Journal
A Labor Day gift from baseball players. Plus, how the Democrats become a majority party, Jeb Bush settles a voting rights suit in Florida and Colorado gets rocky for a GOP incumbent.
Aug 30, 2002
Counting the mix Counting the mix
With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do.
By Daryl Lindsey Mar 16, 2001
Two nations, once again
Black and white America are worlds apart in the way they view President-elect Bush, and how he came to power.
By Eric Boehlert Dec 16, 2000
Bush angers slain man's family
The Byrds harbor deep resentments over the Texas governor's treatment of their family and failure to support a hate crimes bill.
By Jake Tapper Oct 16, 2000
Tulia's witch trials Tulia's witch trials
A drug sting case in a small Texas town shows how drug war paranoia can feed the fires of injustice.
By Arianna Huffington Oct 11, 2000
The politics of lynching The politics of lynching
A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Aug 31, 2000
Brother from another planet
An NAACP chapter president and a Bush delegate? Meet Shannon Reeves.
By Jake Tapper Jul 31, 2000
Black like Al? Black like Al?
Listen and be the judge: Does Al Gore change his tone when he talks to African-Americans?
Jul 14, 2000
Has lynch law returned? Has lynch law returned?
Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jul 13, 2000
Ebony and irony Ebony and irony
A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned.
By Jake Tapper Jul 11, 2000
Letters to the editor
Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors?
Letters to the editor Mar 8, 2000
"The stakes are a bit higher for us"
The NAACP's Washington bureau chief takes the Census Bureau to task for its new multiracial categories.
By Daryl Lindsey Feb 16, 2000
Letters to the editor
Don't blame Gov. Bush -- he's just one of Texas' many willing executioners Plus: Is Confederate flag flap a waste of NAACP time? How "liberated" are women who wait by the phone for a date?
Letters to the editor Jan 21, 2000
White men can jump
When Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, chose a white as its next mayor, it marked a watershed event in the evolution of America's racial politics.
By Debra Dickerson Oct 13, 1999
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