For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf? For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf?
To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.
Nov 12, 2010 / Courtney Young
Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment? Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment?
On October 18, 2010, a federal jury convicted David Williams IV, James Cromitie, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen on charges of conspiring to fire missiles at military planes and o…
Nov 12, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Bush’s Nadir Bush’s Nadir
Kanye West wasn't just calling George W. Bush a racist. He was, essentially, calling Bush a traitor.
Nov 10, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves? Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves?
Election Day 2010 may look like a victory for the hawks, but it could turn out to be a step toward their long-term defeat.
Nov 9, 2010 / Ira Chernus
Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia
At the conclusion of a campaign season marred by Islamaphobic flash-points, how will politicians' increasing scapegoating of Muslim communities play out on the national and inter...
Nov 8, 2010 / The Nation
Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy
This is the final chapter in the long and winding right-wing witch hunt against an organization that stood strong for poor and working people.
Nov 2, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Nativists Get a Tea-Party Makeover Nativists Get a Tea-Party Makeover
In California and Arizona, the anti-immigrant radical right is using the Tea Party to recreate itself.
Oct 28, 2010 / Gaiutra Bahadur
To Whom Apologies Are Really Due To Whom Apologies Are Really Due
Ginni Thomas's insistence that Anita Hill apologize is an apt metaphor for the long history of blaming black women for social ills.
Oct 27, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
NPR Fires Juan Williams Into Its Own Foot NPR Fires Juan Williams Into Its Own Foot
There are better ways to handle eruptions of forbidden speech than sacking the talent.
Oct 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Should NPR have Fired Juan Williams? You Betcha Should NPR have Fired Juan Williams? You Betcha
Was National Public Radio correct to fire Juan Williams? The answer is a simple one: you betcha.
Oct 24, 2010 / Dave Zirin