Suppressing the N.O. Vote Suppressing the N.O. Vote
Fewer than half of New Orleans's black voters will be able to participate in upcoming city elections, thanks to passive opposition from the Bush Administration and listless advocac...
Apr 13, 2006 / The Editors
Republicanizing the Race Card Republicanizing the Race Card
David Duke and a cohort of white nationalists seek to reposition their minuscule movement at a time when their signature issues have been co-opted by pseudo-populist media personal...
Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Erasing Whiteness Erasing Whiteness
If women expect to shed the cruel and calculating artifice of race in our lifetimes, we must contribute to the emerging generation of literature that deconstructs racial categories...
Mar 22, 2006 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi
The Great Black Hope The Great Black Hope
Taylor Branch concludes his staggering trilogy of the civil rights era with At Canaan's Edge, a relentlessly detailed narrative of Martin Luther King's desperate struggle to save t...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Early
The Color of Money The Color of Money
Four new books explore the politics, culture and racial awareness of the hip-hop generation.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Greg Tate
A New Black Power A New Black Power
It's time to transform the two-party system into something more equitable by introducing smaller political groups based on special interests: Consider the power of a black voting b...
Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Walter Mosley
The Value of a Number The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Race to War The Race to War
Lost Battalions tells the story of two US Army regiments of the American Expeditionary Force, the struggle to buy citizenship through the self-sacrifice of war.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Levering Lewis
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King
The widows of great men either gracefully retire from history's stage or take their own lonely road. Coretta Scott King had little hesitancy about carrying on her husband's work.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?
Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge