Race and Ethnicity

Voting Blocks Voting Blocks

Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Under the Veil, Who’s for Kerry? Under the Veil, Who’s for Kerry?

Many Arab-American voters loathe Bush, but they have little love for his rival.

Oct 21, 2004 / Feature / Gary Younge

First Nations in the 21st Century First Nations in the 21st Century

The largest gathering ever of Native Americans in the nation's capital greets the opening of the NMAI.

Oct 21, 2004 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor

DeLay on the Hot Seat DeLay on the Hot Seat

Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.

Sep 23, 2004 / Jack Newfield

Return of the White-ist Return of the White-ist

Not that you missed him while he was gone, but David Duke is back.

Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Leonard Zeskind

Identity Politics Identity Politics

While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system this ...

Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Tova Andrea Wang

Ralph Reed’s Gamble Ralph Reed’s Gamble

When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his "family values" agenda, calling gambling "a cancer on the ...

Jun 24, 2004 / Jack Newfield

By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary

In June 1965 James Farmer, leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and longtime champion of Gandhian nonviolence, arrived in Bogalusa, Louisiana, to support a desegregat...

Jun 17, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mike Marqusee

The Soros Slander Campaign Continues The Soros Slander Campaign Continues

We return this week to the conservative crusade to destroy the reputation of financier and philanthropist George Soros.

Jun 17, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Fear of a Brown Planet Fear of a Brown Planet

A wave of minority politics is cresting in California--white minority politics.

Jun 10, 2004 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

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