‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation ‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation
In 1993 the Nobel Prize-winning author and the Princeton professor sat down to discuss blues, love, and politics.
May 6, 2004 / Feature / Toni Morrison and Cornel West
Homophobia of All Hues Homophobia of All Hues
The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
Vanishing Votes Vanishing Votes
On October 29, 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hidden behind its apple-pie-and-motherhood name lies a nasty civil rights time bomb.
Apr 29, 2004 / Greg Palast
Racism and Reproductive Rights Racism and Reproductive Rights
The March for Women's Lives is paying considerable attention to issues of concern to minority women.
Apr 22, 2004 / Ginger Adams Otis
Why Brown Still Matters Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
Not Just a Test Not Just a Test
Why we must rethink the paradigm we use for judging human ability.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Claude M. Steele
A Dream Deferred A Dream Deferred
After bloody battles for desegregation, blacks in Memphis are still behind.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael Honey
The Heat of Summerton The Heat of Summerton
Racial tensions still simmer in the rural county where Brown was born.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Alan Richard
The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’ The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’
How four federal judges brought the rule of reason to the South.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jack Bass