Obama, The Right and Race Obama, The Right and Race
Missing from Alterman's historical analysis is the Republicans' canny exploitation of racial resentment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence
In the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans police department were responsible for much of the deadly violence.
Aug 11, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Mosque Mania Mosque Mania
There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan.
Aug 10, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics
The right is using the internet and social networking sites to make stuff up about undocumented immigrants. On The Rachel Maddow Show, Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks why the left isn...
Aug 5, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Our Long Hot Summer of (Faux) Racial Tension Our Long Hot Summer of (Faux) Racial Tension
Unlike during other periods of race-based strife in this country, this summer, there is no action. There is only media.
Aug 2, 2010 / Ari Melber
For Half a Century, Jesse Jackson Has Helped Lead Fight for Progressive Politics For Half a Century, Jesse Jackson Has Helped Lead Fight for Progressive Politics
Run down the list of key moments in progressive activism in the the last fifty years, and there is a good chance Jesse Jackson was there.
Jul 29, 2010 / Steve Cobble
The Shame of the Fourth Estate The Shame of the Fourth Estate
The mainstream media's long-time kid-glove treatment of Andrew Breitbart led directly to the unjustified ouster of Shirley Sherrod.
Jul 26, 2010 / Charles Kaiser
Finding Racial Inspiration in the Shirley Sherrod Story Finding Racial Inspiration in the Shirley Sherrod Story
The Sunday morning pundits have renewed my frustration with our national reaction to the vilification of Shirley Sherrod. It seems we are insisting on focusing exclusively on the p...
Jul 25, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Real Story of Racism at the USDA The Real Story of Racism at the USDA
The USDA's real race problem is its history of discrimination against African-American, Native American and other minority farmers who were pushed off their land.
Jul 23, 2010 / Chris Kromm
Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case
The Sherrod controversy "was a ginned-up, fabricated story,” The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explains on The Today Show. “And this country can’t afford t...
Jul 23, 2010 / The Today Show