Racism and Discrimination

Billy Graham’s Explanation of His Taped Conversation With Richard Nixon Billy Graham’s Explanation of His Taped Conversation With Richard Nixon

He says that what he said about the Jews (They own and thus manipulate the news) Is not, of course, reflective of his views. So what part of the news did those Jews lose?

Mar 14, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality

In my last column, I mentioned that most actual drug users are young white people, even though most of those "profiled" as drug users are people of color. Indeed, according to th...

Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Tulsa’s Shame Tulsa’s Shame

Race riot victims still wait for promised reparations.

Feb 28, 2002 / Feature / Adrian Brune

Fighting Pickering Fighting Pickering

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson says it's like this: If judicial nominee Charles Pickering is confirmed by a Democratic Senate, the Bush Administration will have a green ...

Feb 28, 2002 / John Nichols

H. Rap Brown/Jamil Al-Amin: A Profoundly American Story H. Rap Brown/Jamil Al-Amin: A Profoundly American Story

Die Nigger Die!, the autobiographical political memoir by H. Rap Brown, is a vital American historical document--historical almost in the sense of a message found in a time capsu...

Feb 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ekwueme Michael Thelwell

Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict

A historian questions whether he led a slave revolt, but his heroism still stands.

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Black Mischief Black Mischief

On East Capitol Street a few years ago, I was in a taxi when a car pulled suddenly and dangerously across our bow. My driver was white, with a hunter's cap and earmuffs and an inde...

Feb 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens

The Black Pathology Biz The Black Pathology Biz

Black pathology is big business. Two-thirds of teenage mothers are white, two-thirds of welfare recipients are white and white youth commit most of the crime in this country.

Feb 12, 2002 / Feature / Ishmael Reed

The Liberator Released The Liberator Released

In the issue of January 4, 1866, The Nation--itself founded by a group of abolitionists--paid tribute to the final issue of William Lloyd Garrison's fiery anti-slavery newspaper,...

Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Michele Willens

Indian Giving Indian Giving

"I see Native people dying every day because they can't afford health insurance," Elouise Cobell said over the phone in mid-January from Washington, DC, as she prepared to testi...

Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Chris Lombardi

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