Oscar Opens the Door Oscar Opens the Door
As Halle Berry elegantly strode to the podium to accept her best actress Oscar, the first for a black woman, she wept uncontrollably and gasped, "This moment is so much bigger tha...
Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eric Dyson
We’ve Gotta Have It We’ve Gotta Have It
Black filmmakers seize the moment.
Mar 27, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
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
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Die Nigger Die!, the autobiographical political memoir by H. Rap Brown, is a vital American historical document--historical almost in the sense of a message found in a time capsu...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
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
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