• Obama Shouldn’t Trumpet a Black Agenda

    Why now's the time for him to be about it, instead of talking about it
    Obama Shouldn’t Trumpet a Black Agenda
  • Will the Health Care Summit Pay Off for Obama?

    With momentum coming out of the Senate jobs bill passage, the POTUS may finally have the GOP where he wants it.
    Obama's Health Care Summit at Blair House: Analysis
  • 50 Years of Black History

    From the civil rights movement to the election of President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root’s editor-in-chief, presents a timeline of the highlights of African-American history.
    Looking back on 50 years of Black History
  • State of the (Job) Union

    In his first State of the Union address, Obama must address the most urgent need in America. We need more jobs.
    State of the Union: Why Obama Should Be Talking About Jobs & Unemployment
  • Scott Brown’s ‘Negro’ Dialect

    How Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown is like Barack Obama.
    Scott Brown’s ‘Negro’ Dialect
  • SATISFACTION, PRIDE OR DELIRIUM?

    In light of the current economic climate the question regarding African American support for President Obama is bound to come up.  It’s the anniversary of his first full year in office, we prognosticators expecting it.  But, it’s an even more poignant question amid the very racialized national conversation taking place – from gawks at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “gaffes” to nauseating outrage at bigotry on tap from the likes of commentator Rush Limbaugh and evangelical zealot Pat Robertson. 

  • Harry Reid’s in Hot Water. But What About “Teflon Bill” Clinton?

    Former President Clinton’s comments about Barack Obama were far more harsh than Harry Reid’s, but he’s gotten away with it—so far.
    Harry Reid's Comments About Barack Obama Weren't as Bad as Bill Clinton's
  • Why Michael Steele Is Wrong About Harry Reid

    Harry Reid’s gaffe isn't the same as Trent Lott’s enthusiastic endorsement of Dixiecrat-era segregation. Also different: Talking about race vs. saying something racist.

     

    PLUS: Was Harry Reid Right?
    Why Michael Steele Is Wrong About Harry Reid
  • How 'American Idol' Paved the Way for Barack Obama

    Television voting may hold some important lessons about increasing voter participation.
    How American Idol paved the way for Barack Obama
  • The Patriot Act of the Sky

    In response to Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab’s Christmas Day attempt to down an airliner headed from Amsterdam to Detroit, the US Transportation Safety Administration is implementing a new system of passenger screening based on national origin
    National Profiling at American Airports: The Patriot Act of the Sky?
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