Whitewashing Civil War History

June 12, 2011

The Root Review: Adam Goodheart's 1861: The Civil War Awakening fails to embrace the views of the African Americans at the heart of the conflict.

Jobs for Ex-Offenders in the Green Economy

A pilot project in Baltimore could become a national model for employing former inmates and saving abandoned buildings from demolition.  

Nigeria's Oil Spill and the Missing White Girl

Some incidents get more attention than others because of race or location. Nigeria's 50-year environmental disaster belatedly gets noticed.

An Appreciation of Lucille Clifton

Praise for the poet of deceptive simplicity.

The Origin of ‘Who Dat?’

It goes back to minstrelsy, but it’s OK to say it now.