Performance Gap Widens Between Whites and Minorities

January 20, 2012

The performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with black and Latino teenagers performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years ago, Teresa Wiltz writes at America's Wire.

'Roots': More Than Just a Miniseries

Thirty-five years later, the slavery epic's influence is everywhere.

Age Gap May Increase Racial Divide

A generation gap between older whites and younger minorities has experts concerned that age differences in the population are influencing spending and public policy, Teresa Wiltz writes at America's Wire.

'Pariah': Small Film Exposes Big Truths

The coming-of-age coming-out drama highlights a segment of black life not often seen on film.

2011: The Revolutions Were Televised

From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, citizens worldwide demonstrated their discontent this year.

Qaddafi's Dead. Did You See the Photo?

From images of Emmett Till to snapshots of deceased dictators, publishing death photos is a practice with a complicated history.

Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander is an activist, litigator and associate professor at Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness.

'30 Americans' and the Meaning of Black Art

The artists whose works are displayed in the "30 Americans" exhibit prove that it can be anything.

Jamil Smith

Jamil Smith is a segment producer on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and a contributor to the Maddow Blog.

John Hope Bryant

John Hope Bryant is the award-winning founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and the author of the best-selling Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World.

Comme Des Garcons: Not for the Faint of Heart

November 27, 2009

It takes nerves of steel to wear avant garde Japanese fashion. Desiree Rogers knows how to work it.

Whitney Was Saving All Her Love for Bobby

So the Cliff Notes version of Whitney’s world premiere, super-duper exclusive with Oprah, timed to coordinate with Whitney’s new CD, "I Look To You": Yes, Bobby really was as toxic a husband as he appeared to be. (But she really, really, really loved him.)

Bring Me That Old Time Reporting

Dance Dance Revolution

Meet TEWW blogger Teresa Wiltz.

What Happens in Kabul...

I was in a taxi, about a mile from the World Trade Center, when the first plane hit on September 11. I remember the streets of New York being filled with smoke, and people wandering around dazed, like something out of a doomsday movie. I remember the free-floating fear, and thinking, “We are at war....”