The GOP’s Confused (and Confusing) “Outreach”
Buzzfeed’s Mckay Coppins has an interesting, complicated look at the Republican Party’s conflicted attempts to woo…
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March: Book One Wins Robert F. Kennedy Award
The first volume of Congressman and civil rights movement hero John Lewis’s memoir has won the…
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What Made “Tell Me More” Special
As part of an attempt to end its budget deficit, NPR has canceled “Tell Me More”…
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The Limits of “Respectability Politics”
As a quick google search will tell you, there is more than a little pushback out…
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Fighting Stereotypes on the Minnesota Stage
Minnesota Public Radio’s Marianne Combs has a fascinating story about the Minneapolis theatre scene, and how…
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For the First Time, The New York Times’ Executive Editor is a Black Man
Dean Bacquet, the Managing Editor of the New York Times, has been named its Executive Editor….
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“The Muslim Scare Story Generator” in the Guardian
Over at the Guardian, Nesrine Malik responds to the rise of racialized scare stories about Muslims…
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Arthur Ashe
sonsandbrothers: On this day in 1963, 22 year old Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American to…
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Why is the Liberal Media so Darn White?
The American Prospect’s Gabriel Arana notes in a new post today that, despite possessing values and…
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Racial Attitudes
Survey of racial attitudes from the good people and Public Religion Research Institute
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Are There Stereotypes of White People?
Photographer Myra Greene has a new book of photos called My White Friends that sets out…
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Being White Won’t Stop You From Being Racialized
Ta-Nehisi Coates has an important post up today arguing that politicians who are identified as representing…