Articles
The NAACP Boos Romney: A Double Standard and a Breach of Civility
It’s politically fashionable to question the relevance of the 103-year-old National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But the NAACP is still one...
Romney Plays The Race Card
Mitt Romney went to the NAACP’s National Convention planning to get booed. It was no mistake. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told Bloomberg TV she believes...
How Minority Millennials Are Driving Politics
Last Sunday, I was one of the estimated 40,000 people who attended a “silent march” in New York City organized by the NAACP to protest the New York Police...
Morning Must Reads: Shape
How Mormonism shaped Romney. How 1968 shaped Romney. How Obama narrowed the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. Cory Booker calls Bain-bashing “nauseating,” ruining the...
From Gun-Toting Black Panther to Ivy League Professor
In his new book Panther Baby, Jamal Joseph tells the story of his journey from young Panther to his time in jail to his current job at Columbia University.
Photo Essays
Marian Anderson and the Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
“A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years.” — Arturo Toscanini to the American contralto Marian Anderson Born in Philadelphia in 1897, Marian...
