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For more than a generation, hip-hop has drawn kids from neighborhoods around the world into the musical intersection… more
For more than a generation, hip-hop has drawn kids from neighborhoods around the world into the musical intersection… more
When it comes to race, American politics is as polarized as a red and blue election map. On… more
Every four years, during U.S. presidential elections, the same thing happens, except it’s always a little bit different.… more
Last June, the eulogizing came quickly after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to strike down the race-based integration… more
T Boone Pickens, once known as a corporate raider, is now a billionaire hedge fund investor -- and… more
If any publication was going to document the sickness known as Potomac Fever, it was going to be… more
For all its fumbling, the Bush administration has one achievement of note: it has persuaded the American public… more
A Senate Committee looks to rein in one of the FBI's favorite tools: the national security letter
Racism or sexism -- which is worse? Take your pick. Paula Giddings' new biography, Ida: A Sword Among… more
Navajo Nation weighs costs and benefits of coal mining on its land
The image of the "thin blue line" has become common shorthand for the heroism and public trust associated… more
How can two Americans, sharing the same classically American virtue of hard work, affect their country in such… more
If television is the nation's mirror, then no two TV characters reflect the intensifying "two Americas" gap better… more
Excerpts from Jeremiah Wright's first interview with a broadcast journalist since the controversy over his remarks and his… more
Brace yourselves. The real presidential campaign -- the kind the news media have forced us to get used… more
Two Connecticut cities have taken opposite approaches to dealing with undocumented immigrants. Last summer, New Haven became the… more
In October 2001, when Congress passed the Patriot Act -- and again when it reauthorized it in 2006… more
With their country ravaged by Bush's war, Iraqi refugees find the United States indifferent to their plight
By sheer coincidence, the two wings of the American left held back-to-back conferences in mid-March. What follows is… more
Thomas Geoghegan admits he's biased. The labor lawyer writes in the opening pages of his fourth book, See… more
The Ludlow Massacre's tiny monument off I-25 in Southern Colorado is easily missed if you don't know where… more
Inspired by March Madness, the folks at the Consumerist blog recently set up brackets to determine America's worst… more
Tensions between the California Nurses Association and SEIU escalate at the Labor Notes conference
With new president, Russians continue to forgo political voice for economic security
A diet of bread and water used to be emblematic of poverty. Now a global food crisis is… more
An interview with the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Guizhou University sits on the outskirts of Guiyang City, the sleepy capital of China's poorest province. Undergraduate tuition… more
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently called race-based slavery a "birth defect" that still troubles our nation. Her… more
SEIU Is the Nation's Fastest Growing Union -- But at What Cost?
Ron Ridenhour, who brought the My Lai massacre to the light of day, was courageous. To get the… more
A diverse coalition wins a battle to regulate air pollution at California ports
I'll admit it: I used to admire John McCain. To paraphrase the UFO poster from "The X Files,"… more
America-first fervor could be the driving force behind economic populism
Kalle Lasn is a fighter for the right to communicate. A privilege, says the founder of Adbusters magazine,… more
In September 2007, Senegalese television viewers saw the image of a drowned body washed up on a rocky… more
How the Pentagon can cut the military budget and still keep us safe
American Jews remain, along with African Americans, the most left-leaning ethnic community in the country. While many support… more
The New York Senator's last-ditch efforts to win the Democratic nomination could rely on the "Race Chasm" and the trampling of democracy.
In early 2006, violence across the Islamic world rocked the quaint Scandinavian country of Denmark after one of… more
Since the 1960s, bigotry has undergone an aesthetic makeover. Today, the most pernicious racists do not wear pointy… more
Underneath the I-5 highway in south Seattle, Isaac Palmer had found a spot to sleep. Hidden away from… more
Ten miles outside Eugene in west central Oregon, little wooden houses and mobile homes make up the town… more
Who would have thought that we might ever miss Ross Perot? Squawking at us with his graphs and… more
By now, we're used to the static that accompanies the election season. It's a streaming wave of wordplay,… more
The Federal Reserve Bank's decision last week to address the housing crisis by extending $200 billion of taxpayer-financed… more
Strikes are rare these days. And winning one is almost as rare as sighting an ivory-billed woodpecker. But… more
While Congress runs out the clock on President Bush's Iraq War, some Vermont legislators hope to spark a… more