All 123 articles by Salim Muwakkil

  • 07 Sep 11

  • Features

    Black and Blue Chicago

    A recent spate of police shootings of African Americans underscores longstanding mutual distrust. MORE »

  • 20 Jul 11

  • Features

    Black Chicago Divided

    Class and generational conflicts intensify, as 
African Americans cope with the Great Recession. MORE »

  • 07 Apr 11

  • Views

    The Muslims Are Coming!

    In a strange kind of delayed response, the American public seems to be in a more Islamaphobic mood... MORE »

  • 19 Aug 10

  • Views

    The New Black Publicity Party

    Right-wing media catapulted the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) into national infamy this summer with an exaggerated emphasis... MORE »

  • 10 Feb 10

  • Culture

    On Air With Black America

    Chicago's only black-owned talk radio station gives voice to a complex people still struggling to be heard. MORE »

  • 25 Dec 08

  • Views

    Al Qaeda Plays the Malcolm Card

    When media reports emerged that al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, disparaged President-elect Barack Hussein Obama as... MORE »

  • 18 Mar 08

  • Views

    The Man or the Movement

    In writing a book about Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, I wondered whether it was the people... MORE »

  • 14 Feb 08

  • Views

    How Black is Obama?

    How can racism still be a problem if so many white Americans are willing to support a black... MORE »

  • 23 Nov 07

  • Views

    Harold Washington Remembered

    Washington's candidacy forged political unity among Chicago's notoriously fractious black community and helped bring the city's feuding Latino groups (including Mexicans and Puerto Ricans) together MORE »

  • 11 Sep 07

  • Views

    Smearing Israel’s Critics

    Former DePaul professor Finkelstein joins a growing list of academics censored for criticizing the Holy Land's foreign policy MORE »

  • 23 Aug 07

  • Views

    The Counterproductive War on Gangs

    The conclusion of the report, "Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies," persuasively argues that punitive policies of policing that specifically target gangs increase rather than decrease gang violence MORE »

  • 26 Jul 07

  • Views

    The Squandering of Obama

    Political masterminds have transformed the candidate from a political visionary into an electoral product like every other presidential aspirant MORE »

  • 30 Jun 07

  • Views

    Entrapping Inflated Threats

    Terrorist "plots" exposed by the administration have been notable for their lack of credible threat and the whiff of political opportunism MORE »

  • 22 May 07

  • Views

    Blaming Hip-Hop for Imus

    Instead of blaming rappers for vulgarity, social resources should be channeled to combat the conditions that create those lyrics MORE »

  • 03 Apr 07

  • Views

    Slavery and the State of Denial

    On Feb. 24, Virginia's state assembly voted unanimously to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery. Legislators... MORE »

  • 13 Mar 07

  • Views

    For Israel’s Sake

    The more we examine the disaster that is the Bush administration's Middle East policy, the more apparent becomes... MORE »

  • 01 Feb 07

  • Views

    Baracks Black Dilemma

    The day after the national celebration of King Day, Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (D-Ill.) announced he was forming... MORE »

  • 21 Dec 06

  • Views

    The Caracas Consensus

    Hugo Chávez's landslide reelection on December 3 reinforced Latin America's status as the primary outpost of opposition... MORE »

  • 30 Nov 06

  • Views

    The CBC and Speaker Pelosi

    Progressive members of the Congresssional Black Caucus poised to chair committees, meanwhile "Blue Dog" and "New" Democrats pulling the party to the center. MORE »

  • 21 Sep 06

  • Views

    The Neocons Lexicon

    Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy. MORE »

  • 27 Jul 06

  • Views

    A Terrifying Distraction

    Government entrapment leads to the unlawful arrest of seven Hatian men falsely accused of terrorist actvity. MORE »

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