Closing the racial wealth gap
Racial wage gap between black and white workers is shrinking, but the all-class gap between black and white is growing.
A united fight on jobs
To win jobs for all, it requires a multi-racial united movement.
A Main Street and MLK Boulevard stimulus
For communities that were already in economic freefall before this recession, it's a catastrophe.
Is Rand Paul a racist?
Is Rand Paul, a: prejudiced, b: a chauvinist, c: a racist?
Besides Crystal Bowersox, American Idol falls short
For what it's worth the talent and wow factor on American Idol this season is way off the mark.
“Gone with the Wind” days in Virginia
In the 2006 Senate election in Virginia, incumbent Republican George Allen was defeated by Democrat Jim Webb after undergoing what is called here his "macaca moment."
Tea party’s ugly reality: racism, sexism, homophobia
The struggle for health care reform showed us what we are up against, and what we are fighting for.
Beware of the new racist counteroffensive
The election of Barack Obama has triggered a racist counteroffensive in much the same way as the North's victory in the Civil War spurred a counteroffensive by the former slaveholders and their allies.
Does Detroit have a future?
Last month I visited Detroit and once again saw first-hand what can only be described as an economic and human catastrophe.
