Obama's New Deal
William P. Jones : Labor
Obama has an opportunity to further racial and economic justice by fusing the New Deal and civil rights traditions.
2008
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Rocking the Black Vote
Amy Alexander : Media
Dallas DJ Tom Joyner is encouraging African-American listeners to engage in electoral politics.
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First Black President?
Chocolate News : Humor
Comedian David Alan Grier implores White America to get over its irrational fear of voting for a Black man.
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Obama and the Sisters
Melissa Harris-Lacewell : Presidential Election 2008
His convention speech should draw from the wisdom of black women activists who were the prophets of American democracy.
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Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle
VideoNation : U.S. Economy
Nation magazine contributor Kai Wright discusses his July 14 article about the mortgage crisis and its effect on the black middle class.
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Race and Extreme Inequality
Dedrick Muhammad : Ethical Economics
Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?
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Race and the New Deal Coalition
Adolph Reed Jr. : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
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Black Women Talk Barack
Amy Alexander : Feminism & Women
It's like one big family squabble among feminists, activists and post-civil-rights-era voters.
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Reconstruction Lessons
Eric Foner : Feminism & Women
Advocates of African-Americans and women achieve more by working together than by fighting.
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'Catastrophic Times' for Black America
Max Fraser : U.S. Economy
The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?
2007
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South Carolina: Inside the 'Black Primary'
As Clinton and Obama square off in South Carolina, a window opens on the fractured state of black politics. It's been an extended soul search. And it ain't over yet.
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The Obama Effect
Gary Younge : Civil Rights & Liberties
Have the dreams of the civil rights movement been realized or deferred?
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TransAfrica's Tribute to Ruby Dee
Walter Mosley : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
"She is our elder and our sister and our daughter. We celebrate her as we celebrate the moon: our guide through the dark, dark night."
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Come On, People
A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?
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Thieves of Black History
Gary Younge : Racism & Discrimination
In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.
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Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit
Amy Alexander : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Driven by a tabloid episode from her own marriage, the novelist joins the debate over the mass marketing of trashy books to young black readers.
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Riot and Reunion: Forty Years Later
Peter Dreier : Civil Rights & Liberties
In the summer of 1967, Plainfield, New Jersey, and scores of other US cities exploded in racial violence. Forty years later, the impact is still palpable.
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At a Loss for Words
Ralph Ellison was eager to be counted in any political cause--except those surrounding race.
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Roads to Freedom
David L. Chappell : Civil Rights & Liberties
A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.
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Jesse Jackson Can't Help Obama
Earl Ofari Hutchinson : Jesse Jackson
Obama thinks Jackson's endorsement will give him a rocket boost with black voters. It won't.
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Goodbye, Baltimore
Kate Levin : Autobiography & Memoir
In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.
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The Smog of Race War in LA
Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation.
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L'Étranger
Patricia J. Williams : Media Analysis
The media have fashioned an impossible portrait of Barack Obama: an American cleansed of the baggage of racism and slavery.
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White History 101
Gary Younge : Race, Ethnicity & Religion
Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
2006
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'We Got To Do Better'
Looking at the longstanding debate in the black community over personal responsibility through the lens of hotghettomess.com.
This week, the year in Radio(Nation).Palin, Clinton, and Bush; Klein, Navasky and Danto. Our most compelling interviews of 2008. (13mb mp3)
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