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- 11 Dec 08
Obama Needs a Black Agenda

The first black president of the United States cannot credibly govern without a national black agenda. But don't depend… more

vol. 32, iss. 12 obama, politics, race
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- 28 Oct 08
Honest Abe and Honest Obe

Abraham Lincoln will rise again. At least that's what Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama would like you to believe.… more

vol. 32, iss. 11 elections, obama, race
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- 23 Aug 08
The Whole World Was Watching

40 years ago this week, Chicago police battled protesters at the DNC. Two '60s radicals remember the madness, and look to Denver for change more

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- 10 Jul 08
Gun-toters in La-La Land

The conservative answer to America's crime plague is to put more guns on the streets. If that's not counterintuitive,… more

vol. 32, iss. 08
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- 19 Jun 08
The Great Election Robbery of 2008?

Come Nov. 4, the elephant in the polling booth is the possibility that the 2008 presidential election will be… more

vol. 32, iss. 07
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- 15 May 08
Obama Not Feelin’ the Love from Smiley

Now that Sen. Barack Obama has taken care of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Tavis Smiley appears to be the… more

vol. 32, iss. 06
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- 29 Apr 08
Who Would Ida B. Wells Vote For?

Racism or sexism -- which is worse? Take your pick. Paula Giddings' new biography, Ida: A Sword Among Lions:… more

vol. 32, iss. 05
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- 13 Mar 08
The Nadir of Nader

He's back. And he's got your back. Yes, Ralph Nader has thrown down that withering, raggedy old gauntlet in… more

vol. 32, iss. 04
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- 21 Feb 08
Missing: Minorities in Media

America was burning. The riots unleashed by the April 4, 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.… more

vol. 32, iss. 03
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- 29 Jan 08
Fat Kids, Fat Profits

I recently encountered a colleague at the movies. He was big when I saw him a year ago, but… more

vol. 32, iss. 02
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- 27 Dec 07
McGovern Still on the Antiwar Path

The retired senator and former ambassador to the United Nations is stumping for a book he co-wrote with foreign policy analyst William R. Polk called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now while buttonholing dozens of members of Congress and urging our immediate withdrawal from Iraq more

vol. 32, iss. 01 activism, war
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- 15 Nov 07
Come on People! Bill Cosby is Right

Cosby's critics excoriated him for delivering his rant from an elitist ivory tower without offering solutions, arguing that the black poor are the helpless victims of white supremacy and institutional racism more

vol. 31, iss. 12 books, race
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- 23 Oct 07
Katrina Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Race does matter in the caustic caldron of the post-Katrina era--the world still perceives us as "refugees"--permanently scarred victims to be forever adrift in tragedy more

vol. 31, iss. 11 books, natural disasters, race
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- 25 Sep 07
Let’s Pry Open Those Cold, Dead Hands

To defeat the gun lobby, gun-control activists need to get out of late-night local cable and embrace the Internet more

vol. 31, iss. 10 civil liberties, regulation, weapons
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- 21 Aug 07
The Crafting of Obama

When Barack Obama launched his presidential bid, he decided to build a staircase, not merely a platform, thereby differing with most African-American presidential aspirants more

vol. 31, iss. 09 elections, race
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- 24 Jul 07
Bloomberg Could Tie Centrists in Knots

If the New York mayor runs, he will stymie the ability of the Democratic nominee to play both sides of the fence on issues like guns, gay rights, immigration and choice more

vol. 31, iss. 08 elections, politics
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- 21 Jun 07
A GLBT Center of Their Own

A combination of public and private funds, Chicago's new GLBT community center enjoys broad political support and is the first of its kind in the country more

vol. 31, iss. 07 architecture, lgbt
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- 15 May 07
Curiosity and a Cat Named Studs

Legendary Chicago writer Studs Terkel celebrates 95 years on May 16, and a new book this fall more

vol. 31, iss. 06 books, media, theory
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- 10 Apr 07
The United States of Amnesia

In America, historians are rarely heard from and seldom honored. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. was an exception to this rule.… more

vol. 31, iss. 04 race
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- 01 Mar 07
Obamas Base: Broader Than Black

Black leaders, be wary. If you eschew the Obama phenomenon, you may have to pay a price. On Feb.… more

vol. 31, iss. 03 politics, race
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- 30 Jan 07
Cultivating the Media Garden

The tides, they were a-rising in Memphis last month at the Free Press National Conference for Media Reform. A… more

vol. 31, iss. 02 media
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- 27 Dec 06
Art Basel Miami Beach: A Whitewash

Since 2001, Samuel Keller, the aging arts wunderkind, has inspired the art world's most seminal and explosive art exposition,… more

vol. 31, iss. 01 art, europe
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- 05 Dec 06
The Second Clinton Ascendancy

On a post-election edition of PBS's "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," presidential historian Richard Norton Smith told Lehrer:… more

vol. 30, iss. 12 congress, elections, politics
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- 08 Nov 06
Make Democrats Earn Black Votes

The Democratic Party has been taking Black votes for granted for decades. more

vol. 30, iss. 11 politics, race, voting
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- 17 Oct 06
Year of the Black Candidate

Many Black candidates sought and won office in the 2006 takeover by the Democrats. more

vol. 30, iss. 10 elections, politics, race
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- 17 Aug 06
Debunking the 60s with Ayers and Dohrn

Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, activiists leaders in SDS in the '60's, say a new movement must be built. more

vol. 30, iss. 09 activism
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- 18 Jul 06
Go On, Amend Away

Should flag burning be outlawed by Constitutional amendment? more

vol. 30, iss. 08 politics
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- 15 Jun 06
Overthrow, Over and Over

The old saw goes, "the trend is your friend." Let's try that one again. Stephen Kinzer's new book, Overthrow:… more

vol. 30, iss. 07 books, corruption, politics
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- 23 May 06
Democrats Gear Up on the Ground

Eager for victory in November, Democrats are making convenient alliances more

vol. 30, iss. 06 elections
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- 25 Apr 06
Solidarity from Barrio to Barbershop

A Chicago exhibit, “The African Presence in Mexico,” displays the deep ties between ethnic groups in America
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vol. 30, iss. 05 activism, immigration
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- 18 Apr 06
A Sit-Down with Studs

I'm not a big believer in the cult of personality. Neither was Jim Weinstein, the founding editor and publisher… more

vol. 30, iss. 04 social justice
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- 17 Feb 06
Black Leadership Wanted

Historic events have a way of burning off the mists. Coretta Scott King's Feb. 7 funeral surfaced age-old political… more

vol. 30, iss. 03

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Laura S. Washington

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vol. 32, iss. 01 activism, war

vol. 31, iss. 12 books, race

vol. 31, iss. 11 books, natural disasters, race

vol. 31, iss. 10 civil liberties, regulation, weapons

vol. 31, iss. 09 elections, race

vol. 31, iss. 08 elections, politics

vol. 31, iss. 07 architecture, lgbt

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vol. 31, iss. 01 art, europe

vol. 30, iss. 12 congress, elections, politics

vol. 30, iss. 11 politics, race, voting

vol. 30, iss. 10 elections, politics, race

vol. 30, iss. 07 books, corruption, politics

vol. 30, iss. 05 activism, immigration

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