If Republican efforts to woo blacks fail, it may be because of
Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. The two Jewish civil rights
workers, murdered along with James Chaney in Philadelphia, Mississippi,
symbolize… more
Let's be honest. If Al Gore's selection of a Jew as his running
mate costs him votes, it's not going to be with Southern rednecks,
who weren't going to vote for him anyway--or with evangelicals,
… more
In movie theaters since Independence Day, Mel Gibson's "The Patriot"
is a smash hit. This weekend, Gibson was tomahawking Redcoats,
splashing blue blood across 2,751 movie screens nationwide and
grossing $6.2… more
Maryland police, claiming that Liberian college student Nelson Walker wasn't wearing a seat belt, dismantled his car searching for drugs; hours later, having found none, they handed him a… more
Aside from my mother, few of my relatives have been to my home
since I left St. Louis 20 years ago. Working-class people don't
travel much, and I am the only one in my family to escape that
… more
Given the rising agitations against police brutality in the
wake of Abner Louima's sexual torture in a precinct house bathroom
and this year's acquittal of the four white officers who executed
Amadou… more
Picture a man who's fighting to evict you from your home, harassing
you with round-the-clock threatening phone calls, and sending
goons to lurk outside… more
Last year, a Guyanese woman who runs a natural-hair salon asked
me to be one of her models for a magazine ad. Like me, she is
militantly opposed to blacks straightening their hair (approximately
… more
The bad news is that one first grader, from a family so dysfunctional
that the thought of him trapped in it breaks your heart, shot
and killed another. Two already fragile families are now traumatized
… more
Some heads were born to wear
crowns. Some hands to push brooms. Most would say that Dale DeCarlos
Barringer was destined for either the prison yard or the graveyard.
One down. One… more
