I fear there is a potential for more. But beware infringements on civil liberties.read more

Baldwin noted that the threat of perishment facing millions of Black people wasn’t just a literal one. It was also a social one: existential erasure.read more

The new secessionist movement is bad for America. It represents a refusal to recognize the re-election of President Obama. And just below the surface of it lie some ugly and disturbing attitudes.read more

While many TV pundits were quick to point out that the president did not win the majority of the white vote, they failed to point out that no Democratic candidate for the White House has won a majority of the white vote since the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

What’s more, there is no such thing as “the white vote.”read more

This is racial politics at its worst: When in trouble, blame black people.read more

The crowd of 9,000 was stunningly white and responded to the “Take America back” message.read more

Our future together, as Americans, is linked like the leaves of a tree. We will either flourish or wilt together. By Fred McKissack Jr.read more

Fifty-five years ago, nine African-American children wanted to get a good education in Little Rock, Ark. We should salute them today not just for integrating all-white Central High School but also for helping to tear down the old walls of racism.read more

The Emancipation Proclamation reminds us that the law can be among the most powerful tools in combating involuntary servitude.read more

He and Romney are attempting to turn the clock back legally, socially and culturally to a less just, less equitable place.read more

One heavy-metal maniac is just the tip of the white supremacy iceberg that lies just below the surface, ready to sink this titanic ship we call America.read more

The "Anglo-Saxon" remark fits snugly into a broader GOP racial framework.read more

“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is what happens when the nightmare of our nation’s past gets scripted as a Hollywood horror movie.read more