race

The Novocain has got to wear off for black Americans and progressives. When it does, they will see that President Obama is not their savior.read more

Race still matters if we are to rebuild our economy on a strong and fair foundation. Our elected officials have failed to include racial equity in the stimulus package. This is shortsighted and counterproductive.read more

The Obama administration’s decision to boycott an upcoming global conference on racism is disappointing.
The gathering, which will take place in Geneva from April 20 to 24, seems a natural venue for the United States to offer global leadership to combat bigotry and injustice.read more

“At a time when the country is excited about the election of the first African-American president in U.S. history, it is unthinkable that minorities would be so grossly underrepresented on broadcast television,” said NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous.read more

“Our union can be perfected,” Obama told the multitude gathered in Grant Park and the legions watching from New Orleans to Nairobi. “What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.”read more

Six and a half decades after Robeson’s Othello debut, much has changed, and much has not. “The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery,” Robeson said in the biography “The Whole World in His Hands.” “I have made my choice.” We would all do well to follow the example of Paul Robeson.read more

Don’t be alarmed that minorities in America will constitute a majority in less than two generations. Instead, follow the money.read more

By Dedrick Muhammad, August 14, 2008

Despite the possibility of electing a black president, America still faces severe racial chasms.read more

Sen. Hillary Clinton has disgracefully pursued a disturbing strategy of racial opportunism.read more

It’s not time for black people to hit the mute button.

Progressive black critics of Sen. Barack Obama are facing a lot of criticism.read more