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Obama's run put a stake in racism's heart. Nov 5, 2008 648
Ask Michelle Obama[TM]: our new first lady responds to your questions. Long, Rob Nov 3, 2008 812
A transformation on race: Barack Obama's "post-racial" posture reflects a quiet but radical shift in liberal ideas about race in America. Moynihan, Michael C. Critical essay Nov 1, 2008 2938
A few steps closer to the promised land: the church needs to reclaim a leadership role on race in America. Wycliff, Don Oct 1, 2008 2395
Swiss organisations answer the call: after hearing the United Nations' perspective on racism in Switzerland from Special Rapporteur Doudou Diene, we took his Report to Switzerland's Service for Combating Racism to see what was being done on the ground. Robson, Kati Clinton Interview Oct 1, 2008 1759
A mandate for change: in March 2007, Doudou Diene, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism issued a controversial report alleging that Switzerland suffers from "disturbing" patterns of both racism and xenophobia. Swiss News recently caught up with the busy Diene for an update on Switzerland's progress more than one year on. Blake, Chris Cover story Oct 1, 2008 1403
Ageism May be a Bigger Barrier in Presidential Election than Racism (or Sexism). Sep 24, 2008 828
Sixth Circuit Makes It Easier For Employees To Get Jury Trials In Title VII "Mixed-Motive" Bias Cases. Aldis, Jay Case overview Sep 1, 2008 1977
UN eyes the Swiss record on racism. Sep 1, 2008 253
The connection between Racism and Poverty; Reprinted with permission from, "Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good," a Catholic Charities USA Poverty in America Issue Brief. Sep 1, 2008 1727
Former custodian accuses officials of racial prejudice. Aug 30, 2008 441
The U.S. Supreme Court Gives Employees Another Way To File Race And Color Retaliation Claims. Gilmore, Daniel Aug 21, 2008 621
STATE WORKER ALLEGES GENDER, RACE BIAS IN LAWSUIT. Aug 6, 2008 252
A black hole is an object--commonly a collapsed star--so dense that even light cannot escape its gravitational field. Brief article Aug 4, 2008 177
Language barrier. Brief article Jul 28, 2008 241
50-year members remembered as 'The Rights Generation'. Killian, Mark D. Jul 15, 2008 1259
SCI-FI heroes take on the system: in two new films, Mexican and Asian-American superheroes fight racism and eco-disaster--with technology and imagination. Rastegar, Roya Jul 1, 2008 1336
Wasn't Brigitte Bardot unforgettable, archetypal, Eve herself on the loose in France? Brief article Jun 30, 2008 200
You Don,COt Mess With the Racism. Jun 29, 2008 1705
AP smears the JBS. Hahn, Bill Jun 23, 2008 863
Standing up for Hans Sachs: in his latest Wagnerian study, Father M. Owen Lee challenges those who find his favorite opera guilty of racism and anti-Semitism. Jun 22, 2008 2923
Racism in Sport. Jun 9, 2008 417
Religion and race. Heltzel, Peter Jun 1, 2008 1039
Holland blame everything bad on immigrants: Femi Akomolafe reports from Amsterdam on a favourite Dutch pastime--blaming everything bad on immigrants. And a new kid on the block is one Geert Wilders, an MP, who is simply beyond irony. Akomolafe, Femi Jun 1, 2008 1322
Britain skin colour still matters: racism in Britain is now disguised in language such as diversity, immigration and citizenship, and is thus far more sophisticated, subtle and slippery in identifying. But as Ama Biney finds out, the colour of one's skin still very much matters in Britain today. Biney, Ama Jun 1, 2008 1454
Catholic Charities USA Global Webcasts Examine the Connection Between Racism and Poverty this May. May 23, 2008 401
Auto-immune diversity syndrome: that from which the democrats suffer. Emery, Noemie May 19, 2008 2155
Racism without racists? A new book tries to define discrimination and fails. Hernandez, Daisy May 1, 2008 1334
Should Africa be grateful for colonialism? A British-born South African columnist, David Bullard, thinks Africa should be grateful for colonialism. But his black editor is fed up with his bile and has fired him, creating another race controversy in South Africa, reports Pusch Commey from Johannesburg. Commey, Pusch May 1, 2008 1727
Racial politics of writing African history: "As a historian of African descent, I regard the decolonisation of knowledge as a crucial step in ensuring that Africans worldwide retake control of their own destinies and histories.". Ray, Carina May 1, 2008 1387
Too weird for the wire: how black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the feds. Carey, Kevin Cover story May 1, 2008 6525
South Africa: sorry, no white journalists allowed; Were racial sensibilities responsible for black journalists barring white journalists from the re-launch ceremony of their association?, asks Simphiwe Sesanti, reporting from Johannesburg. Sesanti, Simphiwe Apr 1, 2008 737
South Africa: echoes of apartheid; It is supposed to be the New South Africa, the "rainbow nation". But the colours of the rainbow still have racism written all over them and while apartheid has been legally done away with, its hangover is everywhere. Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg. Commey, Pusch Viewpoint essay Apr 1, 2008 1217
Store incident a reminder racism exists. Mar 19, 2008 730
West takes on array of issues; Racism, hip-hop among speech topics. Mar 4, 2008 716
How the word 'tribe' stereotypes Africa: as a term deeply embedded in a colonial lexicon of racism, slapping the word "tribal" on African conflicts is not only analytically lazy and inaccurate, it is also irresponsible and dangerous. The use of the term obscures the complex nature of African identities and conflicts. Ray, Carina Mar 1, 2008 1528
Racism hurts--even on painkillers. Hing, Julianne Ong Mar 1, 2008 88
Cookie Thornton--a well-known man's path to violence. Freivogel, William Mar 1, 2008 1100
Planned Parenthood Employees Accept Money from "Racist" Donor. Mar 1, 2008 528
DEATH-PENALTY SYSTEM LOADED WITH RACIAL BIAS. Editorial Feb 28, 2008 547
AROUND THE REGION. Feb 9, 2008 641
Who let the dogs out? Melzer, Dave Feb 1, 2008 1526
Brazil: the fall of a 'racial paradise'. Jere-Malanda, Regina Feb 1, 2008 2588
TEEN SENTENCED TO PROBATION IN RACIAL BEATINGS. Jan 12, 2008 134
It's unclear if racism played a role in Clinton's upset victory. Jan 12, 2008 787
Hot seat: NAACP president Trevor Harvey on racism, Republicans and that minority achievement gap. Hackett, Kim Interview Jan 1, 2008 474
A nation of Jenas: how God's word empowers us to fight racism. Vaughan, Alexis Jan 1, 2008 720
Becoming a black man: as more people of color transition between genders, the ways that racism is different for men and women come to the surface. Hernandez, Daisy Jan 1, 2008 3195
The innovators: people moving ideas and action in 2008. Jan 1, 2008 8811
We have a history! The vigour, boldness, and frequency of racist assaults on global African humanity are increasing at an alarming rate. This month, Carina Ray takes a look back at the long history of African humanity under siege and examines how little the language of racism has changed over the last 300 years. Ray, Carina Jan 1, 2008 1735
A soldier's flaw, in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play. Cardullo, Bert Critical essay Jan 1, 2008 1228
Resistance-at-risk: the critique of fascism and the ethics of writing in Natalia Ginzburg's Lessico famigliare. Coburn, Melissa Critical essay Dec 22, 2007 6534
AROUND THE REGION. Dec 14, 2007 383
Winner takes all? Switzerland's politicians were at the centre of unusual international interest in October as the country held a national election marred by accusations of racism and xenophobia. But it is the cabinet elections on December 12 that will decide just what effect all the fuss will have on the composition of Switzerland's government. Ledsom, Mark Dec 1, 2007 1292
EDITORIAL SYMBOLIC GESTURE NOOSE BAN IS NO ANSWER TO RACISM. Editorial Nov 30, 2007 161
Day out against hate. Brief article Nov 26, 2007 156
Free at last? Yes & no. Pettit, Joe Nov 23, 2007 1195
Cultural identity and the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: ideology, policy and practice. Keddell, Emily Nov 1, 2007 10123
The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain. Huq, Aziz Nov 1, 2007 254
Chicago's environmental racism: a new deal gives power plants more time to pollute Latino neighborhoods. Cintron, Miriam Y. Nov 1, 2007 434
Soft-peddling anti-Black racism. Sexton, Jared Letter to the editor Nov 1, 2007 325
Frank debate or complicity with racism? Oct 17, 2007 601
MARCHERS CHARGE RACISM. Oct 12, 2007 392
The sex trade in colonial West Africa: in the final of her three-part series, Carina Ray looks at the last stage of the protracted struggle to bring an end to the traffic in women and children for the purposes of prostitution in colonial British West Africa. Ray, Carina Oct 1, 2007 1608
Slavery gets first permanent museum: Mercy Eze reports from Liverpool, United Kingdom. Eze, Mercy Oct 1, 2007 486
Lies! Lies! Lies! Ankomah, Baffour Cover story Oct 1, 2007 4856
Shame on you, Mr Sarkozy. Ankomah, Baffour Oct 1, 2007 1751
LANCASTER SCHOOL HIKES SECURITY. Sep 22, 2007 229
Racism and real life: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the undergraduate survey of American literature. Hamlin, Annemarie; Joyner, Constance Sep 22, 2007 5075
Beyond colorblindness and multiculturalism: rethinking anti-racist pedagogy in the university classroom. Kandaswamy, Priya Sep 22, 2007 4744
Refusing Jamestown revisionism: four hundred years after the founding of Jamestown, revisionists are accusing those first English settlers of genocidal racism, but a look at the facts tells a different story. Seppi, Regina Sep 17, 2007 2416
Reproductive racism: gender selection technologies target Asian communities. Shekar, Preeti Sep 1, 2007 1083
Costa Rica. Reynolds, Louisa Sep 1, 2007 595
Poverty and human rights: reflections on racism and discrimination. Cuellar, Roberto Sep 1, 2007 2180
Racism in football--Football Against Racism: the fare experience. Wachter, Kurt; Fanizadeh, Michael Sep 1, 2007 1517
State-led efforts in eliminating racial discrimination: the experience in Spain. Fernandez-Arias, Fernando Sep 1, 2007 1273
Combating racism and racial discrimination in Europe. Gachet, Isil Sep 1, 2007 1329
In the wake of xenophobia: the new racism in Europe. Ford, Glyn Sep 1, 2007 1440
The ideology of racism: misusing science to justify racial discrimination. Tucker, William H. Sep 1, 2007 1412
The long road to Durban: the United Nations role in fighting racism and racial discrimination. Jackson, Peter; Faupin, Mathieu Sep 1, 2007 2311
Racism and racial discrimination. Sep 1, 2007 657
Race relations: is the end of racism in the hands of gay white men and their adopted black children? Munroe, Roberta Aug 28, 2007 453
BRIEFLY. Jul 19, 2007 322
VICTIM'S DAD FILES BIAS CLAIM ALLEGES RACISM FACTORED IN DEATH. Jul 2, 2007 579
'The human contradiction': identity and/as essence in Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy. Tucker, Jeffrey A. Critical essay Jul 1, 2007 8622
My road out of Iraq: a Latino soldier gives his take on the racism of the occupation. Mejia, Camilo Jul 1, 2007 3356
Marilyn Vann: the Black Cherokee advocate speaks on racism, tribal membership and the future of the Freedmen. Davis, Beandrea Jul 1, 2007 1487
America's original sin: the legacy of white racism. Wallis, Jim Company overview Jun 22, 2007 2256
"What a chasm there is between us": Charlotte Hawkins Brown and White Protestant progressives, 1901-1952. Mobley, Kendal P. Jun 22, 2007 3624
Organizing God's children: the denominational tradition and the problem of black Baptist unity. Dixie, Quinton Jun 22, 2007 4191
JURY BACKS CITY IN FIREFIGHTER'S SUIT ALLEGING LAFD RACISM. Jun 20, 2007 459
Nation needs better discrimination policy. Arias, Donya Brief article Jun 1, 2007 135
Delegates recited a "Litany of Commitment to Journey Together," that affirmed that the Anglican Church of Canada would strive to be a church that is "free of racism.". Jun 1, 2007 76
The folly of racism: enslaving blackface and the "natural" fool tradition. Hornback, Robert Jan 1, 2007 18561
Where have all the young men gone: creating classrooms and cultures that foster diversity. Butler, Johnnella Jan 1, 2007 793
Half-empty or half-full? "Diversity" in higher education today. Rothenberg, Paula Report Jan 1, 2007 2542
"No opportunity for song:" a Slovak immigrant's silencing analyzed through her pronoun choice. Goska, Danusha V. Essay Jun 22, 2006 9914
W.E.B. DuBois's "The Comet" and contributions to critical race theory: an essay on black radical politics and anti-racist social ethics. Rabaka, Reiland Critical essay Jun 22, 2006 9396
Stop racism now. Rudner, Len Apr 1, 2006 205
A discussion with Willie Marshall: racism in the Green Party. Fitz, Don Interview Jan 1, 2006 3117

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