Ron Paul Discovers the Downside of Media Attention
Ron Paul's fans finally got what they wanted -- the media has stopped ignoring Ron Paul -- but it hasn't been as fun as they hoped.
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Kiera Wilmot, a 16-year-old Florida high school student who was arrested last month for what was essentially a failed science experiment, won't face criminal charges.
Ron Paul's fans finally got what they wanted -- the media has stopped ignoring Ron Paul -- but it hasn't been as fun as they hoped.
Ron Paul's position on the newsletters with racist statements that were published under his name 20 years ago has changed quite a since then -- in a 1995 interview with CSPAN, for instance, he was pretty proud of them.
The draw of all these Republican debates is the chance to see how the candidates act unscripted, and Tuesday night we learned that under pressure, some forget their name while others spill state secrets.
A lot of people have no idea that the word "uppity," when applied to black people, has racist connotations, but it's getting harder and harder to understand how public figures, in particular, are able to maintain their ignorance of the term's history.
Herman Cain says people like him because of his "plain talk," but the plainest of language still cannot make sense of some of the more interesting stuff Cain says.
But the scandal does worry the Republican establishment about his electability
Lone Republican in Congressional Black Caucus might leave over lynching comments
Also in sports: Don't throw that home run ball back on the field, Nationals fans
The MSNBC pundit indirectly launches a Twitter flame war
The bleak statistic raises questions on the state of public health care
Gingrich, Bachmann, Santorum, Perry are appealing to minority voters
White men dominate the field of top-level Congressional aides
The Southern Baptist Convention calls for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
It depends whom you ask. Here, we lay out the arguments for and against this thesis
"To all of those who say that the Tea Party is a racist organization, eat your words"
Minority groups lost a bigger chunk of their income than whites did
And Donald Trump is happy to capitalize on it, say critics
The Republican party has not typically feared how race will play for them in national elections
On the necessity of hell, the value of copper, and white America's social divide
The New York Times Magazine covers Ann Dunham's move to Indonesia with her son
How not to observe the war's 150 year anniversary
Also, those folks are pretty keen on Sarah Palin
The film's casting director gets canned for seeking actors with "light skin tones"
Old concerns are given new life as the sesquicentennial approaches
Tea Party sympathizers don't appreciate the sentiment
A Village Voice writer says white America has gone crazy. A few others think it takes one to know one
How divided is your hometown?
CRC calls its own existence into doubt
Is it about economics or culture?
Harsh words for the person who mistook Maxine Waters for Shirley Sherrod
She may face tough odds
By becoming "beard brothers" with Wyatt Cenac
Reflections after an ugly week in politics
A Democratic Senator comes out against diversity programs, igniting fierce debate
We're not doing great
Bright prospects for the one-time victim
Charles Krauthammer: "She is owed an apology, a restitution, and the restoration of her job"
Is there an anti-academic culture among black youth?
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