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For a while, it almost seemed as if President Barack Obama had soothed the angst over race in this country simply by taking office. The focus was on big issues facing a new president — one who just happened to be black.
A new study of 401(k) plans has revealed that black and Hispanic workers save significantly less for retirement and tap into their accounts more frequently than white and Asian employees.
The top municipal judge in Dallas faces calls for his resignation over a racially charged column he wrote in a weekly newspaper.
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
It's historic, certainly, but what does it mean? Msnbc.com asked American historians who have focused on civil rights issues to react to the victory of Sen. Barack Obama.
At this astonishing moment, let us pause to reflect: Just 40 years ago, the kind of marriage that brought Barack Obama into the world — one between a black man and a white woman — was illegal in 16 states.
In the racially diverse Washington suburb of Greenbelt, the term "progressive" is a badge of honor. But the city that began as a New Deal-era cooperative and overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama has never had a minority serve on its council in its 71-year history.
The Classic Creations barber shop sits empty, surrounded by drunks and shuttered storefronts just two blocks from the manicured lawns of Grosse Pointe Park. The contrast isn't lost on LaVar Anthony, a young barber who speaks in riddles of race, class and politics.
Malaysia's police and armed forces warned people Thursday not to make public remarks that could sour race relations as they try to quash tensions after a Malay politician's racially charged diatribe.
New York Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday that there were racial overtones in the Republican presidential ticket's criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's work as a community organizer.
Malaysia's ruling party has suspended an official whose racially charged tirade against the ethnic Chinese minority raised fears of a split in the multiethnic ruling coalition.
Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days.
Unswayed by a former skinhead's claim that he had given up white supremacist beliefs, a judge sentenced him Monday to more than a decade in prison for the 1989 killing of a black man.
A Republican congressional candidate in a majority-white Mississippi district runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama's former pastor, seen by some as an anti-white firebrand. Democrats distribute fliers accusing the Republican of wanting a statue to honor the founder of the Ku Klux Klan.
A presidential candidate who's named Hussein and wears a turban? A building that's called the White House but run by a black guy?
A white supremacist Tuesday was acquitted of murder and a hate crime for the death of a black man in 1989 but was convicted of conspiracy to murder.
If you want a good glimpse of the multiracial experience in America, get inside Louie Gong’s skin.
Add this to the divisive debate over race in the presidential campaign: Whites who said race was important in picking their candidate have been about twice as likely to back Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as Sen. Barack Obama.
A former University of Massachusetts student accused of stabbing two men he says broke his dorm room window and taunted him with racial insults has been indicted on charges less serious than he originally faced.
A man who was on death row for nearly 20 years until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his verdict because of racial discrimination has pleaded guilty to the 1985 slaying for which he was originally sentenced to die.
Faculty and students at the University of Massachusetts rallied Wednesday in support of a black biology student who faces attempted murder charges after a white man allegedly taunted him with racial epithets, broke his nose and smashed his dormitory window.
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's gender could be as much of an obstacle for her presidential campaign as Sen. Barack Obama's race may be for his, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Wednesday.
Many of us are marveling at how seemingly far our society has come given a man with an African American heritage is being considered a serious candidate for president. But in the workplace, attitudes toward many black workers are anything but inspiring.
With nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight.
A group of students at a Washington high school for the deaf scrawled "KKK" and swastikas on a black student's body with a marker while holding him against his will, police said Wednesday.
Robert McCartney: Prince George's, Md., sheriff takes scary position on misguided raid - washingtonpost.comSince the day his officers gunned down two pet Labrador dogs and handcuffed two innocent people for hours in a drug raid in 2008 at the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County Sheriff Michael Jackson has clung to what seems like a preposterous notion that his …
Lou Dobbs and his many issuesMany Latinos probably feel like salsa dancing in the streets now that CNN has finally cleared the air by purging itself of Lou Dobbs.
Washington Informer - A New Approach to Solving IssuesSeveral hundred business, political and health care and education leaders spent a Saturday morning and afternoon working on solving problems in Prince George's County and the state of Maryland. The Maryland Black Issues Conference, held on Sat., Nov.
Embattled pool can't stay afloatTHE SUBJECT LINE on the e-mail simply reads, "The End."
The Diamondback - Not flyer than the best of 'emThe Shutter-Shaded one, with one hit after another, broke down the barriers between club songs and conscious rap. Now Wale is attempting to express his own turbulent sense of self while still making listeners hit the dance floor.
Beltway sniper's execution nears -- baltimoresun.comAttorney General John Ashcroft had a choice: He could send them to be tried in Maryland, where most of the murders took place but where the death penalty was on hold because of the specter of racial unfairness.
Race-Baiting or Race to the Bottom?America is ablaze with a feverish fervor over race, chiefly, at its core, the acceptance, and legitimacy of its first non-Caucasian president.
At-large contest splits over youth services, economyThe three candidates, including two incumbents, who are vying for two available seats in Bowie's at-large City Council race have different priority lists....
Park developer files for bankruptcy protectionThe Brandywine company that is trying to redevelop a historic concert venue has filed for bankruptcy protection, but its CEO says its efforts will continue. The Arthur W. Wilmer Foundation filed Friday for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland.
Prince George's County Education Notes - washingtonpost.comStudents from Eleanor Roosevelt, Oxon Hill and C.H. Flowers high schools are semifinalists in the 46th annual National Achievement Scholarship competition announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
Scores Show Signs of Stalling in Prince George's Schools - washingtonpost.comPrince George's County school board members grilled Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. in a wide-ranging briefing on student achievement Thursday afternoon that crystallized many of the academic challenges facing the school system.
Trooper's Attorney Under Fire for Possible Conflict of Interest - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |Trooper accused of assaulting second citizen in less than five months uses same attorney that is hired by the state to represent his superior officer...it is speculated by legal analysts that this may have led to a conflict of interest toward corrective measures in his first assa …
Will Blacks Fall in Line with Obama on Afghanistan?According to Dr. Boyce Watkins, African-Americans "love Barack Obama - and no war, economic downturn, educational crisis, or health care quagmire is going to change that".
On TV, White Is Still the New Black, and That's a Shame Despite that fact that one out of three people in this country is a minority, the majority of primetime television shows feature shockingly pale casting.
A demographic portrait of the District: 2008On the subject of household income and race, I'd note that income inequality by race is substantial throughout the metropolitan area, but it's higher in DC than in the area as a whole.
Court Hears Racial Profiling ArgumentsThe state's second-highest court heard arguments Tuesday in the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union's effort to see the 9,500 pages of documents in the internal state police investigations into complaints of racial profiling.
The Towerlight - Owen Smith owes audience no laughsComedian Owen Smith worked fast in his one-hour performance Wednesday night in the Chesapeake Rooms in the University Union. More than 200 people attended the show, which was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.
Church welcomes growing Hispanic communityThe 32-year-old song leader, who immigrated to the U.S.
Finding a job while having an "ethnic" name | Opinion | theGrioThis writer discusses the obstacles to employment people face who have "ethnic" sounding names and how to overcome them. He believes that many HR people will toss out resumes based on the perceived society or social class an applicant is from based on the name.
Some have tried to portray former President Jimmy Carter as outdated and out-of-touch for his comments regarding racial undertones in the opposition to President Obama. But the truth is, he hit the nail right on the head.
What's behind the sagging pants trend? | Health & Lifestyle | theGrio"This issue has received a lot more attention because anytime you see underwear, people may be offended by that," says Dr. Wendy Buskey, a Clinical Psychologist with a practice in Prince George's County in Maryland.
Kanye West Outrage (Obviously) RacialWhen a black man speaks rudely in the presence of a younger white woman — and that's all Kanye really did — and it gets described as an "attack" or a "violation" or an "assault," you bet that's playing into centuries of racist tropes.
I was glad when our President Barack Obama addressed racial profiling, the other day, because his primary responsibility as our president is to keep America safe. As an proud American. I was proud and very excited to hear President Obama address this important issue.
China's General plans to conquer U.S."Comrades, I'm very excited today, because the large-scale online survey sina.com that was done for us showed that our next generation is quite promising and our Party's cause will be carried on.
Children are being sent home with forms that ask for their racial background. These forms have the child's name address and phone number and other private information preprinted on them. Many parents are really upset about this and want to know what it's for.
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