Blacks eye that John Kerry guy
It's not easy to be black. Just ask Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry. He recently expressed an unusual ambition. He wants to be the nation's second black president. "President Clinton...
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U.S. greased Aristide’s slide
Here's how the Bush administration pulls off a regime change in the Caribbean: "Let's play `Let's Make a Deal,' Mr. President: Behind Door No. 1 we have an all-expenses-paid trip...
Even a TV president has embraced school vouchers
Halfway through last week's episode of NBC's "West Wing," I was jerked alert by a scene that, as network promos say, was ripped from the headlines. It was a scene...
`Passion’s’ controversy is getting people talking
All of the fuss whirling and swirling around the Mel Gibson-written, directed and produced "The Passion of the Christ" reminds me of something a Chicago rabbi and Holocaust survivor once...
Here’s why there is no `White History Month’
Black History Month was never intended to make people uncomfortable--unless maybe they ought to be. Nevertheless, despite the best of intentions, a misunderstanding of what the month is all about...
Iraq’s lessons can help in Haiti
While the United States tries to help build a new democracy in Iraq, another may be falling apart in Haiti. In that sense, both countries illustrate an important international lesson:...
There’s nothing new about whites-only scholarships
An amusing habit of young people is their tendency to think that their generation invented every idea that sounds cool. Such must have been the goofy mindset that inspired a...
Why the president’s record matters
Every time I think the Vietnam War is over, it comes back. Like a stick of political dynamite coated with Krazy Glue, we just can't shake it off. That's how...
What a friend Bush has in the Rev. Al Sharpton
The Rev. Al Sharpton's presidential campaign, odd from its very beginning, has proved one thing: He can attract a lot of votes in black districts as long as the other...
Unspoken conflicts
Ever since the U.S. Census Bureau announced last summer that Latinos had surpassed blacks as the country's largest minority, members of both groups have been trying to figure out what...