DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAVE A FUTURE?
Will Ron Brown's death keep the Department of Commerce alive? White House spokesmen said they didn't want to talk about it. Capital Hill Republicans said it was not the highest...
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PARTY DISFAVOR
One of my best white friends is astonished to find that President Clinton is more popular among black voters than retired Gen. Colin Powell, according to a recent poll. I...
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNHINGES A NATION
Glowing with the language of innocence, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that the University of Texas at Austin no longer can use race as a factor in...
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Jesse Jackson's picketing of the Academy Awards broadcast was a box-office flop, ridiculed even by those who agreed with its intent. As comedy and tragedy, it symbolized much of what...
UNEQUAL JUSTICE
With enemies like those he has in Congress, Minister Louis Farrakhan doesn't need friends. With hearings underway to investigate possible illegalities or security threats posed by the Nation of Islam...
JUST IMAGINE: IF THERE WERE NO RACISM IN AMERICA
A public argument I recently had with author Dinesh D'Souza has left a lingering question in my mind. It all started when a downtown Washington bookstore invited me to stage...
CONFESSIONS OF A `POWELLMANIAC’
Here we go again. "Powellmania" is back. You can see signs of it everywhere--rampant speculation, excited palpitations, dread. The speculation centers on whether retired Gen. Colin Powell is going to...
REALITY CHECK ON SCHOOL VOUCHERS
President Clinton says he will veto a Republican-backed bill that would provide financial vouchers to District of Columbia parents who want to send their children to private schools. The decision,...
HOLLYWOOD GETS A SCATHING REVIEW
For a while there I was wondering if it was just me who noticed something conspicuously missing from this year's Academy Awards nominees. I am talking about people of color....
CLINTON’S IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT
President Clinton has tried not to smirk as he kidnaps winning conservative themes. In recent days he has tacked to the right to denounce sex and violence on television and...