Dawn Turner Trice

The cornerstone of the "Exploring Race" forum (chicagotribune.com/race) is its questions. You (or I) ask the questions and readers answer them. You've sent in thousands, and I've tried to answer...

Sen. Barack Obama is fond of saying more unites us than divides us. To some, that may sound like campaign chatter, but it's so true. Still, few areas outside of...

Last week, on our "Exploring Race" forum (chicagotribune.com/race), I posted an item from Marcus C., a Hispanic man from Elgin. He said he felt pained about asking, but he wondered...

Last week, a New York Times/CBS News poll suggested that even though Sen. Barack Obama is poised to make history next month by becoming the country's first African-American presidential nominee,...

Since starting our online forum, "Exploring Race," I've received a lot of e-mail from white readers asking why African-Americans have separate groups such as the National Association for the Advancement...

Over the last couple of months I've received a couple thousand questions from you for our online "Exploring Race" series at chicagotribune.com/race. In some cases, the questions have been duplicative,...

The most interesting tales have some degree of irony, and the following is chock-full: For its centennial celebration, the Wilmette Park District decided in January that this year's production would...

Last week, a couple of evenings before Michelle Obama, wife of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, played co-host on ABC's "The View," I sat with my 13-year-old daughter watching a...

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign launched an interactive Web site last week to debunk rumors such as the one that said Michelle Obama, the senator's wife, was caught on videotape using...

In the book "Blink," author Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of a classical female trombonist who was auditioning for The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1980s. Back then, screens often...