23 December 2004
Tavis Smiley’s exit from NPR will be great loss for radio
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Leah Samuel
Tavis Smiley’s departure from National Public Radio will be a loss not only to African-Americans, but also to all NPR listeners.

For its part, NPR issued a vague statement that is long on happy talk about Smiley helping to “...
23 December 2004
Basket brawl recreates gladiator-spectator relationship
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Salim Muwakkil
Was the melee between NBA players and fans a racial brawl?

The Nov. 19 game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons resulted in nine players being banned for more than 140 games.

All of the players...
23 December 2004
Degrees of Separation:  Mass Murder Style
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Susan Bourland
Public mass murder by gunfire is as American as apple pie.  In fact, public mass murder sometimes involves mom, too, as when Charles Whitman killed his mother and wife the day before he climbed atop the Austin, Texas campus bell tower to...
23 December 2004
Hispanic vote for GOP does not reflect long-term shift
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Ed Morales
More Hispanics may have voted for President Bush in 2004, but the perception that the Hispanic vote has shifted is misleading.

Much has been made about the apparent swing of Hispanic voters from the Democratic Party to the...
23 December 2004
Gonzales is poor choice for U.S. Attorney General
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Bernardo Ruiz
President Bush's nomination of Alberto Gonzales to the top justice post in the country sends the wrong signal, at home and abroad.

Gonzales, Bush’s White House legal counsel, would become the first Hispanic to become U.S....
02 December 2004
HRC releases World AIDS Day report card
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Human Rights Campaign
"The failing grade in prevention means thousands of needlessly infected people," said HRC Political Director Winnie Stachelberg

WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign released a report card today reflecting the U.S.'s response...

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