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Here We Go Again: The Ginned Up Race War of 2012
by Sally Kohn on May 29 2012, 9:45AM
Conservative commentators and political operatives have already begun conjuring images of scary black people out to destroy an endangered whiteness. Sally Kohn predicts we’ll see a lot more, as the right seeks ways to motivate its electoral base.
Topics: 2012 Election, Politics
Does the Road to Prison Reform Wind Through the Right Wing?
by Shani O. Hilton on July 15 2011, 9:52AM
Things have moved slowly on Capitol Hill. Now, NAACP says conservative allies may speed things up.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Drug War, Politics
Obama: ‘I’ve Got Better Stuff To Do’ Than Talk About Birthers
by Shani O. Hilton on April 27 2011, 12:34PM
The President releases his birth certificate to quiet the rumors. But don’t expect them to go away any time soon.
Topics: Politics
From ACORN to NPR: We Rate O’Keefe’s Fake, Sadly Effective Stings
by Channing Kennedy on March 16 2011, 5:24PM
No matter how badly he bungles it, his so-called journalism keeps getting the smear-job done.
Who Wants to Turn the Camera Back on James O’Keefe?
by Kai Wright on November 17 2010, 12:58PM
Reader suggests somebody sting these rightwing smear-operatives, too.
Topics: Kai Wright
American and European Right Unite in Anti-Muslim Scapegoating
by Michelle Chen on November 1 2010, 3:28PM
The troubling themes of the midterm elections echo around the Western world.
Topics: Global Justice
Alternet Breaks Down the Workings of “Tea Party Inc.”
by Kai Wright on October 25 2010, 1:18PM
It’s a lot to digest, but it’s all there if you look. This is no grassroots movement.
Topics: 2010 Elections, Kai Wright
The Attempted Mass Murderer Glenn Beck Inspired
by Julianne Hing on October 13 2010, 11:45AM
California shooter tells Media Matters Beck was his “schoolteacher on TV.”
Topics: Glenn Beck, Media
Media Matters Rounds Up Glenn Beck’s Most Racist Moments
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 28 2010, 1:29PM
Low moments in Beck’s effort to “reclaim” the civil rights movement.
Topics: Glenn Beck, Media
Caller Hangs Up On Dr. Laura’s Apology
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 20 2010, 5:00PM
Talk show host’s apology falls on deaf ears.
Topics: Media
Rinku Sen on Fox News: Mosque Mania’s Really About National Identity
by Kai Wright on August 20 2010, 11:53AM
Colorlines’ publisher spars with the Fox News folks on the Cordoba House.
Topics: Colorlines Press, Kai Wright, Mosque Mania
Sherrod Shakes Her Fist at Breitbart—and Hugs the NAACP
by Jamilah King on August 17 2010, 4:07PM
She calls Brietbart “some Tea Party agitator,” but says let’s put the NAACP’s flub “behind us.”
Topics: Shirley Sherrod
Dr. Laura’s Racism Goes Way Past the N-Word
by Julianne Hing on August 13 2010, 6:42PM
Another conservative gabber gets attention by getting offensive. The real problem’s deeper than the words.
Topics: Media
How Breitbart Won — and Why We Must Rethink “Racism”
by Rinku Sen on July 23 2010, 2:12PM
The lesson of Shirley Sherrod is we must stop talking about racism as a personality problem.
Topics: Media, Shirley Sherrod
Far-Right Scores Neb. Law Banning Immigrant Renters
by Julianne Hing on June 22 2010, 6:40AM
The voters of Fremont, Nebraska, have made their town of 25,000 famous by passing the latest anti-immigrant law authored by the lobbyist who wrote SB 1070.
Topics: Immigration
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