Tag: Race

Theo Murphy, left, of Florissant, Mo., and his brother Jordan Marshall, 11, light candles at a memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., where where unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Beltway Confidential

Public opinion hardens against Ferguson protesters, swings in favor of law enforcement: Survey

Becket Adams · August 22, 2014 9:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid apologizes for dropping some non-politically correct Asian-themed jokes

Becket Adams · August 22, 2014 5:42 pm

Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday during a protest for Michael Brown. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Conflict in Ferguson shows need to consider multiple perspectives

Scott Rasmussen · August 22, 2014 5:24 pm

FILE - This May 1,1992 file photo shows Rodney King, right, accompanied by his attorney Steven Lerman, making his first statement, pleading for an end to the rioting in South Central Los Angeles, in Los Angeles. The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, was roiled by racial unrest after 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on Aug. 9. The street clashes there mirrored past, larger-scale riots in multiple US cities, most of them triggered by perceived racial injustice, or an incident involving police, in already tense communities. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)

Facts about US racial unrest

Jesse Holland · August 22, 2014 5:16 pm

Business owner Mustafa Alshalabi cleans damage to his store after it was looted during another night of rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. (Getty images/ Scott Olson)

Manahattan Moment: If we don’t learn from Ferguson, there will be more such tragedies

Fred Siegel · August 21, 2014 10:55 pm

A man is moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo., early Wednesday. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

What Ferguson %u2014 and America %u2014 needs is a white Republican for racial justice

Shikha Dalmia · August 21, 2014 9:00 pm

Protester Hana Kato, of Tacoma, Wash., holds a sign that reads "Arrest Darren Wilson" as she attends an evening rally Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Don’t rush to call Darren Wilson a murderer

Larry Elder · August 21, 2014 3:32 pm

Over the past two weeks, the impoverished St. Louis County suburb has become a magnet for self-absorbed publicity seekers of all colors and agendas. Perhaps the most repulsive species on display in Ferguson is the Journalisto Vanitatis. (iStock Photo)

The Ferguson feeding frenzy

Michelle Malkin · August 21, 2014 3:17 pm

First lady Michelle Obama visits Chicago's Harper High School, a predominately African-American school where 29 current or former students had been shot in the previous year, Wednesday April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, Nancy Stone, Pool)

What about ‘black-on-black crime’? Funny you should ask

Steve Chapman · August 21, 2014 3:11 pm

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks Aug. 16 at a news conference dealing with the aftermath of the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Beltway Confidential

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is a national embarrassment

Becket Adams · August 21, 2014 11:33 am

Micah Edmond, Republican candidate for Congress from Northern Virginia (Photo: campaign website)

Republicans look for a long-shot win in Northern Virginia in Micah Edmond

Betsy Woodruff · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

In Ferguson, the rise of Eric Holder

Brian Hughes · August 21, 2014 9:00 am