Tag: Race

Amsterdam mayor: Black Pete figure to change

Toby Sterling · August 14, 2014 3:23 pm

A device deployed by police goes off in the street as police and protesters clash Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Authorities in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a police officer have used tear gas to try to disperse protesters after flaming projectiles were thrown from the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Protests turn violent in St. Louis suburb

Associated Press · August 14, 2014 1:50 pm

Beltway Confidential

Disturbing footage surfaces from tense Ferguson protests

Becket Adams · August 14, 2014 1:05 pm

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters points his finger as he speaks during the New Zealand First Party campaign launch held at the Kelston Community Hall in west Auckland, New Zealand Aug. 10, 2014. During the launch, Peters lit into the government for allowing farms to be sold to foreign buyers, including those from China. He made a racially charged joke: âAs they say in Beijing, two Wongs donât make a white.â (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald/Dean Purcell)**New Zealand Out Australia Out**

Racism mars New Zealand election campaign

Nick Perry · August 14, 2014 6:41 am

"For example, African-American staffers on Democratic campaigns were paid 70 cents for each dollar their white counterparts made. For Hispanic staffers in Democratic campaigns, the figure was 68 cents on the dollar," a Daily Beast report states. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How long before Democrats run Daily Beast reporter Tim Mak out of town?

Mark Tapscott · August 13, 2014 1:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

White people are underrepresented at Apple

Timothy P. Carney · August 13, 2014 1:02 pm

The GOP Can Attract Young Black Voters—And Already Has

Whitney Blake · August 12, 2014 11:20 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addresses the country's first PreK Nation at the Scholastic Inc. headquarters in Soho on August 5 in New York. (Stuart Ramson/Invision/AP Images)

Bill de Blasio attacks achievement in New York City schools

Thomas Sowell · August 11, 2014 8:24 pm

The Democratic Party embraces "comprehensive immigration reform," which is code for amnesty, which, in turn, is code for "keep the borders porous so that we get a constant stream of new Democratic voters and cheap labor." (AP Photo)

Democrat support for amnesty threatens their most loyal voters

Larry Elder · August 7, 2014 2:50 pm

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Steny Hoyer should be on an apology tour right now

Becket Adams · August 7, 2014 12:45 pm

Class action filed against Washington Metro over background checks of African Americans

Kyla Asbury · August 6, 2014 3:07 pm

"[White Privilege Conference] is a conference that examines challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and offers solutions and team building strategies to work toward a more equitable world," according to WPC's website. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

If there is no ‘war on whites,’ what is the ‘White Privilege Conference’ about?

Mark Tapscott · August 6, 2014 2:07 pm