Tag: Race

Beltway Confidential

Racist, anti-Semitic comments by 9 Democrats who went unpunished

Ashe Schow · May 21, 2014 10:00 am

Last Friday, Michelle Obama chose to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling by reminding graduating high-school seniors in Topeka, Kan., that racism is still alive and well in America today. (AP Photo)

Racial rhetoric inflames rather than unites

David Limbaugh · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Mark Rosenbaum, who argued the case on behalf of minority groups that opposed the affirmative action ban, said the sort of routine outreach that political parties perform is prohibited to public universities under laws like Michigan's. "They can say, 'If you're a person of color, you would not feel out of place in our party,'" Rosenbaum said. "But if a university said that, there would be 1,000 lawsuits tomorrow." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Is GOP minority recruitment affirmative action?

Nicholas Riccardi · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This May 12, 2014 file photo speaks President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama on Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision by recommitting to "the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms." Obama also scheduled a meeting Friday with families of the plaintiffs as well as the lead attorneys and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Obama will host the group, including lawyers Jack Greenberg and William Coleman, in the White House East Room. Greenberg argued the case; Coleman was a leading legal strategist. (AP Photo, File)

Obama hosts Brown v. Board families and lawyers

Darlene Superville · May 17, 2014 1:59 am

Police commissioner asked to quit over Obama slur

Lynne Tuohy · May 16, 2014 8:38 pm

In this file photo taken on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Focusing on Donald Sterling is a cop-out in America’s discussion of race

Philip Klein · May 15, 2014 10:57 pm

Pedestrians pass the entrance of The New York Times on Wednesday in New York. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

NYT’s historic promotion of Dean Baquet, first African-American to lead the paper, marred by outraged feminists

Ashe Schow · May 15, 2014 7:47 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, a man raises his hand during at Google offices in New York. People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google to release diversity data about workforce

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 5:29 am

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Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education

Jesse Holland · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

Va. battle involving colored troops recognized

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 6:31 am

Museum eyes US flag’s meaning to diverse people

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 6:16 am

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., makes his way to the Senate floor for a vote on Monday, March 31, 2014. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Calling Tim Scott a beneficiary of Republican affirmative action is the silliest way to criticize the GOP on race

Justin Green · May 14, 2014 4:00 am