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The Rising Tide of Anti-Black Racism
February 8, 2013 · 0 Comments
Jamelle Bouie: Racial resentment is increasing, and it plays a major role in how Obama—and the Democratic Party—is perceived.
Rosa Parks at 100: Who in the World was Rosa Parks!
By Bob Somerby: Charles Blow gets credit for one thing, in last Saturday’s column about Rosa Parks, he quoted Professor Jeanne Theoharis correctly.
The Heart IS a Lonely Hunter: Making It Right
By John Grant: In The New York Times February 6th on pages 20 and 21, across from each other, there were two tragic stories centered around the themes of sex, race and power.
Rosa Parks at 100: Why Can’t Charles Blow Stick to the Facts!
By Bob Somerby: Presumably, columnists at the New York Times know how to look things up.
Rosa Parks at 100: Fiction and Myth!
By Bob Somerby: Rosa Parks died in October 2005 at the age of 92. She became the 31st person in American history to lie in state at the Capitol Building.
Jim Crow in Our Time: ‘NYT’ Credits Israeli Poll That Excludes 20% of Population Who Aren’t Jewish
By Philip Weiss: Shimon Peres is the new honey-bunny of American liberals, the anti-Netanyahu.
How the New York Times Screwed Martin Luther King Jr.
By Timothy Noah: Harvey Shapiro would have likely preferred to be remembered as a poet, and perhaps also as one of the better editors of the New York ...
Don’t Shoot—He Wants to Grow Up!
By Bob Somerby: Was Bazelon’s aim true: On Thursday morning’s front page, the New York Times reports on the homicide rate in Chicago.
Another ‘NYT’ Reporter Goes to Gaza and Offers Condescending Anthropological Observations on Social Media
By Philip Weiss: It hasn't been a month since a New York Times reporter in Gaza got in hot water for condescending comments on local culture...
Here’s The New York Times’ Response to the Ken Johnson Petition
By Michael H. Miller: The writers of an open letter to The New York Times regarding two recent pieces by Ken Johnson have received a response from the paper’s culture editor, Jonathan Landman.
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