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Debra J. Dickerson
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Debra J. Dickerson is the author of An American Story and The End of Blackness, a former intelligence officer in the US Air Force, a mother of two, a professional iconoclast, and a recent convert to the glory of High School Musical.
Author's Articles
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Class Is the New Black
How I had to look beyond race and learn to love equality…
—Fri Jan. 16, 2009 12:00 AM PST -
The Myth of the Moral Majority
Here's the church. Here's the steeple.…
—Thu May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard's One Drop
Suddenly, white people are fascinated by race.…
—Fri Nov. 9, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Whaddya Mean, "We"? Or Why I'll Wear Red on Halloween
When black feminism isn't enough: A brand new sisterhood…
—Tue Oct. 23, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
The Great White Way
Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants…
—Thu Sep. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT -
A Dream Deferred
A mournful, contrarian dissection of the failed legacy…
—Sat May. 1, 2004 12:00 AM PDT -
Locked Out by the System
Jennifer Gonnerman gets it right in her merciless…
—Mon Mar. 1, 2004 12:00 AM PST
Author's Blog Posts
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Andrew Sullivan Took the Words Out of My Mouth
—Thu May. 14, 2009 10:02 AM PDT -
Wisconsin Upholds Warrantless GPS Tracking By Cops
—Thu May. 14, 2009 7:58 AM PDT -
Driving While Texting
—Tue May. 12, 2009 11:58 AM PDT -
How Much Is That Baby in the Window?
—Tue May. 12, 2009 11:50 AM PDT -
Their Mamas Didn't Raise Them Right
—Mon May. 11, 2009 6:18 AM PDT -
Mother's Day When Mom's on Lock Down
—Fri May. 8, 2009 6:05 PM PDT -
TX Women Paying for Own Rape Kits?
—Fri May. 8, 2009 7:28 AM PDT -
Justice, Texas Style
—Fri May. 8, 2009 6:29 AM PDT -
Strange Bedfellows in the Parent 'Hood: Two New Memoirs
—Thu May. 7, 2009 8:16 AM PDT -
Note to Young Skinheads
—Thu May. 7, 2009 7:32 AM PDT -
What Color Is the Sky in GOP-land?
—Thu May. 7, 2009 5:56 AM PDT -
Barry Levinson on the "Unholy Alliance of Politics, Celebrity, and Media"
—Wed May. 6, 2009 10:35 AM PDT -
How Do You Say "Chickens Coming Home To Roost in Japanese"?
—Tue May. 5, 2009 4:55 PM PDT -
If These Are "The Best And Brightest" Pray That We Never See "The Worst and Dumbest"
—Tue May. 5, 2009 4:53 PM PDT -
Iraqi Militias and a Hideous New Torture for Gays: Say It Aint So!
—Tue May. 5, 2009 4:52 PM PDT -
Racism as Ghost Story
—Tue May. 5, 2009 7:13 AM PDT -
No Progress? No Nookie!
—Tue May. 5, 2009 7:05 AM PDT -
More on Religious Freedom and Same Sex Marriage
—Mon May. 4, 2009 2:00 PM PDT -
Nancy Grace Makes Her Own Gravy
—Sun May. 3, 2009 8:34 AM PDT -
Is Obama's Silence on Race Golden?
—Sat May. 2, 2009 8:57 AM PDT -
Supreme Court Bingo: Who Should Replace Souter?
—Fri May. 1, 2009 9:45 AM PDT -
We Are All Christopher Hitchens Now
—Fri May. 1, 2009 9:01 AM PDT -
So Much For NCLB: Racial Achievement Gap Wide as Ever
—Wed Apr. 29, 2009 9:56 AM PDT -
This Just In: Feminism Is Not a Religion. Duh.
—Wed Apr. 29, 2009 9:38 AM PDT -
Plan B vs. the Knuckle-Draggers
—Fri Apr. 24, 2009 12:40 PM PDT -
Mommies Praised, But Not Respected, For Staying Home With Their Kids
—Fri Apr. 24, 2009 12:02 PM PDT -
Is Michelle Obama Taking Her Own Press Too Seriously?
—Thu Apr. 23, 2009 2:20 PM PDT -
Is Bullying a Symptom of a Crisis of Masculinity?
—Wed Apr. 22, 2009 10:30 AM PDT -
If He's Not a Torturer, Why Is He Wearing a Mask?
—Wed Apr. 22, 2009 10:01 AM PDT -
Feminism and Domestic Violence
—Mon Apr. 13, 2009 11:37 AM PDT -
Illegal Immigrants in Japan Forced to Leave Daughter Behind
—Mon Apr. 13, 2009 10:59 AM PDT -
How Bad Was That Turkish News Anchor in Blackface Report?
—Wed Apr. 8, 2009 11:22 PM PDT -
On Locking Up Teens
—Wed Apr. 8, 2009 11:17 PM PDT -
Even a Stopped Watch...
—Wed Apr. 8, 2009 11:02 PM PDT -
GOP Trying to Regain Its Sanity, Failing
—Wed Apr. 8, 2009 10:53 PM PDT -
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Near At Hand?
—Tue Apr. 7, 2009 3:34 PM PDT -
Pap Smears Begone!
—Tue Apr. 7, 2009 3:26 PM PDT -
First Grandma's Essence Interview
—Tue Apr. 7, 2009 2:40 PM PDT -
Trophy Wives Beware: Sugar Daddy's Dipstick May Be Defective
—Mon Apr. 6, 2009 3:08 PM PDT -
Flogged Pakistani Girl Denies It
—Mon Apr. 6, 2009 2:15 PM PDT -
Another Hostage Situation
—Fri Apr. 3, 2009 9:55 AM PDT -
Thank Allah for the Taliban?
—Fri Apr. 3, 2009 9:06 AM PDT -
The Catholic Church, AIDS, Condoms, and Specious Arguments
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 12:08 PM PDT -
Is Homophobia Just Narcissism?
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 11:46 AM PDT -
Is Having Children Stupid?
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 10:31 AM PDT -
You Know The GOP Has Lost It When David Horowitz Has To Admit It
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 10:24 AM PDT -
If Drum Can Cat Blog, I Can Kid Blog
—Tue Mar. 31, 2009 10:11 PM PDT -
One Pathetic Tip for Surviving the Recession
—Tue Mar. 31, 2009 10:08 PM PDT -
Feminism's Frankensteins
—Tue Mar. 31, 2009 7:22 PM PDT -
Millions Of Americans Travel Abroad For Health Care
—Tue Mar. 31, 2009 10:38 AM PDT -
How Does Taking Nekkid Photos of Yourself Make You a Sex Offender?
—Thu Mar. 26, 2009 11:27 AM PDT -
Black (and Brown) Can Only Be Just So Beautiful
—Thu Mar. 26, 2009 11:06 AM PDT -
Rihanna Gets a Gun
—Thu Mar. 26, 2009 7:53 AM PDT -
Feminism: What's in a Name?
—Tue Mar. 24, 2009 11:58 AM PDT -
Why Do Women Get Their Asses Kicked? Feminism, Of Course
—Tue Mar. 24, 2009 5:32 AM PDT -
"Trash" Is the New N Word
—Mon Mar. 23, 2009 2:03 PM PDT -
"The Fempire:" Female Screenwriters Give Hollywood a Run For Its Money
—Mon Mar. 23, 2009 11:58 AM PDT -
Bat Mitzvahs for Seniors?
—Mon Mar. 23, 2009 8:48 AM PDT -
Oops! Sometimes, We Fag Hags Just Make Things Worse
—Mon Mar. 23, 2009 8:07 AM PDT -
Now This is Sisterhood
—Fri Mar. 20, 2009 9:35 AM PDT -
The Same Banking Geniuses that Destroyed Our Economy Get Paid and Paid and Paid
—Thu Mar. 19, 2009 10:48 AM PDT -
Don't Trust Any Feminists Under 30
—Mon Mar. 16, 2009 1:28 PM PDT -
Professor Buffy, Ph.D: Vampire-Slaying in the Real World
—Sun Mar. 15, 2009 3:39 PM PDT -
We Over-Privileged Bitches Who Dare Not To Breastfeed
—Sun Mar. 15, 2009 9:29 AM PDT -
Think You're a Liberal? Take This Test and Just Try to Outscore Me
—Fri Mar. 13, 2009 7:21 PM PDT -
Male Violence With Impunity: "Corrective" Rape in South Africa
—Fri Mar. 13, 2009 11:34 AM PDT -
Let's Hear It For Big Government!
—Wed Mar. 11, 2009 10:45 AM PDT -
Generals Open Up About Their Own PTSD
—Tue Mar. 10, 2009 11:28 AM PDT -
The Future of Abortion Providers
—Tue Mar. 10, 2009 9:33 AM PDT -
Parents' Worst Nightmare: The Season For Leaving Kids To Die In Cars Is Upon Us
—Tue Mar. 10, 2009 8:53 AM PDT -
Are the GOP's Blacks Getting Sloppy Seconds?
—Fri Mar. 6, 2009 10:40 AM PST -
Debt Collectors: How Low Will They Go?
—Fri Mar. 6, 2009 10:26 AM PST -
I Am Woman, Hear Me Cower
—Thu Feb. 5, 2009 9:40 AM PST -
Heather Havrilesky: Our Crush Is Officially Over!
—Fri Jan. 30, 2009 7:15 AM PST -
Dick Armey Proves Feminism Is Dead
—Fri Jan. 30, 2009 7:12 AM PST -
Note to Trophy Wives: This Feminist Has Your Back
—Thu Jan. 29, 2009 3:49 PM PST -
Are Pro Football Players Brain Damaged?
—Wed Jan. 28, 2009 12:26 PM PST -
Is PTSD Purple Heart Worthy?
—Tue Jan. 27, 2009 2:35 PM PST -
Friday Laugh at an Innocent's Expense
—Fri Jan. 23, 2009 5:18 PM PST -
OK. Some of You Liked Aretha's Hat
—Fri Jan. 23, 2009 1:06 PM PST -
Air Force Wings Are Made of Gold!
—Fri Jan. 23, 2009 9:25 AM PST -
If This Guy Is a Racist, He Isn't a Very Good One
—Thu Jan. 22, 2009 9:29 AM PST -
Coat Checker's Delight
—Thu Jan. 22, 2009 8:20 AM PST -
A People's History of Obama's Inauguration and MLK Day
—Tue Jan. 20, 2009 11:06 AM PST -
The Betty Boop Eyelash Drug vs. the Recession
—Fri Jan. 16, 2009 7:40 AM PST -
Another Way to Lessen the Inauguration Day Crush
—Thu Jan. 15, 2009 9:00 AM PST -
Conservative Punditry's Leading Lights
—Thu Jan. 15, 2009 6:56 AM PST -
Is America Post-Racism?
—Mon Jan. 12, 2009 4:00 PM PST -
One Way to Help the Third World: Adjustable Eyeglasses
—Mon Jan. 12, 2009 11:58 AM PST -
Boomers, Meet Cuspers
—Mon Jan. 12, 2009 9:07 AM PST -
The Army Wants You to Be "Less" Than You Can Be
—Mon Jan. 12, 2009 6:21 AM PST -
Black Women Are Getting Shorter. Really.
—Wed Jan. 7, 2009 9:26 AM PST -
On "Middle Class Values"
—Wed Jan. 7, 2009 9:19 AM PST -
Even Heather Mac Donald Is Right Twice a Year
—Tue Jan. 6, 2009 11:38 AM PST -
The GOP 's Grand Problems
—Tue Jan. 6, 2009 10:57 AM PST -
What Kind of New Year's Eve Will You Have?
—Mon Dec. 29, 2008 5:07 PM PST -
Remember Those Urban Myths About Waking Up In a Tub of Ice, Sans Kidney?
—Mon Dec. 29, 2008 4:59 PM PST -
The RNC Needs to Earn Its Ghetto Pass
—Mon Dec. 29, 2008 3:02 PM PST -
Madoff Matters
—Sun Dec. 28, 2008 9:44 AM PST -
Meet the Woman Whose Bra Brought Down a Governor
—Thu Dec. 25, 2008 9:23 AM PST -
What Gays Can Teach Blacks About Civil Rights
—Wed Dec. 24, 2008 9:11 AM PST -
Post-Mortem Plastic Surgery? Yech.
—Fri Dec. 12, 2008 4:48 PM PST -
Some Writerly Advice
—Fri Dec. 12, 2008 4:37 PM PST -
Financial Illiteracy, Still Keeping Americans Poor
—Fri Dec. 12, 2008 4:19 PM PST -
ProPublica: Bush's Presidency, Harper's Index-style
—Thu Dec. 11, 2008 4:14 PM PST -
Email Madness From the Afro-Sphere
—Fri Dec. 5, 2008 11:16 AM PST -
OJ Lyrics, Anyone?
—Fri Dec. 5, 2008 10:55 AM PST -
Why Tina Fey Had to Get All Tarted Up
—Thu Dec. 4, 2008 4:53 PM PST -
Note to Fashion World: Michelle Obama Is Black
—Thu Dec. 4, 2008 1:50 PM PST -
Fiddling While Our University System Burns
—Thu Dec. 4, 2008 1:10 PM PST -
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Is Made of Steel
—Thu Dec. 4, 2008 7:50 AM PST -
Slavery Comes Full Circle
—Wed Dec. 3, 2008 9:49 AM PST -
More Genetic Tests: Still Creepy
—Wed Dec. 3, 2008 8:41 AM PST -
Note To Shelby Steele: Stop, Honey. Just Stop.
—Tue Dec. 2, 2008 3:33 PM PST -
Should Blacks Gain From Obama's Win?
—Tue Dec. 2, 2008 1:36 PM PST -
The Great Recession
—Tue Dec. 2, 2008 5:02 AM PST -
Women Rock Volunteerism
—Sun Nov. 30, 2008 9:16 AM PST -
Your Friday "Awwwww"
—Fri Nov. 21, 2008 9:18 AM PST -
Are There Any Subprime Saints?
—Wed Nov. 19, 2008 1:06 PM PST -
These Men Are From Hell, not Mars
—Wed Nov. 19, 2008 10:06 AM PST -
Take This as Tacit Black Support for Gay Marriage
—Tue Nov. 18, 2008 7:53 AM PST -
Notes From A Black Nerd's Memoir
—Mon Nov. 17, 2008 6:12 AM PST -
Wanna Work for Obama? Prepare for a Strip Search
—Fri Nov. 14, 2008 5:58 AM PST -
Still Rappin' For Obama
—Wed Nov. 12, 2008 12:44 PM PST -
What Color is the Sky in Red Republican World?
—Wed Nov. 12, 2008 5:38 AM PST -
How One Vet Spent Her First Veterans' Day After "The World Changed"
—Tue Nov. 11, 2008 1:31 PM PST -
Will Obama's Cabinet Favor Whites?
—Mon Nov. 10, 2008 10:19 AM PST -
I Was Right to Worry About Black Homophobia
—Sat Nov. 8, 2008 2:43 PM PST -
Post-Obama, Whither Black Uplift?
—Fri Nov. 7, 2008 10:57 AM PST -
Obama Brings the Hood to Montana
—Mon Nov. 3, 2008 5:32 AM PST -
Your Friday Laugh at Palin's/Wall Street's Expense
—Fri Oct. 31, 2008 4:55 PM PDT -
Will a Record Black Turnout Doom Proposition 8?
—Fri Oct. 31, 2008 4:16 PM PDT -
A Black Voter Email Meme
—Fri Oct. 31, 2008 3:42 PM PDT -
Why Wright Happens
—Wed Oct. 29, 2008 9:06 PM PDT -
Getting What We Paid For With Sarah Palin
—Wed Oct. 29, 2008 6:39 PM PDT -
The Upside of the Mortgage Crisis
—Thu Oct. 23, 2008 12:39 PM PDT -
Are New Airport Scanners a "Virtual Strip Search?"
—Thu Oct. 23, 2008 12:23 PM PDT -
Video: Meet the Black McCains
—Thu Oct. 23, 2008 11:24 AM PDT -
Another College Campus Shooting
—Wed Oct. 22, 2008 12:21 PM PDT -
Are Black Athletes Obligated to Support Obama?
—Mon Oct. 20, 2008 11:37 AM PDT -
Dan Savage on Sex, Moose, and the Palin Kids
—Fri Oct. 17, 2008 6:44 PM PDT -
Is Getting Race Right All About the Benjamins?
—Fri Oct. 17, 2008 3:36 PM PDT -
Maybe Nothing is Wrong With Kansas
—Fri Oct. 17, 2008 1:03 PM PDT -
On Bitch Magazine, Female Bodyguards, and More Feminist Superheroes
—Tue Oct. 14, 2008 4:17 PM PDT -
PBS's Frontline Special on Obama and "That One"
—Tue Oct. 14, 2008 12:34 PM PDT -
The New GOP: Party of Blockheads
—Sun Oct. 12, 2008 10:00 AM PDT -
A Friday Distraction From Finance Doom
—Fri Oct. 10, 2008 10:07 AM PDT -
Jim Crow's Muslim America
—Thu Oct. 9, 2008 4:01 PM PDT -
Palin's Secessionists Problem
—Thu Oct. 9, 2008 1:47 PM PDT -
The National Debt Clock Ran Out of Digits
—Thu Oct. 9, 2008 1:01 PM PDT -
A Paleo-Feminist on Transgender Sexism Studies
—Mon Oct. 6, 2008 3:49 PM PDT -
If I Were an Obama Strategist, Here's How I'd Spend the Next Month
—Fri Oct. 3, 2008 1:51 PM PDT -
Some Surprising New Findings on GIs, PTSD, and Crime
—Fri Jul. 25, 2008 3:43 PM PDT -
GI Jane Hell: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
—Fri Jul. 25, 2008 2:06 PM PDT -
When Blacks Get Their American Dream 'Burb On
—Fri Jul. 25, 2008 11:40 AM PDT -
Why Talula Does the Hula No More
—Fri Jul. 25, 2008 2:32 AM PDT -
Meeting in the Ladies' Room
—Mon Jul. 21, 2008 8:16 PM PDT -
Diddling While America Burns
—Fri Jul. 18, 2008 1:00 AM PDT -
When W Talks Down
—Thu Jul. 17, 2008 7:15 PM PDT -
Note to Lesbian Pioneers: Avoid Wisconsin
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 6:01 PM PDT -
Jesse Jackson, Out Foxed on Obama
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 5:47 PM PDT -
Black on Black Nihilism
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 5:37 PM PDT -
Heather Mac Donald: The Thinking Bigot's Ann Coulter
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 1:20 PM PDT -
Slang White People Like
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 12:51 PM PDT -
How Do You Keep Veterans Out of Jail?
—Tue Jul. 8, 2008 6:29 PM PDT -
What Heat Waves Tell Us
—Tue Jul. 8, 2008 2:32 PM PDT -
Denver's Black National Anthem Mistake
—Tue Jul. 8, 2008 11:40 AM PDT -
Confidential to Amy Winehouse
—Wed Jul. 2, 2008 11:20 AM PDT -
More War Profiteering, KBR-style
—Thu May. 29, 2008 1:20 PM PDT -
The White Rapper Show vs. Miss Rap Supreme
—Tue May. 27, 2008 12:18 PM PDT -
Women's News: Sublime and Heinous
—Fri May. 23, 2008 12:58 PM PDT -
McCain Throws Himself Into the Briar Patch...Some More
—Fri May. 23, 2008 8:55 AM PDT -
Are Whites Taking Over Historically Black Colleges?
—Thu May. 22, 2008 12:35 PM PDT -
Carving Black Defiance in Stone
—Wed May. 21, 2008 7:27 AM PDT -
How Female Military Pilots Spell Relief
—Mon May. 19, 2008 12:46 PM PDT -
Know Your Enemy: Heather Mac Donald
—Tue May. 6, 2008 9:48 AM PDT -
NYC's New Reefer Madness
—Thu May. 1, 2008 5:04 PM PDT -
Throwing Clinton Under the Bus To Spite Mom
—Mon Apr. 21, 2008 9:51 AM PDT -
On Joss Whedon, Male Feminist
—Sat Apr. 12, 2008 8:15 PM PDT -
I'm Not Crazy, Sexism Is
—Fri Apr. 11, 2008 9:59 AM PDT -
Watch Bitter Enemies Make Nice on Bloggingheads.tv
—Thu Apr. 10, 2008 9:20 PM PDT -
What If There'd Been Fox News or CNN During Slavery?
—Wed Apr. 9, 2008 9:15 PM PDT -
A Feminist Hears a Who
—Tue Apr. 8, 2008 10:52 PM PDT -
The Internal Black Debate over Obama
—Fri Apr. 4, 2008 6:16 PM PDT -
"A PhD in Strippernomics"
—Thu Apr. 3, 2008 7:03 PM PDT -
The Grandma Behind Obama
—Thu Apr. 3, 2008 11:40 AM PDT -
A Former GI's Perspective on the War Mea Culpas
—Tue Apr. 1, 2008 7:15 PM PDT -
Where Is the Black Outcry Against China?
—Fri Mar. 28, 2008 6:20 PM PDT -
In Which I Will Become Labeled an Anti-Semite
—Tue Mar. 25, 2008 4:22 PM PDT -
Black Intelligentsia: Holla If You Hear Obama
—Fri Mar. 21, 2008 1:12 PM PDT -
Careful, Obama. Humorless Feminists Are Watching
—Thu Mar. 20, 2008 2:57 PM PDT -
Tier 1, Tier 3, and the Perp Walk Between
—Thu Mar. 13, 2008 1:50 PM PDT -
The Brilliant, Doomed Down Syndrome Adoption Registry
—Thu Mar. 13, 2008 6:30 AM PDT -
A Million Man March Against STDs?
—Wed Mar. 12, 2008 6:54 AM PDT -
Is it 3 a.m. at Klan Headquarters?
—Tue Mar. 11, 2008 11:50 AM PDT -
Samantha Power and the Poison Pen
—Mon Mar. 10, 2008 2:06 PM PDT -
If Obama Is a Woman, and I Vote For Clinton, Am I a Man?
—Thu Feb. 28, 2008 3:41 PM PST -
Black Immigrants, 'Model' Minority? Plus: Don Imus
—Mon Feb. 25, 2008 5:38 PM PST -
If the Army Had Wanted You to Have a Family, it Would Have Issued You One, Soldier!
—Sun Feb. 24, 2008 6:16 PM PST -
US and Iraqi Women Reporting from Baghdad Win Awards. Thank Goodness They Lived to Collect Them
—Sun Feb. 24, 2008 5:34 PM PST -
Proto Political Correctness
—Fri Feb. 22, 2008 6:04 PM PST -
Maybe Hitchens Is Right and God Isn't So Great
—Thu Feb. 21, 2008 6:32 PM PST -
Fewer Guns, Not More 'Heroes'
—Thu Feb. 21, 2008 6:05 PM PST -
A Campaign to Stop Stoning Abroad, the Un-Liberation of Women and the De-Closeting of Gays at Home
—Wed Feb. 20, 2008 7:17 PM PST -
Mississippi's Criminal Justice System: Still Burning the Poor Alive
—Wed Feb. 20, 2008 6:51 PM PST -
Deja Vu: Muslim Didn't Work So Now Obama's a Commie Pinko
—Wed Feb. 20, 2008 8:58 AM PST -
Is The Lily Livered West an Unindicted Co-Conspirator of Islamo-Fascism?
—Tue Feb. 19, 2008 5:09 PM PST -
Private's Stripes Going Once, Going Twice: How Much to Serve Your Country?
—Tue Feb. 19, 2008 4:15 PM PST -
'Cinema of Truth' Was Born in 1960's 'Primary': NPR on the Invention of Cinema Verite
—Tue Feb. 19, 2008 3:53 PM PST -
Innovation from the Left
—Tue Feb. 19, 2008 3:30 PM PST -
Secretary of State 2008?
—Mon Feb. 18, 2008 7:54 AM PST -
Our Election Through Australia's Eyes
—Mon Feb. 18, 2008 5:47 AM PST -
Women in War Zones: Female Correspondents Face a Second Line of Fire
—Fri Feb. 15, 2008 10:10 AM PST -
Mitt Romney to Endorse McCain
—Thu Feb. 14, 2008 10:41 AM PST -
Six Words, Six Months to Come up with Them
—Tue Feb. 12, 2008 5:55 PM PST -
Debra Does Don: Update (to update)
—Tue Feb. 12, 2008 5:36 PM PST -
Hear My PRI "Fair Game" Election 2008 Discussion...
—Tue Feb. 5, 2008 11:49 AM PST -
PBS Does its DNA Magic with Celebrities for Black History Month Again
—Tue Feb. 5, 2008 11:17 AM PST -
How Obama's Autobiography Convinced One Writer to Vote for Him
—Tue Feb. 5, 2008 7:35 AM PST -
Check out "Yes We Can," Pro-Obama Video
—Sat Feb. 2, 2008 3:02 PM PST -
These Guys for Colbert's New Black Friends: Negroes for Huckabee
—Sat Feb. 2, 2008 10:31 AM PST -
Clintons Take Note: This is How Its Done
—Sat Feb. 2, 2008 10:21 AM PST -
Blacks Can't Accept Clinton's Apology if He Denies He's Apologizing
—Sat Feb. 2, 2008 9:50 AM PST -
Circular Firing Squad Warning: Obama the Wonder Boy Had Better Get Out Ahead of the Impending Black vs. Hispanic Implosion
—Fri Feb. 1, 2008 4:28 PM PST -
Something Strange Happened When Manila Banned Publicly Funded Contraception
—Fri Feb. 1, 2008 8:59 AM PST -
Blogging While Brown
—Fri Feb. 1, 2008 8:43 AM PST -
What to Read This Winter
—Fri Feb. 1, 2008 8:18 AM PST -
Be Still My Heart and Lower my DMV fees
—Thu Jan. 31, 2008 4:34 PM PST -
Can We Win the War on Terrorism Without Destroying Our Military?
—Thu Jan. 31, 2008 7:53 AM PST -
The Literature of Presidential Endorsements: Angelou v. Morrison
—Thu Jan. 31, 2008 7:41 AM PST -
The Prison-Industrial Complex Keeps on Creating Wealth, For Some: Wanna Play "Don't Drop the Soap"?
—Wed Jan. 30, 2008 11:41 AM PST -
Sex Slaves and Rape Victims: Feminist, Not Paranoid
—Wed Jan. 30, 2008 6:03 AM PST -
When and Where We Enter, Male Chauvinist Pigs Follow: Is 'Purdah' the Answer to Male Privilege?
—Tue Jan. 29, 2008 3:11 PM PST -
Is This Old Dog Learning New Tricks Just a Tad Too Late? Bill Campaigns, Quietly, in Jersey
—Tue Jan. 29, 2008 12:40 PM PST -
"Yomama bin Barack"?: Leave the Satire to the Professionals, Racists
—Tue Jan. 29, 2008 12:20 PM PST -
I'm Black and a Woman: Let Me Know When You Decide Which Knee I'm Supposed to Jerk, OK?
—Tue Jan. 29, 2008 11:19 AM PST -
"Mexican Americans...take Spanish...in Summer School...And Get B's"...: Or are we Buying Into The Hype?
—Mon Jan. 28, 2008 5:21 PM PST -
"The Man's" Morse Code and the Continuing Blight of White Racism
—Thu Jan. 24, 2008 10:40 AM PST -
To Serve You Better, I Will Not Appear, but 'Appear' at your Life-Changing Event
—Wed Jan. 23, 2008 2:54 PM PST -
My, What Rotten Teeth Poor People Have: The Hidden Health Care Crisis and The Dems
—Wed Jan. 23, 2008 9:03 AM PST -
The MSM Trying to get in Obama's Head
—Wed Jan. 23, 2008 8:43 AM PST -
Suffer the Children, Embrace the Moms: Female Genital Mutilation
—Tue Jan. 22, 2008 6:18 PM PST -
Hold Grudges Much? Misuse Power to Settle Them? Meet, Rudy Giuliani
—Tue Jan. 22, 2008 5:45 PM PST -
Black History Month and Negro-Bibliophilia: We Didn't Start the Fire. Y'all Did
—Mon Jan. 21, 2008 6:03 PM PST -
What Do Nerds Dream About? Being Gang Leader for a Day
—Mon Jan. 21, 2008 5:05 PM PST -
Maybe All the Campaigners Should Learn B. Clinton's Art of Napping
—Mon Jan. 21, 2008 4:50 PM PST -
American Feminism: Alive and Kicking and Unfortunately, Need Now As Much as Ever
—Mon Jan. 21, 2008 3:24 PM PST -
The Goldberg Variations (On Lame): What Happens When Certain Right Wingers Leave the Amen Corner
—Thu Jan. 17, 2008 7:24 PM PST -
An Open Letter from American Feminists (And a Raised Fist From Me)
—Thu Jan. 17, 2008 11:55 AM PST -
Jerusalem Syndrome: An Ironic Hipster-Jew Went to Israel and all We Get Is Beautiful Writing
—Thu Jan. 17, 2008 9:58 AM PST -
Please Tase Them, Bro! What's With Heckling Bill Maher?
—Thu Jan. 17, 2008 6:19 AM PST -
Slow Your Roll, Bubba: Just How Stupid Does Bill Clinton Think We Are?
—Wed Jan. 16, 2008 6:33 PM PST -
Girls 2 Women? Not Yet, Not Even in Baghdad
—Wed Jan. 16, 2008 5:37 AM PST -
Experience This! Should Senator Clinton Join Senator Obama at the Kids' Table?
—Tue Jan. 15, 2008 7:11 AM PST -
The Reverse Bradley? Might Blacks Lie To Pollsters? If so, Why?
—Tue Jan. 15, 2008 6:39 AM PST -
Know Any Promising Young Folks Who Wanna Run Into a Burning Building?
—Tue Jan. 15, 2008 6:23 AM PST -
Black Men's Crime, Black Women's Punishment: Here's Something Obama Can Confront if he Wants/Expects Black Women's Vote
—Tue Jan. 15, 2008 6:09 AM PST -
The Brother From Another Planet: Good, and Bad, Reasons why Blacks Aren't in Lock Step with Obama
—Mon Jan. 14, 2008 1:39 PM PST -
Where and When we Enter: Black Women and Election 2008
—Mon Jan. 14, 2008 12:53 PM PST -
The True Victims of Abortion: Men
—Fri Jan. 11, 2008 10:07 AM PST -
When Feminism Means Knowing How Just Screwed You Are
—Fri Jan. 11, 2008 8:46 AM PST -
Our Prez Finally Made Hell Freeze Over
—Fri Jan. 11, 2008 8:20 AM PST -
Can a Brother Get Some Morphine? Not at the ER
—Wed Jan. 2, 2008 11:05 AM PST -
Japan 'Failing' at Science and Math: Who They Gonna Call? Not Us.
—Wed Jan. 2, 2008 10:16 AM PST -
In Prison, No One Can Hear Your Heart Breaking: Incarcerated Mothers
—Mon Dec. 31, 2007 7:54 AM PST -
My, What Big, White Teeth You Have: The Trials, and Petty Triumphs of the Widows of Kosovo
—Mon Dec. 31, 2007 7:25 AM PST -
Babel: How Racism Can Build Bridges
—Sun Dec. 30, 2007 7:50 AM PST -
Have Yourselves a Kooky Little Kwanzaa
—Fri Dec. 28, 2007 8:12 AM PST -
Another Baad, Baad Santa
—Mon Dec. 24, 2007 10:53 AM PST -
Why Not Smoke 'Em Since you Got 'Em?: The "Boys of Satire" Returning to Work Much, Much Too Soon
—Mon Dec. 24, 2007 8:07 AM PST -
Start Snitching, Get Killed Part II
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 9:52 AM PST -
Chris Kelly's Hilarious Take on the Romneys and MLK
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 9:44 AM PST -
"Present" but Unaccountable: Senator Obama's Illinois Voting Record
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 9:15 AM PST -
Romney Lied and Lied and Lied About His Family and MLK
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 8:23 AM PST -
Thanks to Bush, America is Both Rubber and Glue
—Thu Dec. 20, 2007 6:13 AM PST -
Maybe There Is a God...
—Wed Dec. 19, 2007 7:00 AM PST -
What NOW? Feminist Fatigue and the Global Quest for Women's Rights
—Tue Dec. 18, 2007 9:41 AM PST -
Even a Stopped Clock...: George Will on the Subprime Mortgage Scandal
—Mon Dec. 17, 2007 5:29 PM PST -
Start Snitching, Get Killed?
—Mon Dec. 17, 2007 4:07 PM PST -
Love and Marriage
—Mon Dec. 17, 2007 4:00 PM PST -
Porn, Porn Everywhere
—Sun Dec. 16, 2007 7:17 AM PST -
The Brother Caught ANOTHER Break: Clinton's Failed 'Willie Horton-ing" of Obama
—Sun Dec. 16, 2007 6:18 AM PST -
Text You and Everyone Who Looks Like You
—Fri Dec. 14, 2007 7:56 AM PST -
Will Jeopardy Host's Heart Attack Make Him Stop Frontin'?
—Fri Dec. 14, 2007 6:35 AM PST -
Me? Mommy Dearest?
—Wed Dec. 12, 2007 9:00 AM PST -
Study This! Separating Siblings for Science
—Tue Dec. 11, 2007 10:36 AM PST -
Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision: Both Wrong, Dammit
—Tue Dec. 11, 2007 10:14 AM PST -
No Matter Where you go...: Disappearing Acts in the News
—Tue Dec. 11, 2007 7:51 AM PST -
Nowhere to Hide: Googling in Space
—Fri Dec. 7, 2007 8:31 AM PST -
Bad, Baaaad Santa
—Fri Dec. 7, 2007 8:27 AM PST -
Racist like Mommy?
—Thu Dec. 6, 2007 10:09 AM PST -
I Think We're All Turning Japanese
—Thu Dec. 6, 2007 9:47 AM PST -
The 'Mo with the MoJo: Yet Another Reason Why I love Dan Savage
—Thu Dec. 6, 2007 9:28 AM PST -
"Everyday Math," Every Child a Loser
—Wed Dec. 5, 2007 8:55 AM PST -
Sad but Necessary and Inevitable? Cataloguing the Decline of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
—Wed Dec. 5, 2007 8:27 AM PST -
Oprah and Obama: The Ultimate Power Couple?
—Tue Dec. 4, 2007 12:26 PM PST -
From the Oxymoron Department: Sunday School for Atheists
—Tue Dec. 4, 2007 8:10 AM PST -
What's in a (Maiden) Name? Me, That's What
—Mon Dec. 3, 2007 1:47 PM PST -
Imus Goes Back To Work
—Mon Dec. 3, 2007 1:24 PM PST -
Crazy As They Need To Be: Circumcised Women Who Support The Practice
—Sun Dec. 2, 2007 8:55 PM PST -
Judicial Follies
—Fri Nov. 30, 2007 8:15 AM PST -
Baby Grace: Sleeping in the Bed Her Mother Made
—Thu Nov. 29, 2007 8:52 AM PST -
St. Louie Woman: Sickness in the Suburbs
—Thu Nov. 29, 2007 7:42 AM PST -
Casting the First Stone Very Precisely: Keep Your Religion Private or Publicly Defend It
—Tue Nov. 27, 2007 6:16 PM PST -
The Intellectual Street Brawler: What if They Held a Street Fight But Nobody Watched?
—Mon Nov. 26, 2007 6:31 AM PST -
Anybody Here Seen my Old Friend Ian Smith?: Where do Evil People Go When They Die?
—Tue Nov. 20, 2007 3:56 PM PST -
Cause? Meet Effect: Dr. King's Niece Needs a Brain to go Along With that Doctorate
—Tue Nov. 20, 2007 3:34 PM PST -
"Bombingham" Pastor Dead at 82
—Mon Nov. 19, 2007 4:48 PM PST -
Talk about a Rock and a Hard Place: Inner City Parents Trying to do the Right Thing
—Mon Nov. 19, 2007 4:01 PM PST -
Agnostics for Jesus: Why My Kids Won't Be Seeing The Golden Compass. Yet.
—Sun Nov. 18, 2007 1:21 AM PST -
Stupid in the Eye of the Beholder: The Human Genome and Racial Difference
—Wed Nov. 14, 2007 4:18 PM PST -
Sympathy for the Drivel
—Tue Nov. 13, 2007 9:42 AM PST -
Mothers for Vapid Kid Culture
—Fri Nov. 9, 2007 11:46 AM PST -
Marxism in the Eye of the Conservative Beholder
—Wed Nov. 7, 2007 12:06 PM PST -
Technological TMI
—Wed Nov. 7, 2007 8:48 AM PST -
Men Will Be Fathers
—Wed Nov. 7, 2007 8:26 AM PST -
Can We Talk? The 'Cos and Black Conversation
—Tue Nov. 6, 2007 12:20 PM PST -
Cavett's Cavils
—Mon Nov. 5, 2007 7:05 AM PST -
Crazy Like a Mother
—Mon Nov. 5, 2007 5:14 AM PST -
Lisa Nowak: Separating the Women from the Girls
—Sat Nov. 3, 2007 9:05 AM PDT -
The Conjugal Classroom
—Sat Nov. 3, 2007 8:11 AM PDT -
When Did Negroes Become Nerds?
—Fri Nov. 2, 2007 1:21 PM PDT -
Homies and Hospitals
—Thu Nov. 1, 2007 9:40 AM PDT -
The Judge Gets Judged
—Thu Nov. 1, 2007 9:31 AM PDT -
Last Hired, First Fired but Merrill Lynch's Black CEO Had it Coming
—Wed Oct. 31, 2007 2:18 PM PDT -
And if David Duke Could Sing Like Donnie McClurkin?
—Tue Oct. 30, 2007 11:54 AM PDT -
Some of Obama's Best Friends Are Gay. No, Really
—Mon Oct. 29, 2007 7:39 AM PDT -
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
—Wed Oct. 24, 2007 7:51 AM PDT -
Noose Nuisance
—Wed Oct. 24, 2007 5:29 AM PDT -
Obama and McClurkin: Two for Which Road?
—Mon Oct. 22, 2007 12:28 PM PDT -
Raped by the Law Again
—Thu Oct. 18, 2007 2:00 PM PDT -
Raped by the Law
—Wed Oct. 17, 2007 1:52 PM PDT -
Black Macho and the Myth of the Super Predator: The PTSD connection
—Tue Oct. 16, 2007 9:12 AM PDT -
Black Ministers Get Religion About HIV/AIDS
—Fri Oct. 12, 2007 9:06 AM PDT -
A Label of One's Own
—Tue Oct. 9, 2007 11:48 AM PDT -
Bad Moon Rising
—Mon Oct. 8, 2007 4:52 PM PDT -
It's a Curse but is it Really That Bad?
—Mon Oct. 8, 2007 4:08 PM PDT -
Of Pork Chops and Politics
—Fri Oct. 5, 2007 1:44 PM PDT -
Outrages, Outrages Everywhere But Not a Word Gets Written
—Fri Oct. 5, 2007 11:37 AM PDT -
We are all Uncle Toms Now
—Thu Oct. 4, 2007 11:11 AM PDT -
Jena Just Isn't Enough: Protest or Participation?
—Tue Oct. 2, 2007 11:24 AM PDT -
Race War, Schmace War: Racial Porn is the Real Problem
—Mon Oct. 1, 2007 8:34 AM PDT -
What if They Gave a Debate and Nobody Showed? Again.
—Fri Sep. 28, 2007 10:01 AM PDT -
Gangster Rap, Going the Way of All Gangsters?
—Thu Sep. 27, 2007 12:13 PM PDT -
A Million More Marches
—Wed Sep. 26, 2007 12:23 PM PDT
