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How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote
Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign.
By Thomas F. Schaller May 5, 2008
Chicago is Barack Obama's kind of town Chicago is Barack Obama's kind of town
The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there.
By Edward McClelland Jan 14, 2008
Sympathy for the devil: Leave Rev. Al alone! Sympathy for the devil: Leave Rev. Al alone!
Why did unnamed Obama supporters attack Al Sharpton? He's only asking questions that need to be answered.
By Debra Dickerson Mar 19, 2007
Weekend Update: "Blackness Scale" Weekend Update: "Blackness Scale"
Jesse and Al explain where Barack charts.
By David Puner Feb 12, 2007
Whatever's best for Holy Joe Whatever's best for Holy Joe
Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan.
By Joe Conason Aug 18, 2006
News Gimme shelter
Trying to force authorities to open an Air Force base as a shelter, Jesse Jackson and other black leaders picked up 150 evacuees at the squalid New Orleans Airport and headed into the night.
By Stephen Elliott Sep 4, 2005
News "They've got to open the base"
Louisiana black leaders, along with Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson, want to take Katrina victims to a shuttered Air Force base instead of shelters. And I'm going with them.
By Stephen Elliott Sep 3, 2005
Jesse Jackson to the rescue -- but whose? Jesse Jackson to the rescue -- but whose?
With his star turn in the Schiavo circus, Jackson provides political cover for Tom DeLay and the religious right.
By Tim Grieve Mar 29, 2005
Tiger's burden Tiger's burden
Must Tiger Woods support every p.c. protest, no matter how trivial, just because he's benefited from the "struggles" of others?
By King Kaufman Nov 27, 2002
The madness of Newark's King James
Eight-term mayor Sharpe James insists reformist rival Cory Booker isn't black enough to run this troubled city -- and Jesse Jackson plays along.
By Arianna Huffington Apr 30, 2002
Big babies at Harvard Big babies at Harvard
When Jesse Jackson tried to turn pampered professors into racism victims, it showed a civil rights movement unready for a new age.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jan 5, 2002
China breakthrough: Bush takes questions!
"Diplomacy sometimes takes a little longer than people would like," the president says. And the people who don't like it include many conservative allies.
By Daryl Lindsey Apr 10, 2001
I take it back I take it back
After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal.
By Carina Chocano Jan 25, 2001
Let leaders lead Let leaders lead
Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess?
By Benjamin Cheever Jan 24, 2001
The myth of monogamy The myth of monogamy
According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime.
By David Barash Jan 23, 2001
Jesse Jackson? That's just my baby daddy
The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught?
By Jimi Izrael Jan 19, 2001
Aphrodisiac of power
Jesse Jackson joins the club of powerful men whose private transgressions are inevitably exposed -- but at least he handles it with a little class.
By Joan Walsh Jan 19, 2001
Merry Christmas, Florida! Merry Christmas, Florida!
Sometimes it is better to give than to receive.
By Carina Chocano Dec 14, 2000
Eliminating fraud -- or Democrats? Eliminating fraud -- or Democrats?
Florida's controversial crusade to purge its voter rolls has revived an old partisan debate: Can states crack down on fraud without hurting eligible voters?
By Anthony York Dec 8, 2000
God bless Jesse Jackson
Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer.
By Kevin Sweeney Dec 1, 2000
Becoming president under a noxious cloud
In which a befuddled Bush and a schizoid Gore do battle in a scene distressingly reminiscent of the most bilious days of imperial Rome.
By Camille Paglia Nov 15, 2000
Jackson: Keep hope (and Gore) alive!
A West Palm Beach rally for the enfranchisement of Democrats, and others.
By Jake Tapper Nov 13, 2000
"God Made Bush President"
As Palm Beach County prepares to hand count its ballots, the Bush faithful take to the streets.
By Jake Tapper Nov 12, 2000
"We've had a wreck here"
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and thousands gather to protest the controversial ballot that caused many Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan.
By John Lantigua Nov 9, 2000
Disenfranchised
Young black men get singled out among drug offenders for the harshest punishment, then they lose their right to vote. With laws like this, who needs Jim Crow?
By Arianna Huffington Oct 2, 2000
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