Stories by Patricia Williams
Are people upset that Oprah's jumped into the political fray?
Posted on Dec 19, 2007
Pity artist Steve Kurtz, whose life has been turned upside down for a few petri dishes police found in his house which were going to be part of his latest installation.
Posted on Oct 12, 2007
The parents of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries. Though their decision was made out of love, this case raises too many troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy to withhold judgment.
Posted on Mar 28, 2007
Barack Obama's pursuit of the presidency has caused the media to obsess over exactly how black he is, bringing into debate America's slippery notions of race, culture and ethnicity.
Posted on Feb 16, 2007
The black protagonist of the newly released movie adaptation of the Philip Roth novel is a lot like Rush Limbaugh.
Posted on Oct 16, 2003
The expansion of racial profiling in the war against terror will force some people to pay the price for the security of others.
Posted on Feb 25, 2002
