Stories by Erin Aubry Kaplan
When it comes to black history, Condi makes cynics of us all.
Posted on Feb 3, 2005
"In yet another American political performance, black people yet again dutifully did their part."
Posted on Aug 9, 2004
When Bill Cosby chastised blacks for racism, he revealed his own demons, and ours.
Posted on Jun 2, 2004
Employing devious tactics, Wal-Mart managed to fool an 82-year-old woman into becoming a poster girl for Wal-Mart. That's one customer lost.
Posted on Apr 2, 2004
A black population with a slave past is done in by killing indifference. Sound familiar? In the end, in the eyes of the most powerful country on Earth, black folks just don't matter, and poor black folks matter least.
Posted on Mar 8, 2004
The surprising outcome of a DNA test proves a man's race while throwing his blackness into question.
Posted on Oct 7, 2003
The war forced me into an absolutism I never had and don't quite like. In this newly divided world, you're either with me or against me.
Posted on Apr 28, 2003
Of coons, pickaninnies and the gold dust twins: Why do black curios stay chic?
Posted on Dec 23, 2002
Evolution Robotics' ER1 will open the pod bay door -- and pour you a beer.
Posted on Sep 27, 2002
Serena Williams, the world's top tennis player, is known for a mean backhand, a killer serve and the sexiest outfits ever to be worn on a tennis court.
Posted on Sep 23, 2002
Without Janet and Madonna, there'd be no Britney, or Christina Aguilera, or any number of aspirants to the dance throne who, interestingly enough, are not black anymore, but black-inflected.
Posted on Aug 16, 2002
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who cast the lone dissenting vote in the House's measure to authorize military force in Afghanistan, tears up the roots of despair.
Posted on May 10, 2002
Even as Lifetime's series "Any Day Now" fades into reruns, the show wins raves from loyal followers and new ones alike.
Posted on Apr 26, 2002
Are whites making more progress in the gender wars than blacks? Is dressing skimpily in public an admirable goal? The hard questions of post-post-feminism catch up with one young writer.
Posted on Dec 12, 2001
How Randy Newman went from pop music's reigning schlub to movie-music royalty.
Posted on Dec 4, 2001
I understand America's need to fly flags, our need for symbols bigger than the biggest words. Then why was I shocked when my husband brought one home?
Posted on Oct 4, 2001
What do hip-hop, black history and Japanese samurai culture have in common? Forest Whitaker explains in an interview devoted to his new movie, "Ghost Dog."
Posted on Apr 1, 2000
