Stories by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book is The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House (Middle Passage Press, February 2008).
Thousands of prisoners languish in jail for months, even years, before they are tried.
Posted on May 2, 2008
Nailing cops for bad shootings has always been virtually impossible. The Bell case was no exception.
Posted on Apr 25, 2008
No one would dare make a blatantly racist comment about Obama. Yet sexist remarks are constantly spewed at Hillary Clinton.
Posted on Apr 17, 2008
Although they don't admit it to pollsters, many white Americans would not vote for a black candidate.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008
The FBI waged a secret war against Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Did they also play a role in his assassination?
Posted on Apr 2, 2008
Who cares? The real problem is that the media treats him with kid gloves.
Posted on Mar 17, 2008
With her victories in Texas and Ohio, Clinton shows that she is the stronger candidate.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008
Obama can't denounce the Nation of Islam leader without alienating many black voters.
Posted on Feb 27, 2008
Blinded by hatred for Hillary, the Right has not paid much attention to Obama. That will quickly change if he gets the nomination.
Posted on Feb 14, 2008
Super Tuesday will likely answer questions for the Republicans, but raise more questions for the Democrats.
Posted on Feb 4, 2008
Edwards did something that no one else did: He made poverty no longer a dirty word in the mouths of many.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008
The continuing reluctance of Latino voters to back black candidates could have a blowback effect on Obama.
Posted on Jan 28, 2008
Voters claim they only look at competence and experience in a candidate, but race still plays a roll.
Posted on Jan 23, 2008
The Obama campaign has misunderstood a comment by Senator Clinton about MLK's role in the civil rights movement.
Posted on Jan 14, 2008
The woman who they love to loathe did what they dread most, she won. But that was just the start of their dismal night.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008
If Obama's surge becomes a tidal wave, the hit squads will load up on him as they have on countless others.
Posted on Jan 8, 2008
The scariest thing about GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is not his fringe, odd-ball racial views. It is that people take him seriously.
Posted on Jan 3, 2008
A win or a big showing in Iowa will give Obama's dream campaign an adrenalin shot, but it will be far from their final test.
Posted on Jan 2, 2008
Ron Paul tossed out yet another juicy zinger this time on "Meet the Press" when he said that Lincoln was a bad guy for fighting the civil war.
Posted on Dec 27, 2007
The radically different treatment Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds have received about alleged drug use is a racist double standard.
Posted on Dec 20, 2007
Even though the Mitchell Report shows that much of the MLB was complicit in steroid use, Barry Bonds is the only one who will take the fall.
Posted on Dec 13, 2007
The loathing of Hillary Clinton unites everyone from the ultraright to the ultraleft -- but why?
Posted on Dec 10, 2007
Rove thinks Obama is easier prey for the GOP than Clinton.
Posted on Dec 4, 2007
Sean Taylor's murder ignited an orgy of stereotypes about black men as dangerous and criminal-prone.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007
The initial press reports of the murder of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor illuminate the media's racist double standard.
Posted on Nov 28, 2007
For Marion Jones, Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, and O.J. Simpson, their mistakes will forever hold them in infamy.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007
Sharpton is a breathing, walking reminder that race still matters in America.
Posted on Nov 22, 2007
Bonds is innocent until proven guilty -- or confesses.
Posted on Nov 16, 2007
Violence is no longer just a male thing; women are joining in on brawls in increasing numbers.
Posted on Nov 13, 2007
The new movie American Gangster reinforces the enduring stereotype that the drug problem comes with a black face.
Posted on Nov 8, 2007
Duane Chapman, a.k.a. the Bounty Hunter, got the temporary ax from his A&E show after a hate-filled rant against black women. But he deserves to be shown the door for good.
Posted on Nov 5, 2007
Too bad Bush didn't race aid to the Gulf Coast as quickly as he did to Southern California.
Posted on Oct 25, 2007
Barack Obama takes a page straight from the Bush campaign playbook, touring with a notorious gay basher whose last political performance came at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Posted on Oct 23, 2007
Cosby's new book continues to tar black communities and the black poor as dysfunctional, chronic whiners, and eternally searching for a government hand-out.
Posted on Oct 15, 2007
What are we to learn about race for the recent hanging noose at Columbia University?
Posted on Oct 11, 2007
Now that Marion Jones has admitted to doping, the only graceful thing left for her to do is return her Olympic medals.
Posted on Oct 8, 2007
For the thin-skinned Thomas race has always lurked close to the surface. And it's intimately, but falsely, intertwined with the debate over conservative ideology.
Posted on Oct 4, 2007
Is it as simple as saying that the GOP's leading candidates for presidency just don't care about black people?
Posted on Sep 28, 2007
Mychal Bell, the most well-known of the Jena Six, has languished in jail since last December. So why didn't civil rights leaders, black celebrities, and marchers pony up the cash to get him out?
Posted on Sep 21, 2007
It is time we examine why a black teen is six times more likely to be tried and sentenced to prison than a young white, even when the crimes are similar.
Posted on Sep 18, 2007
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