Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 21, 2009. There's something wrong with HP's webcam face recognition software. Specifically, it doesn't see black people.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. December 14, 2009. I'm all for gift suggestions that aren't centered on the experiences of white people. But some of these descriptions are … hmm.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 13, 2009. A California hipster can hit the vaporizer without fear of harassment, but a lower-class person smoking a blunt may not be so lucky.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. November 30, 2009. With Michelle Obama in the White House, I expected a resurgence of the Claire Huxtable stereotype. Instead, hideous depictions of abusive, irresponsible black moms are everywhere.
Adam Luna, America's Voice. November 24, 2009. The Federation for American Immigration Reform is holding auditions to promote hate. Here's how you can get the part!
Michelle Chen, ColorLines RaceWire. November 18, 2009. We can argue about the nuances of immigration reform all we want. But the real conversation begins when -- and only when -- we acknowledge elements of structural racism.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 11, 2009. The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2009. Black Americans have become more supportive of Obama since he's endured racially motivated attacks. So why haven't whites?
Rich Benjamin, Hyperion Books. October 16, 2009. The law does not forbid segregated or discriminating neighborhoods. It simply forbids intentional discrimination.
Lewis Beale, Miller-McCune.com. October 7, 2009. Some of the fastest-growing areas in America are also the most Caucasian -- author Rich Benjamin's new book explores the new establishment of white ghettos.
Anna Clark, AlterNet. September 28, 2009. From orgasms to organs, from contraceptives to court decisions, look to the reading list below for the can't-miss books and articles about sex.
Mike Lux, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 25, 2009. When I hear Joe Wilson scream "You lie" at this president when he is talking about health care for all, I wonder how our values got so distorted.
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. September 18, 2009. As much as white Americans hate to admit it, race issues are always in play, whether we're talking about unequal health care access or Limbaugh's latest rant.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2009. Conservatives needed to take a break from incessant moralizing about sex, and required a new ideology to take the place of their family values cant.
Naomi Klein, The Guardian. September 15, 2009. The summer of 2009 was all about race, and Obama has little to lose by using this brief political window of racial animus to heal a few of the country's racial wounds.
Michael Jeffries, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. August 19, 2009. Economic recovery won't silence the mobs attacking healthcare reform. Obama must reclaim the moral high ground.
Hunter, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. August 10, 2009. We are seeing the rise of a racist movement, fought through weird proxy issues that the participants themselves don't really grasp.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Dedrick Muhammad, Barbaraehrenreich.com. August 10, 2009. 40 percent of African Americans will have experienced unemployment or underemployment by 2010 and child poverty will increase to slightly over half.
Christopher Deis, AlterNet. August 3, 2009. We live in an allegedly "colorblind" society, making it even harder to have a truly productive discourse about race.
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