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Jan 12, 2008 5:33 PM CST

Clintons Try Easing Racial Flap

Bill goes on Sharpton's show, explains 'fairy tale' remark

(Newser) - Bill Clinton was in damage control mode yesterday, going on Al Sharpton’s radio show to clear the air over remarks that some have called racially insensitive. Clinton offended by calling Obama’s campaign a “fairy tale,” but Bill says he was referring to Obama’s statements on...

Obama Raises Black Hopes

Jan 5, 2008 1:35 PM CST

Obama Raises Black Hopes

Across the nation, his win brings pride, joy, and hope

(Newser) - African-Americans across the country are largely proud, amazed, and thrilled after Barack Obama's Iowa win, writes the New York Times. Interviews across the country found that while Obama's support among black people is not universal, his triumph in a white state is nonetheless worthy of celebration. “I think he’...

Obama Success Rewrites
the Rules on Race

Dec 29, 2007 9:30 AM CST

Obama Success Rewrites the Rules on Race

In the fact of Barack's campaign, some already see a victory

(Newser) - With only three black US Senators and two black governors elected since Reconstruction, and the vast majority of black politicians representing predominately black communities, veteran race watchers anticipated another decade before a candidate of color could be a top contender for the Oval Office. But that was before Obama. The...

Sharpton Insists He Still Has
a Role to Play

Dec 26, 2007 2:34 PM CST

Sharpton Insists He Still Has a Role to Play

Civil rights leader not threatened by new wave of black politicians

(Newser) - Is there a place for Al Sharpton in a Barack Obama world? The first black politician with a serious shot at the Oval Office hardly mentions race, whereas Sharpton is, as one historian puts it, “kind of a racial ambulance chaser.” But Sharpton isn’t worried. “They...

Chicago to Pay $20M in Cop Torture Cases

Dec 8, 2007 3:12 PM CST

Chicago to Pay $20M in Cop Torture Cases

Inmates say police tortured them into confessions in '70s

(Newser) - The city of Chicago has agreed to pay almost $20 million to settle lawsuits by four black men who alleged they were tortured into false confessions by police, the New York Times reports. The settlement with the former death row inmates, pardoned in 2003, "speaks volumes about the seriousness...

Rodney King Shot While Bicycling

Nov 29, 2007 8:28 PM CST

Rodney King Shot While Bicycling

Man whose beating sparked LA riots has minor injuries

(Newser) - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police officers in 1991 led to the LA riots, is recovering from minor wounds after being sprayed with birdshot while on his bicycle, the Los Angeles Times reports. King told police that two people demanded his bike at a street corner in San Bernardino,...

Hate Crimes Up; Racial Incidents Dominate

Nov 19, 2007 5:26 PM CST

Hate Crimes Up; Racial Incidents Dominate

FBI figures show 8% jump for 2006

(Newser) - Hate crimes in the US rose 7.8% in 2006, with racially motivated attacks accounting for more than half of 7,722 reported incidents. Religious bias represented one-fifth of hate crimes, and cases of sexual orientation discrimination nearly 16%, the AP reports. Victims of racial bias are overwhelmingly black, according...

Obama's Race a Plus,
for White Voters

Nov 10, 2007 5:06 PM CST

Obama's Race a Plus, for White Voters

Yet black voters prefer Hillary by almost 10 points, suspicious of his white appeal

(Newser) - Obama’s skin color is helping, not hurting, his drive to win white votes, says the Wall Street Journal. Whites see him as proof of racial progress, the Journal claims—a post-Civil Rights politician who inspires in part by ducking racial issues. “Obama is running an emancipating campaign,”...

Watson Retires Amid Race Furor

Oct 25, 2007 12:39 PM CDT

Watson Retires Amid Race Furor

Watson leaves job as Laboratory head

(Newser) - Amid outrage over recent racial remarks, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson is retiring as chancellor of Long Island’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the New York Times reports. Watson, 79, said his departure was overdue but admitted this wasn’t how he’d wanted to leave. The lab suspended Watson...

Columbia Will Give NY Cops Noose Tape

Oct 11, 2007 8:57 PM CDT

Columbia Will Give NY Cops Noose Tape

School flip-flops on surveillance in hate-crime case

(Newser) - After holding out for more than a day, Columbia University will give New York police surveillance video that could yield clues on who left a noose on a professor's door, the New York Daily News reports. The school had told police—investigating what they're calling a hate crime against Professor...

Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed
as Hate Crime

Oct 10, 2007 12:57 PM CDT

Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed as Hate Crime

Black educator teaches class on racial justice

(Newser) - Columbia University erupted today after a noose was found hanging from the door of Madonna Constantine, a black professor who often writes about racism. The New York Police Department said it is investigating the incident as a hate crime. Columbia’s president called it “an attack on all of...

Jena 6 Teen Goes Free on Bail

Sep 27, 2007 8:20 PM CDT

Jena 6 Teen Goes Free on Bail

Move comes after prosecutors decide not to seek adult trial

(Newser) - The black teenager jailed in the Jena 6 case walked out of a Louisiana courthouse free on bail today. A judge released Mychal Bell, 17, on $45,000 bail hours after prosecutors decided not to seek an adult trial, the Associated Press reports. The prosecution of Bell and five other...

O'Reilly's Rant Wasn't His Imus Moment

Sep 26, 2007 9:44 AM CDT

O'Reilly's Rant Wasn't His Imus Moment

Comments were old-fashioned, sheltered—not racist, says Times blogger

(Newser) - The firestorm over Bill O'Reilly's statement that a Harlem restaurant was "exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks" may be overblown, writes New York Times blogger Mike Nizza. While liberal groups are gleefuly taking aim, Nizza says the conservative pundit was recounting a conversion and guilty of...

Anti-Jena 6
Website Calls
for 'Justice'

Sep 23, 2007 4:11 PM CDT

Anti-Jena 6 Website Calls for 'Justice'

Feds investigating hate site listing numbers, addresses of students

(Newser) - The FBI is investigating a white supremacist site that listed the addresses and phone numbers of five of the so-called Jena Six, and “essentially called for their lynching,” the agency said yesterday. “These people need more than an investigation. They need protection,” Jesse Jackson told the...

50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

Sep 20, 2007 12:30 PM CDT

50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

Huge crowds arrive in tiny town to protest trial of black students

(Newser) - Busload after busload of civil rights marchers alighted in Jena, La., today to support the “Jena Six,” a group of black students charged with felonies after a 2006 fight with a white classmate. An estimated 50,000 mostly-black protesters easily outnumbered the mostly-white population of the town, where...

Jena Braces
for Thousands
of Protesters

Sep 20, 2007 7:35 AM CDT

Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

Locals resent activists, fear violence; tiny LA town will shut down

(Newser) - Tiny Jena, LA, is bracing for the tens of thousands of activists expected to descend on the town of 3,000 today to protest the handling of six black high school students charged with attempted murder for beating a white classmate in December. Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, protesters...

YouTube Asks, Dems Respond

Jul 24, 2007 6:35 AM CDT

YouTube Asks, Dems Respond

Voters call the shots as candidates answer their questions directly

(Newser) - Voters put questions directly to the Democratic presidential candidates last night, thanks to 3,000 citizens who submitted questions to YouTube. CNN selected and played 39 of the homemade videos, in which regular Americans—including a lesbian couple, a singer, and a snowman—created an unprecedented debate format. The candidates...