New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with people inside and another against a Hindu place of … [Keep reading >>]

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
ISABEL WILKERSON
The Warmth of Other Suns:
The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Hosted by Aimee Allison, of KPFA’s Morning Show

Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7:30 pm
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Chris Matthews, the loud mouthed commentator on MSNBC, is one of the reasons watching TV is so unpleasant, and even dangerous. An enormous bubble should be permanently drawn over his … [Keep reading >>]

In the burbling cauldron of racial attitudes and conversation Gene Robinson of the Washington Post weighs in:

I can say in plain language that Jimmy Carter was right in essence, but … [Keep reading >>]

I’ve added a whole string of updates to the Van Jones Resigns story, below. This opinion by David Sirota is worth directing you to in its entirety.

I just read … [Keep reading >>]

Surprised to see nothing about this in Monday’s SF Chronicle. The NY Times had it back in the middle. LA Times covers it online.

55 inmates are taken to … [Keep reading >>]

Many recommendations all around for Frank Rich’s column. I concur.

“…it’s not just the old Joe McCarthyesque guilt-by-association game, however spurious, that’s going on here. Don’t for an instant believe … [Keep reading >>]

John McCain, not too long ago, called John Lewis “one of the wisest men in my life.” I hope he listens.

“As one who was a victim of violence and … [Keep reading >>]

Interesting article about neighbors taking on neighbors in the rural counties of southwest Virginia.

The presidential campaign, in the almost all-white counties of southwestern Virginia, has produced an outcome that few … [Keep reading >>]