AltWeeklies Wire
The Blame Game Erupts Over Prop. 8new
 
    
    With one exit poll showing 70 percent of blacks and 53 percent of Latinos supporting California's same-sex marriage ban, blacks and Latinos are being blamed for helping put Prop. 8 over the top. Only the Mormon Church has been slammed harder, by loud and passionate crowds.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Patrick Range McDonald  |  
    11-14-2008  | 
    LGBT
  
  
  
    
  Examining CNN's Series on Race Relationsnew
While CNN's ambition must be lauded, somehow you want Black in America to do more, say more.
  
    Metro Times  |  
    Jim McFarlin  |  
    07-29-2008  | 
    TV
  
  
  
    
  UNLV Prof Questions Science Behind Finding African Ancestorsnew
Rainier Spencer, the founder and director of UNLV's Afro-American Studies Program, thinks programs offering to link American blacks to their African lineage through DNA (for a fee) are a black-on-black rip-off, since they commercialize a promise they can't truly keep.
  
    Las Vegas Weekly  |  
    Damon Hodge  |  
    05-02-2008  | 
    Race & Class
  
  
  
    
  Is a Race War Underway in Las Vegas?new
Are local incidents between blacks and Hispanics isolated flare-ups or harbingers of a larger problem?
  
    Las Vegas Weekly  |  
    Damon Hodge  |  
    04-18-2008  | 
    Race & Class
  
  
  
    
  For Black Saints, Church's Racist Heritage Stingsnew
Black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struggle to find their place in a church that once banned blacks from the priesthood and said they bore the mark of Cain.
  
    Salt Lake City Weekly  |  
    Shane Johnson  |  
    12-17-2004  | 
    Religion
  
  
  
    Tags: Mormons, racism, blacks, African Americans, Brigham Young, intermarriage, Joseph Smith, whites
  Don't Mess With Texas: Character Assassination and Karl Rovenew
In Texas political battles, Karl Rove had his own process: Identify your opponent's strength, and attack it so relentlessly that it becomes a liability.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Lou Dubose  |  
    09-17-2004  | 
    Politics
  
  
  
    
  Honeymoon for Dallas's New White Police Chief Nears Endnew
David Kunkle has taken over a department with a history of racial inequality and a current state of racial unrest. Now officers and citizens of diverse backgrounds are applying a racial algebra to every decision that he makes.
  
    Dallas Observer  |  
    Eric Celeste  |  
    09-07-2004  | 
    Crime & Justice