Tag: Race

Black Lives Matter movement started a petition telling the DNC that voters of color "deserve substantive responses and policy recommendations" from the Democratic presidential field.Â (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)

#BlackLivesMatter asks Democrats for special debate

Kelly Cohen · October 20, 2015 6:53 pm

‘Clock Kid’ wins ‘American Muslim of the year’

‘Clock Kid’ wins ‘American Muslim of the year’

Daniel Chaitin · October 18, 2015 5:52 pm

"Clock Kid" Ahmed Mohamed and his family met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

National Security

‘Clock Kid’ meets with genocidal Sudanese president

Curt Mills · October 16, 2015 4:55 pm

King acknowledged the power that the Women's March sent but signaled that healing should be the ultimate aim. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Million Man March, then and now

Alveda King · October 16, 2015 4:02 am

Ben Carson: ‘All lives matter, and all lives includes black lives’

Ben Carson: ‘All lives matter, and all lives includes black lives’

Kelly Cohen · October 15, 2015 12:54 pm

Dems split on whether black lives matter, or all lives matter

Dems split on whether black lives matter, or all lives matter

Kelly Cohen · October 14, 2015 2:44 am

The Democratic presidential candidates wereÂ asked whether "black lives matter" or "all lives matter."Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Will black lives ‘matter’ at the first Dem debate?

Kelly Cohen · October 13, 2015 4:22 pm

A Public Policy Polling survey found in early September that just 14 percent of black Democratic primary voters back Sanders, compared to Clinton's 65 percent. (AP file photo/Jose uis Magana)

Sanders aiming to reach black voters in Dem debate

Kelly Cohen · October 13, 2015 3:13 pm

The "price" Â was first paid when Harvard's Henry Gates was arrested for "trying to unstick the stubborn front door" of his own home in Cambridge, leading in time to the famous Beer Summit. (AP Photo)

Photo finish? Not quite

Noemie Emery · October 13, 2015 4:01 am

Housing policies intended to help blacks and Hispanics were always at risk of hurting them, and did so in the 2007-08 collapse. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How black homebuyers are hurt — by government policies and high crime

Michael Barone · October 12, 2015 4:17 pm

"Their historic step to build a better future stands in stark contrast to the dogged inaction of Washington's NFL team," according to a statement from theÂ Change the Mascot campaign and Jacqueline Pata,Â executive director of theÂ NationalÂ Congress of American Indians.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

California becomes first state to ban ‘Redskins’ team name and mascots in public schools

Daniel Chaitin · October 11, 2015 10:34 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonÂ will meet with activists from the Black Lives Matter movement on Friday.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Clinton to meet with Black Lives Matter

Kelly Cohen · October 8, 2015 3:38 pm