Tag: Race

Hillary Clinton had a combative run-in with Black Lives Matter activists after a campaign event in New Hampshire. (Screenshot/Good Magazine)

Hillary Clinton and #BlackLivesMatter: An unproductive confrontation

Michael Barone · August 23, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the opening of his Cedar Rapids field headquarters, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, in Marion, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders courts African-American vote in South Carolina

Sarah Bedford · August 22, 2015 10:19 pm

The Black Lives Matter movement originated in 2013 following the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign launches national platform

Kelly Cohen · August 21, 2015 8:36 pm

Black lives matter vandalism in South Carolina. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Blacks, 3-1, say pols embrace ‘black lives matter’ movement just to get elected

Paul Bedard · August 20, 2015 10:55 pm

Rapper Sister Souljah talks to reporters during a news conference in New York, June 17, 1992. (AP Photo)Â

Hillary’s ‘Sister Souljah’ moment

W. James Antle III · August 20, 2015 6:03 pm

"Mr. Trump also called for an end to birthright citizenship, an idea other Republican candidates have avoided because it is hard to achieve and risks alienating African-Americans," Times immigration reporter Julia Preston wrote.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NY Times says Trump’s immigration plan ‘risks alienating’ blacks

Eddie Scarry · August 17, 2015 6:57 pm

Sentences We Didn’t Finish

The Scrapbook · August 17, 2015 4:00 am

Julian Bond, former board chairman of the NAACP, speaks during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. He passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Civil rights icon Julian Bond dies at 75

Daniel Chaitin · August 16, 2015 5:04 pm

"Democrats win on demographics. And part of that demographic is Latinos," Brian Shweitzer said. (AP File)

Former Dem. governor: Rubio could ‘create problems’ for Hillary

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 2:43 pm

Reverend Al Sharpton speaking at the National Action Network headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

National Security

Rev. Sharpton pushes Iran deal

Daniel Chaitin · August 15, 2015 8:34 pm

President Obama will sign an imperfect bill funding the government in order to avoid shutting down the federal government. (AP Photo)

Obama: Task force will improve policing with ‘communities of color’

Barbara Boland · August 15, 2015 3:35 pm

Editorial cartoon: Black Lives Matter

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Black Lives Matter

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2015 9:08 pm