09.16.2009 11:15 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Colleague Doug Wong wondered in a blog post earlier this week if some members of the media were using the race card too much concerning criticism of President Barack Obama’s policies. Specifically, Moore noted Maureen Dowd’s column in Sunday’s New York…

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08.25.2009 10:55 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Color of Change-led advertisers boycott of Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News apparently hasn’t led him to soften his views toward President Barack Obama and his administration. On Monday, Beck was on offense again.
The group launched the boycott after Beck…

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06.09.2009 11:28 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National Review cover
The latest cover of the National Review has stirred debate over whether its editors intentionally wanted a racist depiction of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Liberal political blogger Matthew Yglesias has no doubt:
So National Review decided to run this very odd cover image…

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01.23.2009 3:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Two Metro East pastors are hosting a dialogue on race at 3 p.m. Saturday in East St. Louis and they’ve invited a “converted racist” to the table.
The Rev. John Curry of Conqueror’s Christian Center in Belleville and the Rev. John Rouse…

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01.10.2009 7:55 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A relative of mine said over the holidays that she feels her African-American coworkers sometimes treat her approach as if she were a racist white person. She feels like she is being judged because of the atmosphere created by others…

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