Reverend Al Upstaged

Written by Joe Conason on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

While Giuliani and Rangel have taken turns denouncing the reverse-racist crank, the quotably clever rev has uttered nary a peep. His unaccustomed silence suggests that for once Sharpton simply doesn’t know what to say. Whether he eventually speaks up or not, however, his own fortunes are entwined with those of Khalid Muhammad–and in an improving
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Bombing Southern Mexico by Motorbike

Written by Andrew Baker on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Cows of the Autopista Bombing Southern Mexico by Motorbike We were screaming down the Pan-American Highway 200 klicks south of Mexico City when Christ appeared. One minute we were buzzing through fields of candelabra cactus and the next minute these crude, steeple-shaped boxes started popping up. They contained lit candles and neon-colored crucifixes and stood
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A Scene Grows In Brooklyn

Written by Christian Viveros-Faune on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Brooklyn is home today to a scene that includes mostly modest experimental galleries (I help run one), topnotch artists and all the accouterments: bars, restaurants, bookstores and art supply shops, in descending order of importance. Developed far enough away from the art world’s crippling speculation and vapid star-system (like Soho in the 60s, when such
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Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey

Written by John Strausbaugh on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Responding in Time to a Horowitz column posted on Salon Aug. 16, black columnist Jack E. White, who writes the "Dividing Line" column out of Time’s Washington, DC, bureau, claimed that "blatant bigotry is alive and well, even on one of the Internet’s otherwise most humane and sophisticated websites. So many racists, so little time!"
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