By Keith Rushing
The nomination of the first African American presidential candidate of a major political party is undoubtedly a sign of significant racial progress in America.
Barack Obama’s rise shows us how far this nation has come from where it was a couple of decades ago, when the possibility of a Black man becoming president seemed [...]

By Keith Rushing
In recent days, screaming headlines have appeared everywhere about the federal government’s efforts to save Wall Street and protect the global economy from free fall.
It’s understandable that restoring confidence in the economy is utterly necessary– given the financial deregulation and greed in recent years that have been turning our economy into a virtual [...]

By Keith Rushing
The movement for reparations for the abuses heaped on the ancestors of millions of African Americans during nearly 250 years of slavery was a slow growing movement several years ago that garnered substantial media attention.
The movement, which was largely a grassroots effort, but also involved attorneys and legislators, sought some form of compensation [...]

By Keith Rushing
Much is being written these days about a post-race America–an America where racial divisions and conflicts are a thing of the past. And the rise of the first African American nominee of a major political party is often cited as evidence.
Wishful thinking. Post-race America is still a dream deferred.
While Barack Obama’s rise [...]

By Keith Rushing
Recently, papers all over the world carried news that the population of “Whites” is declining as an overall percentage of the U.S. population.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Whites are about two-thirds of the U.S. population, currently. By 2042, the percentage of Whites is predicted to drop below 50 percent for the [...]

By Keith Rushing
New Orleans throws America’s racial problems in your face with the force of a knockout punch. This past week, during my first visit here, I was struck by the contrast in New Orleans’ neighborhoods.
When driving through Black neighborhoods, I often found myself passing seemingly endless blocks of ramshackle shotgun houses on dimly [...]

By Keith Rushing
Prince William County, Va., has taken a financial hit because of its backward, regressive immigration policies, which require police to check the legal status of anyone suspected of a crime, including traffic violators.
Last week, Prince William County jail officials revealed that it went about $800,000 over budget to house undocumented immigrants since the [...]

By Keith Rushing
The whole anti-immigrant uproar in this country is primarily due to one thing — racism. The furor is not about terrorists crossing the borders, or cultural differences; it’s simply about race, and the unwillingness of some people to accept those who don’t look like them.
Those who don’t get this need to read about [...]

By Keith Rushing
CHICAGO – This week, nearly 6,000 journalists of color converged at McCormick Place, Chicago’s convention center, to grapple with the cataclysmic changes impacting the news media in 2008.
The gathering of The UNITY: Journalists of Color Inc. convention represents a significant success in multiracial coalition-building to diversify the ranks of reporters, editors [...]

When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, it was due in good part to human rights pledges. Beijing made these pledges after losing its first bid to host the games in 1993, largely because of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
In his final presentation to win the Games, Beijing Mayor and Bidding Committee [...]