Barack Obama

We live in the era of hype. The word, which bounces and bounds throughout the matrices of our information age, refers to a cultural product that has been so …

The former Cuban leader can't seem to stop himself from talking about the first African-American president of the U.S.

The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center October 29, 2009, at a RAND-sponsored discussion …

Nader may be accused of being a “spoiler,” but he's also a true believer.

No one's ever conquered Washington politics by constantly saying “pretty please” to the guys trying to cut your throat.

Educational reform for the Obama administration “starts with testing and ends with data and more testing.”

While President Obama has acted less progressively than candidate Obama spoke, there are immense democratic possibilities within his administration

The public morality of American life and social policy regarding matters of racial justice are increasingly subject to a politics of denial.

While “post-racial” may mean less overt racism, the idea that we have moved into a post-racial period in American history is an act of willful denial and ignorance.

Young people in the US face a fragile quality of life.