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Native view: NFL team’s racist name must change
The results of a recent poll indicated a majority of people want the National Football League team in Washington, D.C., to retain its name, as the News Tribune reported.
Sunday, May, 19, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
The results of a recent poll indicated a majority of people want the National Football League team in Washington, D.C., to retain its name, as the News Tribune reported.
Sunday, May, 19, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
Italian soccer game suspended due to racist chants
Sunday's game was stopped for 97 seconds during the second half when visiting Roma supporters would not stop chanting at Milan players Mario Balotelli and Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Monday, May, 13, 2013 - Associated Press - Sports
Sunday's game was stopped for 97 seconds during the second half when visiting Roma supporters would not stop chanting at Milan players Mario Balotelli and Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Monday, May, 13, 2013 - Associated Press - Sports
Closing arguments begin in trial of abortion doctor
UPDATE: Authorities say Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, ran a clinic where desperate women sought late-term abortions they could not get elsewhere.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Associated Press - News
UPDATE: Authorities say Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, ran a clinic where desperate women sought late-term abortions they could not get elsewhere.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Associated Press - News
'Iron Man 3' star, director stare down challenges of movie
When it comes to playing Tony Stark, the genius-billionaire-playboy inventor whom actor Robert Downey Jr. first brought to the screen in 2008’s record-breaking "Iron Man," the Oscar-nominated actor could be forgiven for overreaching.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Los Angeles Times - Entertainment
When it comes to playing Tony Stark, the genius-billionaire-playboy inventor whom actor Robert Downey Jr. first brought to the screen in 2008’s record-breaking "Iron Man," the Oscar-nominated actor could be forgiven for overreaching.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Los Angeles Times - Entertainment
Faces & Names: Two honored for work against racism
Two Duluth residents are among five people statewide being honored for their work against racism.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
Two Duluth residents are among five people statewide being honored for their work against racism.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
Movie review: Robinson biopic is good, but it’s not a grand slam
If you were offended by the supposedly profligate use of the N-word in “Django Unchained,” it stands to reason you’ll be outraged by a scene in “42” in which Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman climbs out of the dugout and spews cruel, racist epithets at Brooklyn Dodgers rookie Jackie Robinson.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
If you were offended by the supposedly profligate use of the N-word in “Django Unchained,” it stands to reason you’ll be outraged by a scene in “42” in which Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman climbs out of the dugout and spews cruel, racist epithets at Brooklyn Dodgers rookie Jackie Robinson.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
Faces & Names: Brad Paisley, LL Cool J draw ire with song on bias
Country singer Brad Paisley says he was trying to foster an open discussion of race relations when he collaborated with rapper LL Cool J on “Accidental Racist.”
Wednesday, April, 10, 2013 - Associated Press - Entertainment
Country singer Brad Paisley says he was trying to foster an open discussion of race relations when he collaborated with rapper LL Cool J on “Accidental Racist.”
Wednesday, April, 10, 2013 - Associated Press - Entertainment
Reader’s view: I thought I was an American before that letter
You know, I always thought President Obama would become our first dictator, considering the way he makes a mockery of our Constitution. I’m so glad he is getting a good challenge right here in Duluth from the writer of the March 5 letter, “People who are anti-American don’t belong in America.” I don’t know who put this letter-writer in charge to decide who is American or not.
Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
You know, I always thought President Obama would become our first dictator, considering the way he makes a mockery of our Constitution. I’m so glad he is getting a good challenge right here in Duluth from the writer of the March 5 letter, “People who are anti-American don’t belong in America.” I don’t know who put this letter-writer in charge to decide who is American or not.
Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
National view: A monument to Southern reconciliation
It isn’t often that one gets to hear both the strains of “Dixie” and an African drum concert in the same public square. Nor, usually, are statue unveilings the riveting stuff of storytelling.
Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - Washington Post Writers Group - Opinion
It isn’t often that one gets to hear both the strains of “Dixie” and an African drum concert in the same public square. Nor, usually, are statue unveilings the riveting stuff of storytelling.
Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - Washington Post Writers Group - Opinion
UWS pulls out of Un-Fair Campaign
The University of Wisconsin-Superior has withdrawn from the controversial Un-Fair Campaign.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Superior Telegram - News
The University of Wisconsin-Superior has withdrawn from the controversial Un-Fair Campaign.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Superior Telegram - News
Reader's view: Hockey mom should quit making excuses
This is in response to the mother of one of the teen athletes who apparently doesn’t know what the n-word means or that it is offensive to some (actually, most) African-Americans (“A mother’s view: Boys didn’t know racist slur was so hurtful to others,” March 17).
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
This is in response to the mother of one of the teen athletes who apparently doesn’t know what the n-word means or that it is offensive to some (actually, most) African-Americans (“A mother’s view: Boys didn’t know racist slur was so hurtful to others,” March 17).
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
Texas DA slain in his home had armed himself
Texan District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went. On Saturday, he and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death in their rural home.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Associated Press - News
Texan District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went. On Saturday, he and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death in their rural home.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Associated Press - News
Reader's view: Un-Fair Campaign only causing division
The March 10 “Local View” column, “We can stop white privilege by noticing it,” drove me nuts.
Saturday, March, 30, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
The March 10 “Local View” column, “We can stop white privilege by noticing it,” drove me nuts.
Saturday, March, 30, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
Fans in Czech Republic banned for racism against NHL player
A court in the Czech Republic has banned eight fans from a stadium for one year for racially abusing Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds in October when he was playing there during the NHL lockout.
Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - Associated Press - Sports
A court in the Czech Republic has banned eight fans from a stadium for one year for racially abusing Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds in October when he was playing there during the NHL lockout.
Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - Associated Press - Sports
A mother's view: Boys didn’t know racist slur was so hurtful to others
I am the mother of one of two boys who admitted using a racial slur on the ice, as reported in the Jan. 27 News Tribune under the headline, “2 barred from youth hockey tournament after alleged slur.”
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - for the News Tribune - Opinion
I am the mother of one of two boys who admitted using a racial slur on the ice, as reported in the Jan. 27 News Tribune under the headline, “2 barred from youth hockey tournament after alleged slur.”
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - for the News Tribune - Opinion
Faces & Names: Lena Dunham tweets about college's racism woes
Lena Dunham is urging her fellow “Obies” to stick together as her alma mater in Ohio wrestles with reports of racism.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
Lena Dunham is urging her fellow “Obies” to stick together as her alma mater in Ohio wrestles with reports of racism.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Entertainment
National view: Remembering 1963, and Dr. King’s visit to Birmingham, and the race war that nearly erupted
It doesn't seem that it was half a century ago when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to my hometown of Birmingham, Ala.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Philadelphia Inquirer - Opinion
It doesn't seem that it was half a century ago when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to my hometown of Birmingham, Ala.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Philadelphia Inquirer - Opinion
Reader's view: Democracy will never die
A lot has happened in the way American thinking has developed since World War I and to how world capitalism operates and practices now. The thinking is more democratic — but not much, though.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
A lot has happened in the way American thinking has developed since World War I and to how world capitalism operates and practices now. The thinking is more democratic — but not much, though.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
Indiana middle school's racist costumes spark outrage
A handful of students from Georgetown, Ind., school wore black masks, including a gorilla mask and one featuring President Barack Obama's likeness, to an eighth-grade basketball game.
Tuesday, February, 19, 2013 - Associated Press - News
A handful of students from Georgetown, Ind., school wore black masks, including a gorilla mask and one featuring President Barack Obama's likeness, to an eighth-grade basketball game.
Tuesday, February, 19, 2013 - Associated Press - News
Life imitates art in story of vengeful ex-cop
Christopher Dorner's alleged killing spree hasn't just terrorized a section of the country — it has captured people's imagination and attention.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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Christopher Dorner's alleged killing spree hasn't just terrorized a section of the country — it has captured people's imagination and attention.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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