NAACP and Newt Gingrich Agree: Too Much Money for Prisons

by Asraa Mustufa on April 7 2011, 4:58PM

A bevy of conservative politicos line up alongside the NAACP to talk about criminal justice reform.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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NAACP Apologizes to Black Publishers for Image Awards Ad Snub

by Thoai Lu on March 16 2011, 1:30PM

President Ben Jealous says a contractor ignored explicit orders to buy space from black papers.

Topics: Media

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NAACP Faces Boycott Over Kid Rock Honor

by Jamilah King on March 9 2011, 4:46PM

The rocker still sports a confederate flag because ‘it looks cool.’

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Our Fantasy Picks for the NAACP Image Awards

by Jamilah King on March 4 2011, 6:28PM

We’ve rounded up our favorites. Now we wanna hear about yours.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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NAACP Image Award Nominees We Love, and Some We Don’t

by Julianne Hing on January 14 2011, 10:49AM

We sort through the silly and serious in this year’s crop of nominees.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Progressives Plan March to Counter Glenn Beck’s Hype

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on September 29 2010, 4:00PM

Nearly 400 groups plan a massive weekend rally on Capitol Hill.

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Sherrod Shakes Her Fist at Breitbart—and Hugs the NAACP

by Jamilah King on August 17 2010, 4:07PM

She calls Brietbart “some Tea Party agitator,” but says let’s put the NAACP’s flub “behind us.”

Topics: Shirley Sherrod

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Blacks Locked Out of Oil Spill Cleanup Jobs, says NAACP

by Julianne Hing on July 20 2010, 9:56AM

It’s a sign of how bad things are that people are fighting for jobs in a toxic stew.

Topics: Economy, Gulf Oil Spill

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NAACP Says Pictures Tell a Thousand (Racist) Words

by Jorge Rivas on July 19 2010, 3:30PM

As debate over the resolution continues, NAACP blogs out proof of its need.

Topics: Politics

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NAACP, Tea Party’s Racism and Lost Perspective

by Kai Wright on July 16 2010, 5:06PM

Challenging Tea Party racism: Good. Making it the race story: Bad.

Topics: Kai Wright

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We’re Not Racist, Say Tea Partiers—-While Being Racist

by Jamilah King on July 16 2010, 2:50PM

We didn’t need more confirmation of this but here it is.

Topics: Politics

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Stop the Presses: NAACP Says Tea Party’s Got Race Issues

by Kai Wright on July 14 2010, 11:11AM

Really? There seems no better way for the group to invite debates about its relevance.

Topics: Kai Wright

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