Barbour makes a U-turn on Citizens Councils

After days of furor over Missisippi Governor Haley Barbour's statement that the Citizens Councils weren't such a bad thing in the Jim Crow South, he finally recants, or, um, clarifies.

White flight and Latino power in election 2010

Race played a major factor in the 2010 midterm elections yesterday, in surprising ways.

More racial politics follies

 

Two more weeks until the midterm elections, and politicians keep providing dumb racial fodder for laughs and jeers.

Typos and dog whistles in Illinois

Here's some racially-related election news from the Land of Lincoln; one story a wee bit amusing, the other, not so much.

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