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Obama Invites Prof. Gates, Sgt. Crowley to White House

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2009 The strange saga involving an African-American Harvard professor, a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a crash course in racial politics may have reached a (somewhat) happy ending -- or at least an interesting one -- now that President Obama has invited Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House to try to work it all out together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Black-History Expert Arrested in His Home; Racism Alleged

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2009 One Sgt. James Crowley may have thought he was stopping a break-in when he showed up at a house near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., last Thursday, but the man he eventually arrested there happened to be professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of the Afro-American studies department and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, who just happened to be in his own home. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Airline Apologizes to Detained Muslim Passengers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2009 AirTran Airways was in damage control mode Friday after forcing nine Muslim passengers off an Orlando-bound flight at Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Va., the previous day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

It’s Official Again: LAPD Is Not Racist

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2008 After an internal investigation of over 300 complaints of racial profiling, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Tuesday that not even one accusation of profiling it received last year had merit. Even more ridiculous is the fact that 2007 marks the sixth consecutive year that the LAPD has failed to find any example of race-based misconduct within its ranks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unfair at Any Speed

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 1, 2007 This just in: Driving while black is still unsafe at any speed, even zero miles per hour. The same goes for driving while brown. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )