Racism in the Republican Party
Conor Friedersdorf, a Daily Beast columnist, also writes for The American Scene and The Atlantic Online's ideas blog.
The GOP chairman's comment that some white Republicans are afraid of him is just the latest reminder that our politics are hardly post-racial. Conor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image-and the myths the left perpetuates.
October 24: The Week in Viral Videos
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From a news anchor blunder to a hula-hooping first lady and a naked Russian show model, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
Rush the Race-Baiter
Conor Friedersdorf, a Daily Beast columnist, also writes for The American Scene and The Atlantic Online's ideas blog.
Limbaugh's fans say unfair charges of racism blocked his bid to become an NFL owner. Could be-but why don't they care when he's the one doing the race-baiting?
The War Over Black Hair
Elizabeth Gates is a style correspondent for The Daily Beast. She is a graduate of The New School University and a former intern at Vogue magazine.
With Chris Rock's new documentary in theaters tomorrow, The Daily Beast's Elizabeth Gates looks back on her own hair struggles, from "bushy afro" to "comb through" to au naturel.
The Anti-Oprah
Kevin Sessums is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mississippi Sissy, a memoir of his childhood. He was executive editor of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine and a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and Allure. He is a contributing editor of Parade. His new memoir, I Left It on Mountain will be published by St. Martins Press.
As her new TV talk show debuts, outrageous host Wendy Williams speaks with The Daily Beast's Kevin Sessums about forgiving Michael Jackson, her life as a MILF, and Michelle Obama's hips.
Golden Moments from the Memorial
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Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey brought down the house, but it was Michael's daughter Paris that will have people talking about this event for a long time. WATCH VIDEO of the event.
Michael Jackson's Afterlife
Kim Masters covers the entertainment business for The Daily Beast. She is also the host of The Business, public radio's weekly program about the business of show business. She is also the author of The Keys to the Kingdom: The Rise of Michael Eisner and the Fall of Everybody Else.
Celebrating the King of Pop's many gifts is fair enough. Making him into a saint, not so much.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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