Race is a really bad way to identify candidates who will look out for your interests.

Tea Partiers find a way to justify the NAACP’s resolution condemning them for racism.

Conservatives accidentally make the case for stimulus.

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Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer