Keith Ellison

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July 21, 2011

Keith Ellison: Cain is a 'religious bigot' for Muslim rants

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's controversial comments about Islam are ugly, inflammatory and bigoted...
July 21, 2011

Are black Republicans the biggest bigots?

OPINION - No matter what the source of these vicious and hateful comments, what remains is that they have no…
July 20, 2011

'Vile, despicable' attack exposes Allen West's 2012 anxiety

OPINION - West has hardly moderated his rhetoric since becoming a Congressman...
May 11, 2011

Gingrich has already lost the minority vote

OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
March 11, 2011

Ellison on terror hearings: 'Target the real offenders'

VIDEO - Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) appeared on 'Morning Joe' to discuss his testimony at the homeland terror hearings led…
March 10, 2011

Lawmakers fear Muslim hearing may inspire terror

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rarely does congressional testimony attract as much advance controversy as Thursday's planned hearing on homegrown terrorism...
February 3, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s first Muslim congressman

TheGrio's 100 - "Muslim" and "Congressman" were mutually exclusive terms before Minnesota elected Keith Ellison in 2006, when he also…
October 29, 2010

Is nothing sacred? Tea Party campaigns against Muslim faith

OPINION - If they are not actually anti-Arab Islamophobes, then they are doing nothing to challenge this portrayal of themselves…
October 27, 2010

Tea Party urge ouster of Dem because he’s Muslim

MEDIAITE - Apparently a week before the midterms it's okay to throw subtlety, and the Constitution, out the window...