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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  1. finding your roots
    Maya Rudolph in Tears on Finding Your Roots“Yeah, they’re my people.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  2. sony leak
    Ben Affleck Tried to Prevent You From Learning His Ancestors Owned Slaves“To do this would be a violation of PBS rules, actually, even for Batman.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  3. oscars 2015
    Selma Director: Don’t Reduce This Movie“This is what I see, this is what we see. And that should be valid.”
    By Jada Yuan
  4. real estate envy
    Henry Louis Gates Jr. Keeps Leading NYU On for the Cheap ApartmentThe Harvard star pays the faculty rate, but doesn’t work at the school.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. vulture reads
    Long Reads: O’Brien on 2035, Tarantino on RaceAnother excuse to stay indoors.
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  6. gatesgate
    Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley Didn’t Handle That in the Best Way PossibleThey both share the blame for that confrontation a year ago, a report says.
    By Dan Amira
  7. last night on late night
    Letterman Does Scott Brown Top TenPlus: Tina Brown on the secret to web success, on our regular late-night roundup.
    By Dan Duray
  8. party lines
    Henry Louis Gates Jr. Seduced by Scott Brown’s Charms“I had to hold my arm down to keep from voting for the guy,” Gates told us.
    By Michelle Ruiz
  9. gossipmonger
    Angelina Jolie Gets So Angry That She Tears Brad Pitt’s Shirt OffThat’s what we do when we’re angry with Brad Pitt, too!
    By Mike Vilensky
  10. Beer Me
    Beer Dipolomacy Carries on in CambridgeHenry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley were spotted out last night.
    By Leila Cohan-Miccio
  11. gatesgate
    Gates and Crowley Finally Go on Their Second DateBut in a bad sign for their relationship, it only lasted an hour.
    By Dan Amira
  12. Boston ‘Jungle Monkey’ Cop Sues Over Job LossWhen he said Henry Louis Gates Jr. was a ‘banana-eating jungle monkey,’ he didn’t mean he was ACTUALLY a primate who lived in the trees and ate fruit — duh.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. Skip Gates Has Two Adult TricyclesSee, if James Crowley had known *that,* he never would have arrested him.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. the post-racial world
    Gates and Crowley Will Go Solo on Their Second DateThe beer summit was a success!
    By Dan Amira
  15. photo op
    Just ‘Three Folks Having a Beer’The Beer Summit is on!
    By Dan Amira
  16. the post-racial world
    Boston Cop Masters DoublethinkNothing racist about this at all.
    By Dan Amira
  17. the post-racial world
    No, Lucia Whalen Should Not Be Invited to the Picnic-Table SummitShe behaved as any good citizen should have. Should we throw her a ticker-tape parade?
    By Dan Amira
  18. the post-racial world
    Bud Light: The Official Beer of Racial Controversy ResolutionThat’s what Obama will be drinking tomorrow, just so you know.
    By Dan Amira
  19. the post-racial world
    Professor Gates, Sergeant Crowley Are RelatedAnd why that’s not as surprising as it first seems.
    By Dan Amira
  20. the post-racial world
    Colin Powell Is His Usual Levelheaded SelfPowell thinks Skip Gates and the police could have been more reasonable.
    By Dan Amira
  21. the post-racial world
    Obama-Gates-Crowley Summit More Like a PlaydateThey’ll be meeting at the picnic table near the swing set.
    By Dan Amira
  22. race relations
    Aide to Scott Stringer Resigns Over ‘O-Dumb-a’ Facebook PostsLee Landor thinks that Henry Louis Gates is a racist and racial profiling exists for good reason. Also, she doesn’t work as the Manhattan borough president’s press secretary anymore.
    By Chris Rovzar
  23. the post-racial world
    Gatesgate Tapes Released, Reveal Everything We Already KnewGreat, glad we waited for these.
    By Dan Amira
  24. the post-racial world
    Obama Dials Back Gatesgate, Apologizes (Sort Of!)Teachable moment!
    By Dan Amira
  25. the post-racial world
    Cambridge Police Demand That Obama Apologize! (Sort Of)More like a hopeful request, which isn’t as dramatic.
    By Dan Amira
  26. the post-racial world
    Gatesgate Continues As Gates Defends Obama’s Defense of GatesAll the latest developments in the racial controversy that’s sweeping the nation.
    By Dan Amira
  27. early and often
    Cop Who Arrested Gates Teaches Racial-Profiling ClassesHe also once gave mouth-to-mouth to Reggie Lewis, but who’s counting?
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. early and often
    Obama Jumps Into Henry Louis Gates FrayAt last night’s health-care press conference, the president took a moment to address the racially charged arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. race relations
    McWhorter: Decoding the Henry Louis Gates Jr. ArrestThe political commentator and expert on racial relations weighs in on the Harvard professor’s recent arrest outside of his own home.
    By John McWhorter
  30. massachusetts really screwed up this time
    ‘There Are One Million Black Men in Jail in This Country and Last Thursday I Was One of Them’Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his recent, insane arrest.
    By Jessica Pressler