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Media Coverage & Commentary by Rich

"Glenn Beck Cranks Up the Culture Wars"
CNN.com
August 30, 2010

"Why Haiti Can't Afford a Rap-Star President"
Salon.com
August 10, 2010

"Let's Not Forget Haiti's Anguish"
USA Today
"Talk Today: Live Chat with Rich Benjamin 1PM EST"
July 16, 2010

"World Cup Ushers In Loyalty to Humanity"
USA Today.com
July 6, 2010

"Double Trouble: Why Obama is Ducking Immigration Reform"
Salon.com
May 23, 2010

"Yes, I Love Paying Taxes"
USA Today
April 15, 2010

"Beyond the Pale: Is White the New Black?"
The New Yorker
April 12, 2010

"White Racial Resentment Bubbles Under the Surface of Tea Party Movement"

Huffington Post / Alternet
February 5, 2010

"Obama's America: 2010 and Beyond: Town Hall With Chris Matthews and Tom Joyner"

MSNBC TV
January 18, 2010

"Obama Is Not Over-Reaching - He Needs to Be Even Bolder"
CNN.com
January 18, 2010

"Journey into the Heart of Whiteness"
Mother Jones Interview with Rich Benjamin
January 2009

Searching for Whitopia
C-SPAN 2 / Book TV
December 13-14, 2009
November 14-15, 2009

"What Tiger Could Learn From Obama"
USA Today
December 11, 2009

"What Obama's Nobel Means"
CNN.com
December 10, 2009

"America's Whitest Communities"
Time Video
November 24, 2009

"Welcome to Whitopia: Scholar, journalist chronicles time spent in North Idaho"
Coeur d'Alene Press
November 16, 2009

Review: Searching for Whitopia
Time Magazine
October 26, 2009

This Week's Hot Reads: Searching for Whitopia
The Daily Beast
October 19-26, 2009

"Whitopia, Idaho"
The Pacific Northwest Inlander
October 15-21, 2009

"America's Booming White Enclaves: Q&A with Rich Benjamin"
CNN/Time.com
October 12, 2009

Rich Benjamin in Conversation with Tom Joyner and CNN's Roland Martin
The Tom Joyner Show
October 7, 2009

A Black Author's Journey Into American "Whitopia"
NPR, Talk of the Nation
October 6, 2009

"Black-White Thinking is So Yesterday"
USA Today
September 11, 2009

Conversation w/ Rich Benjamin
Ron Reagan Show, Air America Radio
August 13 2009

"Hate Crimes and Immigration Policy"
GRITtv with Laura Flanders
June 17, 2009

"Road Tripping Through Whitopia"
In These Times
March 11, 2009

"Recession Porn: A Hard Spot for Soft Times"
Huffington Post
February 11, 2009

"King Stood With, Not Above, The People"
USA Today
January 11, 2007

"This Nation's De-Facto Draft Hits Rural America"
Lone Star Iconoclast
July 24, 2006

"What King Really Dreamed"
NPR, Talk of the Nation
January 18, 2006

"How Far Will Street Smarts Get You?"
Des Moines Register
May 19, 2005

"Generation Permalance on the Brink"
Grand Forks Herald
March 25, 2005

A courageous book that holds a mirror up to our country. The reflection is one we can no longer afford to ignore. - David Sirota, author, syndicated columnist
Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America | By Rich Benjamin