FREE MAN: One of the great ironies of the Obama era is that it both spawns new conversation about race even as it encourages too many to buy into the strange idea that Obama's election moves us into a post-racial era. Tonight at the Northwest African-American Museum, Regina Mason is discussing her co-edited new edition of story of our lifetimes, the meaning of which is, as yet, unapparent. So stop watching TV and go see Mason speak. more ›