Episode #08099

Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander discusses her book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." (05:17)

Tags:  Michelle Alexander,  interviews,  books,  civil rights,  ethnic,  profiling,  prison,  discrimination,  war on drugs,  Ronald Reagan,  statistics,  David Simon,  poverty,  don't see color,  African American,  legalization,  marijuana,  violence,  laws,  Islamic,  police business,  crime,  stereotypes,  history

Episode #08075

Popping pills reduces racial prejudice, and Stephen reveals the identity of Dick Cheney's anonymous heart donor. (04:22)

Tags:  Tip/Wag,  don't see color,  racism,  Dick Cheney,  Fox News,  ethnic,  drugs,  stereotypes,  Asian,  Jewish,  science,  family,  health,  Tyler Perry,  surgery,  my mistake,  interns

Episode #08075

Charles Murray talks about his book, "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960 to 2010," and suggests a way to address the growing division between the classes. (07:24)

Tags:  Charles Murray,  interviews,  ethnic,  culture,  wealth,  poverty,  America,  don't see color,  books,  controversies,  racism,  Colbert Bump,  marriage,  stereotypes,  African American,  blogs/podcasts,  blue collar

Episode #08054

Stephen briefly celebrates America's great black historical figures. (01:35)

Tags:  Black History Month,  African American,  ethnic,  history,  racism,  don't see color,  Italian,  stereotypes,  George Washington,  Abraham Lincoln,  slavery,  Lewis Black,  monsters,  vampires,  food

Episode #08044

Jon Stewart's super PAC releases its first ad, Stephen reveals his plans for the South Carolina primary, and Scott Douglas fights to overturn Alabama's anti-immigrant law. (00:37)

Tags:  intro,  Colbert Super PAC,  Jon Stewart,  advertising,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  South Carolina,  campaigns,  primaries,  Scott Douglas,  laws,  immigration,  discrimination,  religion,  Martin Luther King Day,  holidays,  don't see color,  work/office,  ethnic,  nonClipShare

Episode #08044

Activist Scott Douglas advocates the overturn of Alabama's HB 56 anti-immigrant law and calls for a single, fair immigration law across the U.S. (05:58)

Tags:  Scott Douglas,  interviews,  laws,  Alabama,  immigration,  police business,  Hispanic,  Latino,  ethnic,  don't see color,  crime,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  civil rights,  discrimination,  stereotypes,  racism,  African American,  Martin Luther King Day,  labor,  food,  weapons,  history,  protests

Episode #08040

Author Melissa Harris-Perry deconstructs stereotypes of African-American women and considers the consequences of a white-male-centered perspective on the American story. (05:40)

Tags:  Melissa Harris-Perry,  interviews,  books,  African American,  stereotypes,  racism,  movies,  history,  culture,  Republicans,  America,  ethnic,  don't see color,  men/women,  Michelle Obama,  Barack Obama

Episode #08033

Samuel L. Jackson explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s tremendous personal sacrifice and the pressures and dangers he dealt with on a daily basis. (07:56)

Tags:  Samuel L. Jackson,  interviews,  celebrities,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  theater,  Broadway,  civil rights,  ethnic,  racism,  parents,  competitions,  Twitter,  audience interaction,  movies,  Jurassic Park,  don't see color,  that's offensive,  African American,  Ronald Reagan

Episode #07107

Ambassador Susan Rice explains U.S. involvement in Syria and Libya, and tells Colbert Nation what they can do to help with Somalia's humanitarian tragedy. (04:15)

Tags:  Susan Rice,  interviews,  Colbert Nation,  United Nations,  NATO,  dictators,  America,  international affairs,  Somalia,  Syria,  wars,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  Libya,  charity,  don't see color,  African American,  driving,  diplomacy,  Rick Perry,  ethnic,  military,  violence,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07107

In this unedited, extended interview, Susan Rice discusses the humanitarian tragedy in Somalia and tells Colbert Nation how they can help at an individual level. (03:42)

Tags:  exclusives,  Susan Rice,  Somalia,  extended interviews,  uncensored,  interviews,  United Nations,  Colbert Nation,  shortages,  natural disasters,  terrorism,  America,  charity,  money,  fundraising,  driving,  diplomacy,  African American,  don't see color,  Rick Perry,  kids,  international affairs,  ethnic

Episode #07073

Rand Paul's approach to identifying terrorists is perfectly consistent with his libertarian constitutional ideals. (04:45)

Tags:  The Word,  Rand Paul,  Kentucky,  Katy Perry,  war on terror,  terrorism,  profiling,  don't see color,  extremism,  guns,  weapons,  freedom of speech,  photos,  Jimmy

Episode #07061

People say Herman Cain is the Republicans' dark horse candidate, but Stephen doesn't see horse color. (01:08)

Tags:  Republicans,  Herman Cain,  don't see color,  restaurants,  business,  economy,  candidates,  debates,  elections,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

Episode #07061

Michigan's emergency financial manager strips elected officials of power so they don't oppose his ideas to save money. (06:03)

Tags:  The Word,  Michigan,  America,  money,  economy,  debt,  African American,  poverty,  police business,  firefighters,  democracy,  government,  don't see color,  Soylent Green,  movies

Episode #07053

President Obama makes his tax return public, and Donald Trump's special relationship with "the blacks" goes back decades. (05:11)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  Donald Trump,  Al Sharpton,  Republicans,  taxes,  alcohol,  polls,  wealth,  oil,  don't see color,  African American,  candidates,  elections,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  TV,  Jimmy,  ethnic

Episode #07020

Governor John Kasich stirs the passions of Ohio's black community by appointing an all-white cabinet. (05:01)

Tags:  John Kasich,  Ohio,  Black History Month,  holidays,  African American,  apologies,  don't see color,  diversity,  ethnic,  racism,  gay/homosexual,  men/women,  sex,  penises

Episode #06132

Austan Goolsbee says that extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy won't pull the American economy out of recession. (07:18)

Tags:  Austan Goolsbee,  interviews,  Colbert Bump,  Obama administration,  economy,  taxes,  wealth,  money,  recession,  history,  don't see color,  Jimmy,  Bush administration

Episode #06126

Eugene Robinson sees four categories of black America, and Stephen should feel threatened by all of them. (07:11)

Tags:  Eugene Robinson,  interviews,  books,  African American,  America,  diversity,  Pulitzer Prize,  history,  civil rights,  don't see color,  Oprah Winfrey,  immigration,  ethnic,  Republicans,  March to Keep Fear Alive,  mongering

Episode #06105

The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to say what they want on the air without having their sponsors drop them. (04:41)

Tags:  Laura Schlessinger,  racism,  radio,  Colbert on the Ert,  nudity,  conservative,  African American,  photos,  history,  don't see color,  First Amendment,  alcohol

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Nell Irvin Painter debates the meaning of white people and arm-wrestles Stephen over the Scots-Irish. (05:01)

Tags:  Nell Irvin Painter,  interviews,  books,  don't see color,  St. Patrick's Day,  holidays,  Ireland,  lookin' good,  rage

Episode #06025

Stephen doesn't see race, but he notices that Ujjal Dosanjh doesn't look Canadian. (06:39)

Tags:  Better Know,  Ujjal Dosanjh,  appearances,  Olympics,  Vancouver,  Canada,  on location,  don't see color,  accept your apology,  racism,  diversity,  stereotypes,  health,  Indian,  apologies,  gay/homosexual,  bears,  culture,  my mistake,  that's offensive,  sports,  drugs