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OPINION – Obama’s record on gay rights, though imperfect, has been the most progressive and exemplary of any of his predecessors…
OPINION – As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human rights offenses from our allies…
OPINION – As David Kato is laid to rest, I hope his tragic end will lead to a civil discourse — not just in Uganda, but in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Washington and Los Angeles…
OPINION – Much like their empty, anti-Obama attack machine, they provide no solutions, no answers for the nation’s economic malaise and no legislative agenda…
OPINION – Much like those who marched the streets of Detroit, Chicago, Selma and Montgomery — we must believe…
OPINION – Heterosexual couples are rewarded by the U.S. military with higher incomes, better housing benefits and food subsidies. None of this exists for gays…
OPINION – Sarah Palin is the modern day version of the traveling medicine men: selling lies and snake oil, moving from town to town in an effort to avoid being found out…
OPINION – What remains to be seen is not whether Obama is capable of leadership, but more poignantly, that he is capable of recovery…
OPINION – Education is the pathway out of poverty. For too long poverty has perpetuated ignorance, which feeds discrimination and social segregation…
OPINION – The idea that blacks cannot choose to be black but gays can choose their disposition, appears to be a rift in the dialogue on the issue of legitimacy…
OPINION – Many gay rights activists see the yesterday’s decision as a direct extension of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia…
OPINION – Like most of Obama’s critics on the far-right, Breitbart would have us believe that the president is responsible for all the ills plaguing American society…
OPINION – Willie Herenton would like to make the election a referendum on representation based on race, perhaps because his own political integrity has been questioned…
OPINION – The conservative movement is stranded like Alice in Wonderland — and trying to take us with them down the rabbit hole…
OPINION – The issues are clear, the solutions are outlined, and the path is paved. All we need is a willing Congress…
OPINION – Any attempt at equating the oil spill with Katrina is another far-right effort to attack Obama and undermine his authority and legitimacy as an effective leader…
OPINION – It appears Davis has a problem not only with maintaining ties with the black political elite, but the average black voters who make up his constituency…
OPINION – The military is an institution built upon uniformity, integrity, equality and singularity of mindset. How then will it handle new questions of diversity?…
OPINION – Until now, the politics of race have remained subtle in the Tea Party climate…
OPINION – Being black and Baptist in a state that is largely elderly, white and Jewish or middle-aged, Cuban and Catholic makes his attempts to be ‘representative’ futile…