Steubenville: A wake-up call for young black men
OPINION - What’s most disturbing about this whole case is just how ordinary it is. This wasn’t an aberration, the result of some particularly vile and demented boys deciding to rape a young girl...
Does McCain have a vendetta against Obama?
OPINION - In 2008, John McCain claimed to be willing to work across party lines. In 2012, it’s clear he meant only if he was president...
Can Deval Patrick bring diversity to the US Senate?
OPINION - Whether he appoints himself or not, should Patrick have to make an appointment to the senate, his eye should be toward diversity...
Why Stacey Dash's Romney praise struck a chord
OPINION - No, we’re accustomed to black Republicans. Even still, something reeks of opportunism...
Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?
OPINION - Romney said this election would be about jobs, but continually took hard right stances during the primary that played right into the hands of racial resentment and xenophobia...
Chavis Carter case: Mother disputes police story of squad car suicide
theGRIO REPORT - 21-year-old Chavis Carter died of a gunshot wound to the head Saturday night in Jonesboro, Arkansas, while he was handcuffed in the back of a police car...
Obama's half-brother becomes pawn in right wing game
OPINION - D’Souza is lying. He is making things up, pulling together non-existent threads and weaving a narrative not even suitable for the imagination needed to produce a children’s book...
GOP gaffe reveals real goal of voter ID laws
OPINION - The Republican strategy for winning the youth vote, black vote, and low-income vote has been to ensure that no one belonging to any of those three groups is able to vote
Is it ever OK for whites to use the n-word?
OPINION - Even if Jay-Z, Kanye, or President Obama were to sign off on a permission slip for all of white America for carte blanche usage of the “n-word,” it would never fail to offend some large portion of black people, when used in the improper context...
Romney's 'Promise of America' portrays a world without blacks
OPINION - As is true with any candidate, Romney is now tasked with trying to win over voters by presenting his plan for the future of this country. The problem for Romney is that his campaign appears to be stuck in the past...
