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People who have never experienced clinical depression have a difficult time accepting that it is a real illness. © Cheryl Casey - Fotolia.com

Depression hurts: A woman's personal struggle

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Denzel Washington in 'The Pelican Brief', Angela Bassett in 'What's Love Got to Do With It', and Janet Jackson in 'Poetic Justice'. (Photos courtesy of the 1963 fims)

1993: The golden age of black film?

Adam Howard
ANALYSIS - Just twenty of year ago, the multiplexes gave a glimpse of a very different picture of black Hollywood...
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Clarence and Virginia Thomas (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Is Clarence Thomas a hypocrite on gay marriage?

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - Some say that silence speaks volumes. And in the case of Justice Clarence Thomas, that cliché just might be more applicable than ever this week as the SCOTUS considers the meaning of marriage equality in the 21st century...
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Atlanta Braves outfielders, from left to right, Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and B.J. Upton, wait for the start of a drill during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Atlanta Braves' all-black outfield is big for baseball

Eddie Maisonet
OPINION - If these three and go out there and prove it like generation and generation before them did, then a new generation of kids will look up to them...
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Why black Americans take Sharpton's lead

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
OPINION - There is one optimistic and one despairing way to spin the Zogby Analytics Poll commissioned by BET founder and mega businessman Robert L. Johnson on leadership among black Americans...
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Representative David Scott(D-GA) walks out after the vote on the 2nd part of the U.S. House of Representatives vote to hold Attorny General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House was scheduled for the contempt vote after Holder was accused for not submitting some of the documents in the Fast and Furious program, a federal law enforcement operation that allowed guns to circulate across the border between the U.S. and Mexico, to a House panel investigating it. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

3 Black Caucus members still oppose marriage equality

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - As up-and-coming black politicians with their eyes on CBC membership, look at the wave of public opinion, they will see opportunity...
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Revelers celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on June 26, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Equality includes everyone

Rev. Al Sharpton
OPINION - As Americans, it is up to each and every one of us to fight injustice and inequality when we are faced with it...
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Rick Ross performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)

Rick Ross date rape lyric causes uproar

Veronica Miller
OPINION - a verse on the song 'You Don’t Even Know,' Ross raps about drugging a woman, and then raping her while she is incoherent...
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Which leaders speak for black America?

David A. Love
OPINION - Is there a leadership crisis in black America? A new poll suggests African-Americans think so...
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Justin Timberlake performs on stage during the Brit Awards 2013 at the 02 Arena on February 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Matt Kent/Getty Images)

Should black R&B fans fear Justin Timberlake-mania?

Javier David
OPINION - Timberlake’s re-emergence provides the chance to revisit a dicey topic: namely, the current state of R&B...
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People wave flags during the 2011 NYC LGBT Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 26, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of revelers had reason to celebrate since New York state legislators approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage which Governor Cuomo signed in to law on Friday June 24. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

How Obama changed the gay marriage debate

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay marriage debate...
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