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'Duck Dynasty' disaster: 'Happy' cotton pickers?

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Clarence Aaron finally free: President Obama commutes sentence of wrongfully imprisoned man

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What's the deal with Dennis Rodman? North Korea trips tarnish Hall of Famer's legacy

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Ron Allen's spiritual journey to Robben Island

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - I’ve been to South Africa many times dating back to the early 1990’s, just after Nelson Mandela…
/ December 20, 2013

Christmas book pulled from school for stating Jesus is white

OPINION - Will the race and Christmas madness ever end? This is the only way we can ever deliver on…
/ December 19, 2013

Changes in the HBCU landscape may render black civil rights lawyers extinct

OPINION - The golden age of black lawyers educated at HBCUs defending the rights of subjugated communities is waning. Thurgood…
/ December 19, 2013

Can feminists enjoy R. Kelly's music? Short answer: No

OPINION - From the most radical feminist down to the most rachet, everyone should, by now, be in agreement that…
/ December 18, 2013

Why President Obama was right to sit down with Steve Harvey

OPINION - What is beneficial to him and people of color who make up Steve Harvey’s audience is an interview…
/ December 17, 2013

Is Don Lemon the new Clarence Thomas?

OPINION - Don Lemon’s unsolicited social commentary this year on the things holding back the black community and the New…
/ December 16, 2013

'Affluenza' kills: White teen's light sentence exposes dark side of criminal justice system

OPINION - Last week, convicted on multiple counts of manslaughter and assault, 16-year-old Ethan Couch walked out of a Texas…
/ December 16, 2013

'Beyoncé' review: 'It's her most mature and multi-dimensional body of work yet'

REVIEW - Like Kanye before her, this is Bey’s foray into performance art...
/ December 13, 2013

Robert Griffin III: Is the Redskins' benching a good or bad thing?

OPINION - After leading the Washington Redskins to a disappointing 3-10 record this year, Robert Griffin III narrative has shifted…
/ December 13, 2013

President Obama's shift from compromise to confrontation is paying dividends

ANALYSIS - President Obama decided to embrace confrontation in the last months of 2013, and it has worked...
/ December 12, 2013

Can reparations for slavery ever be a reality?

OPINION - As Caricom moves forward with its specific mission, it has to address why the general consensus is resistance…
/ December 11, 2013

Reagan criticism in wake of Mandela death strikes a nerve

OPINION - The passing of the African nation’s former president has caused Reagan’s policy of coddling the apartheid regime in…
/ December 11, 2013