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'Knockout game' gives white America new reason to profile black men

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World AIDS Day: Living with HIV — a life worth living

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Will the specter of 'shopping while black' haunt Black Friday?

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The poor finding it harder to be thankful

ANALYSIS - Below the surface of the holiday benevolence is a battle waged by those committed to feeding the poor…
/ November 28, 2013

George Zimmerman: The poster boy for gun reform

OPINION - Zimmerman's latest arrest has now re-energized the debate over gun reform...
/ November 27, 2013

Why it's wrong for the right to blame Sharpton for 'knockout game'

OPINION - For conservative commentators who frequently lambast Reverend Al Sharpton for being a race hustler they were sure quick…
/ November 26, 2013

Michelle Obama is living proof that feminism comes in many forms

OPINION - For too many feminists, past and present alike, the fight isn’t about access and choices. It’s about eating…
/ November 25, 2013

How 'knockout game' hysteria hurts black America

ANALYSIS - The proxy war for a host of racial agendas has a new rallying call. It is ‘the knockout…
/ November 25, 2013

'Furious Cool' captures Richard Pryor's spirit and sadness

REVIEW - For a certain generation of Americans, the late Richard Pryor is remembered as the Michael Jordan of comedy...
/ November 22, 2013

'Catching Fire' becomes 2nd 'Hunger Games' film with racial casting controversy

OPINION - Nowadays, nothing quite brings out the most insufferable qualities in human nature than a fantasy movie with an…
/ November 22, 2013

Remembering the real JFK: What is the late president's legacy with black Americans?

ANALYSIS - Rather than remember Kennedy with rose-colored glasses, let us remember him accurately...
/ November 22, 2013

Senate filibuster rule change breathes new life into President Obama's 2nd term

ANALYSIS - This change is a huge boon to Obama now, potentially allowing him to reshape the federal judiciary in…
/ November 21, 2013

Right-wing media turns on George Zimmerman

OPINION - It’s a shame that Trayvon Martin was not granted the same level of compassion and empathy as Zimmerman’s…
/ November 20, 2013

Why do blacks believe JFK conspiracy theories?

OPINION - Polls have shown that blacks and Latinos are more likely than whites to believe in them. There are…
/ November 20, 2013

'Unknown unknowns' about the Obamacare 'fix'

OPINION - With so many 'unknown unknowns,' it seems that with closer scrutiny, the White House’s fix looks more like…
/ November 19, 2013