NBC's Brian Williams: My meeting with Mandela
OPINION - The morning after his election as president of South Africa - I was his first appointment of the day...
John Mayer is tone deaf when it comes to black people
OPINION - Maybe Mayer should get up to speed on black history, as well as get some psychotherapy...
Mandela's freedom has been a dream, South Africa remains a nightmare
OPINION - One could argue that Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago was similar to the Obama effect...
Leaders leave real black issues out in the cold at White House
OPINION - Black leaders still insist the president's travails are born of process and not of substance...
Ex-NCAA star's lawsuit may expose league exploitation
OPINION - We should also stop allowing the NCAA to earn excessive profits from the images of athletes without compensating them...
Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
OPINION - Although they are correct, their reasoning is completely wrong...
Obama's decline reflects the perils of democracy
OPINION - Obama has been given the simple, yet impossible task of improving the economy while being given no resources in order to get the job done...
Sade's return is worth the wait
OPINION - Sade has always been a chill-out enterprise, yet 'Soldier of Love' takes this idea up a notch...
The Super Bowl will unite people of Haiti and New Orleans
OPINION - On Super Bowl Sunday, the people of Haiti and New Orleans will to stand side by side in allegiance...
Can fried chicken just be fried chicken?
OPINION - There is nothing wrong with fried chicken, but when you don't understand its history, it can be hard to swallow...
