Opinion

The curious case of Zoe Saldana, Nina Simone and the erasure of black women in film

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Black GOP Virginia Lt. gov. nominee stirs controversy with anti-gay views

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Floyd Mayweather’s baby mama drama: Who’s to blame?

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Why there’s no ‘excuse’ for simplifying Obama’s message to Morehouse men

OPINION - Interestingly enough, both the president’s detractors as well as his supporters will seize on the same soundbite from…
/ May 20, 2013

82 days of silence: Why we’re speaking up for Marco McMillian

OPINION - It’s been 82 days since the body of Marco McMillian, a black mayoral candidate, who was also gay,…
/ May 20, 2013

How disenfranchisement leads to second class citizenship

OPINION - Why are we choosing to repeat the mistakes of a generation ago with a new set of aspiring…
/ May 20, 2013

Malcolm X’s triumphs still trump his tragedies

OPINION - Eighty years after the birth and forty eight years after the assassination of black nationalist leader Malcolm X,…
/ May 19, 2013

Payday loans are debt trap in disguise

OPINION - Are payday loans a good source of emergency cash? Thanks to misleading marketing, many of its consumers unfortunately…
/ May 19, 2013

How Susan Rice could benefit from the GOP’s latest Benghazi push

ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a…
/ May 17, 2013

Severe cuts to food programs in House farm bill would increase need, overwhelm charities

OPINION - Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that includes severe cuts to anti-hunger programs.…
/ May 17, 2013

Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: Don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama

OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
/ May 16, 2013

Why Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
/ May 16, 2013

Obama in the crosshairs as Washington’s scandal culture kicks into overdrive

OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal…
/ May 16, 2013

No, Obama is not Nixon

ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…
/ May 15, 2013

Republican outrage over IRS targeting Tea Party didn’t extend to NAACP

OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
/ May 14, 2013