JFK's civil rights speech revisited 50 years later
OPINION - Would President Kennedy think that as a nation we have made enough progress on these issues over the last five decades?...
Is Kanye's new music blasphemous?
OPINION - Would I have used the word “God” to describe my dominance in my field of work? No. But that’s what makes Kanye, well, Kanye...
Can Cory Booker live up to all the hype?
ANALYSIS - Despite never running in a statewide election before, he's been embraced by some of America's biggest names, including Oprah Winfrey...
Mormons embraced black priests 35 years ago, but have things changed?
OPINION - Since the church’s inception as an organized religion in 1830, over seven generations of mostly white Mormons have been taught some version of negative white racial frames about black people...
What’s the matter with Philadelphia?
OPINION - There is no question the city is in peril, but is this a Philly problem or part of a larger picture?...
First black, first female Harvard College dean resigns amid controversy
ANALYSIS - Did Evelynn Hammonds, the first African-American and first woman to serve as Harvard College Dean, fall due to a pressure to be perfect?...
A positive step on housing discrimination
OPINION - Wells Fargo’s willingness to resolve this problem is laudable. They recognized a problem and worked with advocates to solve it...
Do black men want marriage more than women?
OPINION - The results of the poll fly in the face of everything most people have always thought about relationships, which is loosely that men want to avoid commitment and enjoy the single life for as long as possible...
Why some whites think 'too much welfare' is a black thing
OPINIION - For many Americans any question about welfare and the economy is really a question about race..
Yoga-bashing black Republican may spell doom for party
OPINION - For all their talk of 're-branding' and reaching out to women and people of color, the 'new' Republican party looks exactly the same as the old...
