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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Kwanzaa: Should it be remade using symbols from black history?

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Beyoncé gets the last laugh by redefining publicity and commerce

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

#HasJustineLandedYet: PR woman's racist tweet sets off firestorm

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Duck Dynasty' controversy: Say what you want, but not on your company's dime

OPINION – Of course he has the constitutional right to say whatever he wants, but definitely not on his company’s dime!…
/ December 21, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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

OPINION – The First Amendment is the right of free speech, not to be confused with being suspended from a reality show…
/ December 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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

OPINION – His sentence was always unjust–Aaron wasn’t the buyer, the seller or the user of any drugs–and Obama’s decision to put an end to the prospect of incarceration till death rights that tragic wrong…
/ December 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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

OPINION – He wants to be a reality star. He wants to be in terrible movies again. And most importantly, he wants us to remember him…
/ December 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 was released from prison, and just before apartheid ended…
/ December 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 the promise of peace on earth and good will towards all that the spirit of Jesus and Santa represent.
/ December 19, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 Marshall would be perturbed…
/ December 19, 2013