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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Enough already! Royal wedding fever can make you sick

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Cam Newton can't be distracted by draft day haters

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why Obama shouldn't have had to 'show his papers'

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Hip-hop has-beens sink to new lows to reach old heights

OPINION – Hip-hop hasn’t had a blueprint for what its aging stars are supposed to do once the demand for them dies out…
/ April 28, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Is Obama an 'affirmative action president'?

OPINION – Demanding that the president produce his college transcript, like demanding that he show his birth certificate, is an absurdity…
/ April 27, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why Mumia Abu-Jamal's second chance at life matters

OPINION – Anti-death penalty advocates have long argued that Abu-Jamal’s 1982 trial was unfair, and that the application of the death penalty has been racially biased…
/ April 27, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Tyler Perry continues TV takeover with 'Why Did I Get Married?' spinoff

OPINION – ‘Why Did I Get Married?’ was the olive branch of civility Perry offered to the upper-middle class blacks who have often been his loudest detractors…
/ April 26, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Pause': Is this catchphrase homophobic or humorous?

OPINION – ‘Pause’ and ‘no homo’ are used to distance one’s self from all things homosexual, real or perceived…
/ April 26, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Sweet Sweetback' at 40: The birth of modern black film revisited

OPINION – Times have changed, yet some of the circumstances surrounding black filmmaking have not…
/ April 26, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

How Haley Barbour was hamstrung by civil rights blunders

OPINION – Even if Barbour did not tote a storage locker of personal and political baggage, his candidacy would still have been just as stillborn…
/ April 26, 2011