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OPINION - With the ink on the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict barely dry, another state appears ready to consider…
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OPINION - What if the races of the defendant and the victim were reversed in the George Zimmerman murder trial?...
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OPINION - That 2010 midterm election. It is the gift that just keeps on giving. And it is proof that…
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theGRIO REPORT - As Kentucky Senator Rand Paul weighs the possibility of a 2016 presidential run, his past—and present—record on…
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OPINION - On this Independence Day, everyone is dependent on the government, but African Americans are even more dependent, for…
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OPINION - Some people are mad at President Barack Obama, but not the ones you might expect. This time, don’t…
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OPINION - Racist jokes can get you into trouble, and maybe even a lawsuit. Just ask celebrity chef Paula Deen...
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OPINION - Are U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia parting political ways?...
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ANALYSIS - The black community has decades of experience being monitored, so this type of surveillance is nothing new...
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OPINION - So much wasted in time and resources, so little achieved, and so many people of color victimized over…
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OPINION - Despite the progress America has made in diversifying its workforce and its management ranks, the country is backsliding...
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OPINION - Virginia Republicans have selected a dyed-in-the-wool, black conservative minister and activist as their nominee for lieutenant governor. And…
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OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...
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OPINION - Twelve years after the controversial Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is…
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OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting…