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February 24, 2011
OPINION - Obama's record on gay rights, though imperfect, has been the most progressive and exemplary of any of his…
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January 31, 2011
OPINION - As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human…
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January 28, 2011
OPINION - As David Kato is laid to rest, I hope his tragic end will lead to a civil discourse…
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January 20, 2011
OPINION - Much like their empty, anti-Obama attack machine, they provide no solutions, no answers for the nation's economic malaise…
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December 19, 2010
OPINION - Much like those who marched the streets of Detroit, Chicago, Selma and Montgomery -- we must believe...
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December 4, 2010
OPINION - Heterosexual couples are rewarded by the U.S. military with higher incomes, better housing benefits and food subsidies. None…
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November 19, 2010
OPINION - Sarah Palin is the modern day version of the traveling medicine men: selling lies and snake oil, moving…
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November 3, 2010
OPINION - What remains to be seen is not whether Obama is capable of leadership, but more poignantly, that he…
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August 11, 2010
OPINION - Education is the pathway out of poverty. For too long poverty has perpetuated ignorance, which feeds discrimination and…
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August 6, 2010
OPINION - The idea that blacks cannot choose to be black but gays can choose their disposition, appears to be…
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August 5, 2010
OPINION - Many gay rights activists see the yesterday's decision as a direct extension of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court…
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August 2, 2010
OPINION - Like most of Obama's critics on the far-right, Breitbart would have us believe that the president is responsible…
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July 27, 2010
OPINION - Willie Herenton would like to make the election a referendum on representation based on race, perhaps because his…
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July 20, 2010
OPINION - The conservative movement is stranded like Alice in Wonderland -- and trying to take us with them down…
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July 2, 2010
OPINION - The issues are clear, the solutions are outlined, and the path is paved. All we need is a…
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June 10, 2010
OPINION - Any attempt at equating the oil spill with Katrina is another far-right effort to attack Obama and undermine…
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June 2, 2010
OPINION - It appears Davis has a problem not only with maintaining ties with the black political elite, but the…
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June 1, 2010
OPINION - The military is an institution built upon uniformity, integrity, equality and singularity of mindset. How then will it…
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May 21, 2010
OPINION - Until now, the politics of race have remained subtle in the Tea Party climate...
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April 29, 2010
OPINION - Being black and Baptist in a state that is largely elderly, white and Jewish or middle-aged, Cuban and…