Opinion

Juneteenth is our Independence Day, but we’re still not free

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Kamala Harris has the mic now, so everybody needs to sit down

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The dangers of protecting the ‘Black image’ at all costs

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You know Trump’s presidency is bad when Black America is rooting for the FBI

Trump's presidency is so bad, Black America is rooting for the FBI.
/ June 9, 2017

Black hair restrictions in schools are a return to the Black Codes

What happens when they think they can control our children’s hair?
/ June 8, 2017

They joke about us ‘N*ggers,’ they treat us like ‘N*ggers’ – but they can’t break us

Should we talk about those who use the word n*gger out of turn, or those who treat black folks like…
/ June 6, 2017

The Republican Party is starting to look a lot like a terrorist group

Republicans are calling for violence, even threatening acts of terror themselves--a sign of a party that is off the rails…
/ June 2, 2017

Why are hundreds of Confederate statues still standing?

There are hundreds of Confederate statues left to tear down: It was good to see that New Orleans tore down
/ May 26, 2017

After shocking N.C. decision, will Clarence Thomas derail the GOP agenda?

Clarence Thomas did a shocking thing when he voted with the majority of his Supreme Court colleagues to strike down…
/ May 25, 2017

Appropriating is wrong, but so are the black men who allow it

Earlier this week, in a performance that can be described as awkward and performative, Katy Perry debuted her new song
/ May 24, 2017

Jeff Sessions could learn something from FOX’s ‘Shots Fired’

A former senior DOJ official says ‘Shots Fired’ gets right what the AG gets wrong.
/ May 21, 2017

When Trump goes down, GOP should go with him

Trump, like the party he leads, is one of greed, depravity and extremism.
/ May 18, 2017

David Clarke, Sheriff Sunken Place, lands job in Trump administration

Clarke is the latest in a long line of black conservative mascots who have been elevated to enviable positions of…
/ May 18, 2017

Donald Trump is imploding – and Barack Obama is somewhere smiling

From the moment President Barack Obama first won the presidency in 2008, his political opposition began conspiring to discredit him...
/ May 17, 2017

From Detroit to Liberia: Why I left America to find home

“I am moving back to Liberia.” The words shocked me to say out loud. But after 26 years in the
/ May 16, 2017