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Keep your American Pharoah tears, Serena Williams deserves all the praise

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Ted Cruz: The other wildly extreme GOP frontrunner

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Daniel Holtzclaw verdict is a call to action: Black women’s lives matter

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Why Abigail Fisher’s lawsuit is a modern day Trojan Horse

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another racial affirmative action case involving college admissions...
/ December 9, 2015

Why the assassination of Fred Hampton matters today

Fred Hampton. Say his name. On this anniversary of the slaying of the Black Panther leader in Chicago — when…
/ December 4, 2015

Rahm Emanuel, Anita Alvarez – where’s your resignation?

Why do many of the people who contribute to the ongoing corruption in Chicago still have jobs?
/ December 2, 2015

Donald Trump says he has support of 100 black ‘religious leaders’

A hundred black pastors and religious leaders supporting Donald Trump? There is likely no better way to ruin a perfectly…
/ November 27, 2015

16 bullets: Why Laquan McDonald’s life will always matter

Laquan McDonald was a human being. But in the video footage of his murder, Officer Jason Van Dyke treated Laquan…
/ November 25, 2015

U.S. response to Syrian refugees is really about hatred, fearmongering

What is behind American reactions to the Syrian refugees? Unfortunately, it’s very simple: America has an Islamophobia problem. And in…
/ November 23, 2015

Ted Cruz done lost his mind, challenges President Obama: ‘Insult me to my face’

The disrespect for President Obama coming out of the Republican fringes knows no bounds. And Senator Ted Cruz is at it again.
/ November 19, 2015

Stop the Oppression Olympics: We can grieve Paris and care about Black tragedies too

Friday evening as I headed home from the movies I looked down at my phone and noticed a smattering of…
/ November 16, 2015

Selective grief: Why I won’t be changing my profile pic for Paris

Time and time again, terrorism all over the world, but no one says anything. I could literally go on and…
/ November 16, 2015

Is Ben Carson's political campaign a complete fraud?

Dr. Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon-turned-politician, may have gifted hands in the operating room when operating on conjoined twins, but politics
/ November 8, 2015

Jenean Hampton is Kentucky's version of Ben Carson

Kentucky has a new lieutenant governor who is making history, as the first African-American elected to statewide office in the…
/ November 7, 2015

'She can't keep a man': Shaming Halle Berry exposes a double standard

Tuesday morning I awoke to the news that Halle Berry was getting yet another divorce, this time from French actor…
/ November 4, 2015