Opinion

What’s the deal with Kesha Rogers? Democratic Senate candidate compares Obama to Hitler

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Why Pharrell is this generation's Smokey Robinson

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Gene Noble's 'Rebirth of Gene' takes listener on journey through pain, love and fantasy

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Marissa Alexander retrial another black mark on the record of Angela Corey

OPINION - A life sentence for a warning shot that injured no one is a miscarriage of justice...
/ March 4, 2014

Chelsea Handler's offensive Oscar tweets are tip of the iceberg

OPINION - It's not about being too sensitive, it's about Handler using racially charged digs to mask her inability to…
/ March 4, 2014

From Patsey to Princess: Why Lupita Nyong'o makes black women proud

OPINION - Lupita Nyongo has slayed stereotypes, not only about the beauty of dark African skin, but intelligence and femininity…
/ March 3, 2014

Ellen DeGeneres' '12 Years a Slave' joke strikes a chord

OPINION - The uncomfortable truth of DeGeneres’s joke is that the Oscars can be as much about what the overwhelmingly…
/ March 3, 2014

'Gone With the Wind' 75 years later: How Hattie McDaniel's Oscar win reflected on Hollywood

OPINION - Change hasn’t necessarily come as swiftly to those bestowing the honors. As in McDaniel’s day, Academy Award voters…
/ March 2, 2014

'12 Years a Slave' is already winner, with or without the Oscar

OPINION - For a variety of factors, slave-themed movies are becoming more commonplace, which is an overwhelmingly positive development...
/ February 28, 2014

Rick Ross becomes latest hip-hop voice of 'unreason' following tasteless Trayvon lyric

OPINION - These days, its hard to discern what rappers are thinking and even harder for us to determine of…
/ February 28, 2014

Poliwood round-up: What's hot, what's not and other spin that makes the world go round

theGRIO VIDEO - In this Friday edition, your Polinistas Aisha and Danielle Moodie-Mills sort through the headlines brining you four…
/ February 27, 2014

Was Spike Lee right about NYC gentrification?

OPINION - The debate over whether gentrification is good or bad, oversimplifies historic norms and ignores that divestment in this…
/ February 27, 2014

Paula Deen is making a comeback whether you like it or not

OPINION - Paula Deen is back in the news. Yes, that Paula Deen. And she’s trying to make a comeback…
/ February 27, 2014

Benjamin Crump and Charles F. Coleman, Jr.: 'We are all Trayvon today'

OPINION - As we wistfully remember the events of today, we are all reminded that many of our nation’s scars…
/ February 26, 2014

#Breaking Black: Hillary Clinton, the big left and black America

OPINION - Bill Clinton’s two-term presidency, as well as his now infamous behavior on the 2008 campaign trail, may be…
/ February 26, 2014