Opinion

'12 Years a Slave': Black audiences need more than slave narratives

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Michigan: Lose job over failed drug test, no unemployment benefits for you

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Halloween: An excuse for white privilege to go on parade

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'American Horror Story: Coven' casts spell with black voodoo narrative

OPINION - These historically-inspired storylines mingling truth and fiction are both entertaining and thought-provoking, troubling even...
/ October 31, 2013

Allen Iverson broke ankles, captured hearts for 16 NBA seasons

OPINION - Ask the average 20-something basketball fan who their favorite player of all time is, and you’ll get a…
/ October 31, 2013

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: How radio host and survivor Ebony Steele learned she is 'not her hair'

ESSAY - My initial thought at the idea of listeners finding out about my diagnosis was shame. Young, hip, and…
/ October 31, 2013

Traveling while black: I was constantly mistaken for a prostitute in Buenos Aires

ESSAY - Little did I know before I arrived in Buenos Aires in 2001 that many of the few black…
/ October 31, 2013

Morgan State University student claims rejection from black fraternity for being gay: What this means now

OPINION - As organizations founded to be inclusive meritocracies because of national prejudices that prevented its educated members from enjoying…
/ October 30, 2013

Why a bad start does not doom Obamacare

ANALYSIS - A complicated process for buying insurance is not a deal-breaker uninsured...
/ October 30, 2013

Why hip-hop isn't to blame for Barneys' racial profiling

OPINION - A grenade went off. At the center of that blast was Barneys, the upscale New York retail store…
/ October 29, 2013

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Should men take more responsibility for ending domestic violence?

OPINION - As President Obama has noted, prevention is a national responsibility. We must all do our part to stop…
/ October 29, 2013

Rand Paul compares abortion to eugenics…really

OPINION - As the fight for women’s reproductive freedom continues in earnest on the state level, the anti-choicers that Paul…
/ October 29, 2013

Is Jay Z being hypocritical with his Barneys deal?

OPINION - It would be great if a former drug-dealing, public housing-living black man who became a multi-millionaire entertainer and…
/ October 28, 2013

Black college student arrested for buying expensive belt: Why racial profiling shoppers is ineffective, immoral

OPINION - After the alleged profiling of Barneys shopper Trayon Christian, will American communities take a look at the insidious…
/ October 25, 2013

Author of Barneys petition to Jay Z: You are being used

OPINION - Jay Z, I am calling on you to end this partnership with Barneys New York, not because I…
/ October 25, 2013