Opinion

Condola Rashad and Orlando Bloom shine in biracial ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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Blacks’ income remains the lowest of any group

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White woman from U.S. claims to be Maasai tribe’s first female warrior — to huge backlash

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The Nearlyweds: Couples cohabiting without marriage a growing trend — for blacks, too?

OPINION - Maybe this is a 'trend' for non-black women, but for black women it is more of a social…
/ September 16, 2013

Barack Obama: Not ‘the decider,’ but a president who listens

ANALYSIS - The presidency is not a license to push your agenda at every moment, without the support of the…
/ September 16, 2013

Drake’s ‘Nothing Was The Same’ leaks and doesn’t disappoint

OPINION - Whether or not it will establish itself as the album of the year, that remains to be seen.…
/ September 16, 2013

iPhone fingerprint technology: Should blacks be wary?

OPINION - Conspiracy theorists are having a field day with the new iPhone technology, calling it Big Brother’s dream come…
/ September 16, 2013

‘4 Little Girls’ remembered: The price of freedom after 50 years

ESSAY - The anniversary of the brutal murder of four girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama…
/ September 15, 2013

Why Jesse Helms won’t help Ted Cruz

OPINION - If Sen. Ted Cruz loses a close election to Hillary Clinton in 2016, remember this week...
/ September 14, 2013

Attempt to ban ‘The Bluest Eye’ is beyond the pale

OPINION - Toni Morrison is literary royalty and though her work is fiction, it is rooted in real life, real…
/ September 13, 2013

NYFW: b Michael debuts menswear line, wows crowd

REVIEW - For years, b Michael has been the master of transforming his creative visions into flowing gowns and curve-hugging…
/ September 13, 2013

Chivalry, feminism and the black community

OPINION - We need to understand that gender roles are evolving. There is no longer a standard set of gender-based…
/ September 12, 2013

Bill Thompson took black voters for granted and it cost him

ANALYSIS - Instead of criticizing police tactics that had angered the minority voters who were his natural base, Thompson ran…
/ September 12, 2013

YouTube’s ‘Ask a Slave’: Latest in ‘slave humor’ trend?

ESSAY - 'Ask a Slave' is just the most recent successful attempt to tap into the violence of slavery from…
/ September 11, 2013

Bill de Blasio’s primary finish a win for blacks, progressives and New York

OPINION - Call it 'afro-mentum' Call it the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Either way, Bill de Blasio's sweeping…
/ September 11, 2013