Opinion

Blacks less likely to get weight loss surgery: Is it cultural?

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Rap imagery, Trayvon Martin and why Bill O’Reilly is half right

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Riley Cooper, a lesson in both prejudice and forgiveness

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DREAMing of a better future

OPINION - No nation that condemns young people to a life of limitation is living up to its most deeply…
/ August 8, 2013

Obama’s March on Washington speech will be one of the most important of his presidency

ANALYSIS - The address President Obama delivers later this month at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington could…
/ August 8, 2013

Rand Paul dares to engage on race and deserves credit for it

OPINION - What I give Rand Paul credit for is trying to reestablish credibility by getting outside of his comfort…
/ August 7, 2013

Michelle Obama gets the last laugh with ‘Let’s Move’

OPINION - Maybe teaching our kids to exercise and eat healthy isn’t a communist plot lead by nanny state dictator…
/ August 7, 2013

Obama’s Larry Summers problem

ANALYSIS - If President Obama picks Larry Summers as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, as he is considering,…
/ August 7, 2013

Why Chris Brown isn’t really retiring

OPINION - Oh Breezy, you’re so dramatic. Of course no one is taking this 'probable' retirement shtick from a 24-year-old…
/ August 7, 2013

New book lionizes America’s first black public high school, source of many African-American greats

REVIEW - Founded in 1870, Dunbar High has produced many of the nation’s pioneering black "firsts," African-Americans who broke through…
/ August 6, 2013

Democracy still fragile on anniversary of Voting Rights Act signing

OPINION - During these last few years we have witnessed an unprecedented assault on the right to vote...
/ August 6, 2013

Are GOP leaders missing a ‘Sister Souljah moment’ on Ted Nugent rants?

OPINION - How has a rock musician who hasn’t topped the charts for decades – “Cat Scratch Fever” was back…
/ August 6, 2013

Alex Rodriguez joins Barry Bonds in baseball’s cellar

OPINION - Rodriguez was once revered. The heir apparent to great sluggers like Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays,…
/ August 6, 2013

Detroit’s bankruptcy: not a death, a re-imagining

ESSAY - As for Detroit, my hometown will be fine. This is a rough chapter for sure, but Detroiters have…
/ August 4, 2013

Black leadership is missing from education reform

OPINION - My advice to the National Association of Black Journalists: Cover the stories of black educators, change agents, families…
/ August 2, 2013