Opinion

5 things we want from Kanye’s 'Yeezus'

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Rep. Frederica Wilson: Honor Trayvon Martin by closing opportunity gap

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'The New Black': Film explores African-American resistance to gay rights

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Absent black fathers: Should our community discuss the issue publicly, or privately?

OPINION - Are the president’s remarks about fatherlessness being twisted in the public sphere and used to support the caricature…
/ June 11, 2013

JFK's historic civil rights speech revisited 50 years later

OPINION - Would President Kennedy think that as a nation we have made enough progress on these issues over the…
/ June 11, 2013

'Yeezus': Is Kanye West's new music blasphemous or authentic art?

OPINION - Would I have used the word “God” to describe my dominance in my field of work? No. But…
/ June 11, 2013

Can Cory Booker live up to all the hype?

ANALYSIS - Despite never running in a statewide election before, he's been embraced by some of America's biggest names, including…
/ June 10, 2013

Mormon church embraced black priests 35 years ago, but racial tensions remain

OPINION - Since the church’s inception as an organized religion in 1830, over seven generations of mostly white Mormons have…
/ June 10, 2013

What’s the matter with Philadelphia?

OPINION - There is no question the city is in peril, but is this a Philly problem or part of…
/ June 10, 2013

First African-American, first woman Harvard College Dean steps down, highlighting Ivy League's lack of diversity

ANALYSIS - Did Evelynn Hammonds, the first African-American and first woman to serve as Harvard College Dean, fall due to…
/ June 9, 2013

One step in the right direction: Wells Fargo settles historic housing discrimination complaint

OPINION - Wells Fargo’s willingness to resolve this problem is laudable. They recognized a problem and worked with advocates to…
/ June 8, 2013

Do black men really want marriage more than women? New survey says yes

OPINION - The results of the poll fly in the face of everything most people have always thought about relationships,…
/ June 7, 2013

Why white America thinks 'too much welfare' is a black thing

OPINIION - For many Americans any question about welfare and the economy is really a question about race..
/ June 7, 2013

Virginia LT. gov candidate E.W. Jackson becomes the latest Republican embarassment

OPINION - For all their talk of 're-branding' and reaching out to women and people of color, the 'new' Republican…
/ June 7, 2013

The first lady and her heckler: Who's right? Who's wrong?

OPINION - The aftermath of the exchange sparks more insight than the exchange itself. Some have questioned whether it was…
/ June 6, 2013