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Press: Please lay off President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Cuba trip shows: It’s time to lift the US embargo on Cuba

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Scottsboro Boys pardoned: What other infamous civil rights cases are in need of closure?

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Swin Cash: Brittney Griner shouldn’t have to ‘prove herself’ against men

OPINION - It seems that only in basketball, people feel women need to validate themselves by playing against the guys.…
/ April 5, 2013

In defense of Barack Obama’s Kamala Harris ‘best looking’ remark

OPINION - President Obama was at a fundraiser. He was comfortable among friends. I am choosing to believe the best…
/ April 5, 2013

Obama’s Kamala Harris ‘best looking’ comment crossed the line

OPINION - President Obama is a feminist ally which is why it’s important to call this remark out, with love,…
/ April 5, 2013

Why GLAAD got it wrong to honor Clinton instead of Obama

OPINION - Maybe Obama is playing politics, too, but in the end, he’s been more progressive on gay rights than…
/ April 5, 2013

Princeton mom to female students: Find a husband in college, or else

OPINION - After all these years of black women being pummeled with bad advice to relieve them from singleness, it’s…
/ April 4, 2013

Misconduct from players, coaches treated differently by NCAA

OPINION - College coaches, athletic directors and presidents can and do whatever it takes to win, but if a player…
/ April 4, 2013

The death of Martin Luther King Jr: James Earl Ray tapes raise more questions 45 years later

OPINION - Two years after their re-discovery, restored video footage of Dr. King’s convicted assassin, James Earl Ray, in custody…
/ April 4, 2013

Tyler Perry’s plot twist in ‘Temptation’ puts down HIV/AIDS victims

OPINION - Perry’s message is targeted specifically at black women -- live the way a good little Christian girl should,…
/ April 3, 2013

The Obamas embrace history with enthusiasm for ’42’

OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson…
/ April 3, 2013

Malcolm Smith mess the latest setback to black NYC Democrats

OPINION - At a moment when any credible chance to become the next David Dinkins, looks to have come and…
/ April 3, 2013

Atlanta school teachers ‘stole the hopes and dreams of innocent kids’

OPINION - The Atlanta cheating scandal is about real life, a real 'wire' -- real children and all too real…
/ April 3, 2013

Can Kim Kardashian really raise a ‘color blind’ child?

OPINION - Baby Girl Kardashian-West will need her hue, her fuzzy hair, her other black features, and her culture celebrated…
/ April 2, 2013