Opinion

Rand Paul reaches out at Howard: Can the GOP court blacks without changing policies?

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‘When Fashion Danced’: Designer Stephen Burrows reflects on his compelling retrospective, iconic career

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‘Tea Party’ is over: Ex-activist says racism, hypocrisy killed the movement

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Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s ‘Accidental Racist’ is wrong on so many levels

OPINION - This song would be more accurately titled 'White Privilege and an Unfortunate Middle-Aged Rapper...'
/ April 9, 2013

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

OPINION - Just because they've each made very public flubs, doesn't mean their marriage is falling apart...
/ April 8, 2013

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

OPINION - Congress should lift the travel restrictions on Cuba so that Americans can 'travel first class to change the…
/ April 8, 2013

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

OPINION - America’s civil rights history evokes a sense of pride and accomplishment, given the hard-fought battles waged in the…
/ April 8, 2013

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