Opinion

The obesity epidemic: 20 years from now

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Obama 2012 reinvented campaigning; but can the model be duplicated?

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What can black America expect from a new Obama term?

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President Obama's re-election victory cements historic accomplishment

ANALYSIS - In 2008, President Obama ensured his place in the annals of American history as the first black president...
/ November 6, 2012

Politico's definition of presidential mandate diminishes women, minorities

OPINION - If Barack Obama wins re-election on Tuesday, he will have succeeded by winning the majority of votes cast…
/ November 5, 2012

All that jazz: A review of Mandy Sayer's 'Love in the Years of Lunacy'

REVIEW - Set in Australia in 1942, in the thick of World War II, 'Lunacy' centers on the interracial love…
/ November 5, 2012

Why I can't wait for this election to be over

OPINION - I’m tired of being forced to watch political pundits and newspapers tell me the opposite information on the…
/ November 2, 2012

A word to discouraging teachers: Watch what you say, because words can scar

ESSAY - Just because you find yourself frustrated or inept in that moment, this is not the time to inform…
/ November 2, 2012

Marian Robinson: Election 2012 is 'too important' to 'sit on the sidelines'

OPINION - It’s about all of us doing our part. This election is too important for any of us to…
/ November 2, 2012

It's the Obamacare, stupid: Why Election 2012 is about health care, not the economy

ANALYSIS - On no issue are the candidates further apart, as Obama pledges to implement his massive health care reform…
/ November 2, 2012

When the black co-worker throws shade at your fro

ESSAY - Maybe more people in the generation after me will embrace and encourage natural hair...
/ November 1, 2012

How do we solve a problem like health care reform?

OPINION - It seems as if the Republican party, or at least Governor Romney himself, has finally latched onto the…
/ November 1, 2012

Zombies: Yes, they're fun pop fodder, but their history is steeped in slavery

ESSAY - The zombie, which derives directly from the Haitian Voodoo tradition that was born of slavery, represented what could…
/ October 31, 2012

6 days left: Obama maintains very narrow advantage

ANALYSIS - President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him…
/ October 31, 2012

Hollywood must stop ignoring the overweight, black woman as love interest

OPINION - White filmmakers have ignored her, while their black counterparts, such as Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy, and Martin Lawrence,…
/ October 30, 2012