Opinion

Trayvon Martin: Sanford police acting like de facto defense team for George Zimmerman

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Obama's race speech 4 years later: Has America changed?

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Breitbart is gone, but his style of shock-jock journalism lives on

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Ashanti wants to make a comeback, but should she?

OPINION - Despite Ashanti's record-setting accomplishments, she's never been particularly respected as an artist...
/ March 15, 2012

Is Dwight Howard in danger of 'LeBroning' his brand?

OPINION - If arguably the best player in the world saw a drastic decline in his popularity all over an…
/ March 15, 2012

Southern primary results reveal weaknesses of whole GOP field

OPINION - Mitt Romney's clumsy mismanagement of the expectations game is what gave Santorum's wins in Mississippi and Alabama a…
/ March 14, 2012

'Love Jones' 15 years later: How it became a black cult classic

OPINION - To watch 'Love Jones' now is to get a heavy dose of the 90s -- poetry slams, mid-drift…
/ March 14, 2012

Derrick Bell: Right wing propaganda smears late Harvard professor

OPINION - Derrick Bell and fellow law professors in the 70s and 80s understood that though blacks had technically gained…
/ March 14, 2012

Is the Republicans' fraud obsession for real?

OPINION - The Republican Party is obsessed with fraud. Like tax cuts, it is a cause célèbre, even where fraud…
/ March 13, 2012

Bobbi Kristina interview a missed opportunity for Oprah’s OWN network

OPINION - With so many eyeballs on the network last night for that exclusive interview, OWN should have foregone many…
/ March 12, 2012

Should there be a sequel to 'Game Change'?

OPINION - Watching the HBO movie 'Game Change,' based on the book by the same name, about the 2008 election,…
/ March 10, 2012

Why focusing on black males is necessary to address high African-American unemployment

OPINION - The most recent jobs report clearly highlights that to address black unemployment requires addressing the issues contributing to…
/ March 9, 2012

Small donors still the backbone of Barack Obama's election hopes

OPINION - President Obama's campaign had raised roughly $105 million, 80 percent of which was made up of small donations…
/ March 9, 2012

'A Thousand Words': Is Eddie Murphy killing his career with poor choices?

OPINION - Following up a hit with a flop is a risky game in which Murphy has often played, but…
/ March 9, 2012

The death of Notorious BIG 15 years later: What if he lived?

OPINION - It's difficult to imagine what hip-hop might look like had The Notorious B.I.G. lived. We know what it…
/ March 9, 2012