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Academy Awards 2012: Is there a black female Oscar curse?

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Why some 'Linsanity' misses the mark

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The war on Obama's faith: Who's really holier than thou?

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Obama hits high note with stealth 'singing strategy'

OPINION - One of the ways the president and by extension the first lady are #winning the charm race to…
/ February 23, 2012

Should black women boycott Nicki Minaj?

OPINION - There is a video floating around the internet of a man calling for a boycott of Nicki Minaj,…
/ February 22, 2012

Why are Oscar voters so white and so male?

OPINION - It has long been an open secret that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a…
/ February 21, 2012

Whitney Houston's life was rooted in her Christian faith

OPINION - None of us is perfect, and Whitney wasn't perfect either. But I know that Whitney loved God by…
/ February 20, 2012

Priscilla's story: detailed slave records link one African-American family to remarkable ancestor

VIDEO - The Martin family knows something about themselves that few if any families will ever learn about their past.…
/ February 20, 2012

Denzel Washington: The last 90s-era A-lister with consistent drawing power

OPINION - Denzel, while certainly enduring a few flops, has still managed to maintain a successful career, and is arguably…
/ February 20, 2012

Obama, Romney must connect with out of work Americans

OPINION - Can Mitt Romney and President Obama connect with an electorate full of jobless Americans?
/ February 19, 2012

With Whitney Houston's death, burial, Gen Xers confront mortality

OPINION - We lose someone iconic like Whitney Houston, and suddenly we are grudgingly reminded of the Latin maxim Tempus…
/ February 19, 2012

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton: Why were women left out of a birth control hearing?

OPINION - Republicans tried to start a war about religion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing yesterday,…
/ February 17, 2012

Chris Brown and Rihanna to reconcile on 'Birthday Cake (Remix)' record: Domestic violence bigger than couple

OPINION - No, this isn't about Chris Brown at all. This is about how at every turn we have failed…
/ February 17, 2012

Why is there a gender gap for blacks in interracial marriage?

OPINION - It's possible that this is the result of traditional Europeanized standards of beauty where black women are not…
/ February 17, 2012

Was Whitney Houston going gospel in her final days?

OPINION - It's possible that a career shift to more gospel-oriented music may have finally given Houston the life she…
/ February 17, 2012