Opinion

Fallout from FAMU hazing death ripples throughout nation

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Kwanzaa is wack: There, I said it

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Is the NBA ready for an openly gay player? Mark Cuban thinks so

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Eric Holder says things about race Obama can't or won't say

OPINION - Attorney General Eric Holder often says the things President Obama can't or won't say. Especially when it comes…
/ December 20, 2011

Condoleezza Rice: Could she be the GOP's first black female VP nominee?

OPINION - Condoleezza Rice. First female national security adviser, first black woman to serve as Secretary of State, and Stanford…
/ December 20, 2011

Will open relationships cure the 'great black love scare'?

OPINION - Let's just say that none of that ever happened and there was never any panic among black women…
/ December 19, 2011

Maya Angelou upset with Common for n-word use on song that samples her

OPINION - It's easy to understand why Maya Angelou is upset with Common for using the n-word on a track…
/ December 19, 2011

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's divorce: Basketball wives' 'glamorous life' backfires

OPINION - The old adage hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, is about to take on new meaning…
/ December 19, 2011

Barry Bonds gets a 'walk' in court; could he still make the Hall of Fame?

OPINION - Barry Bonds managed to land his 2,559th walk in his professional career Friday, four years after last stepping…
/ December 17, 2011

'If I were a poor black child' response: Love, not Google, got me out of poverty

NEWSONE - What Gene Marks' column and his legion of detractors failed to touch on is that overcoming poverty is…
/ December 16, 2011

Is Victoria's 'Secret' child labor in Africa?

OPINION - Fair trade may not be as fair as you think. In fact, some of what is passing as…
/ December 16, 2011

Black women take the lead in big screen action movies

OPINION - This weekend 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' is debuting in theaters, and the woman playing right hand to…
/ December 16, 2011

Revenge of the Clintonites: Black Democrats cling to their 'first black president'

OPINION - It seems not a month goes by without a politician or media figure from the Bill Clinton era…
/ December 15, 2011

How Common redefines slave roles on AMC's 'Hell on Wheels'

OPINION - It's no secret that black audiences don't generally take kindly to roles that even reference slavery or servitude…
/ December 14, 2011

'If I Were a Poor Black Kid' column is just plain stupid

OPINION - Gene Marks of Forbes wrote a column entitled "If I Wear a Poor Black Kid" (which has been…
/ December 14, 2011