Opinion

Jena 6 case 5 years later: A missed opportunity

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Colin Powell can set the record straight on Cheney

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Is the Panthers' tattoo and piercing policy racially biased?

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Why the hip-hop community still worships 'Scarface'

OPINION - What every rapper loves about Scarface is this -- it's the prototypical ghetto American dream...
/ August 26, 2011

Have artists been good stewards of MLK boulevards?

OPINION - It is in predominantly black neighborhoods where King streets where we often find empty storefronts, no sit-down restaurants,…
/ August 25, 2011

How Obama has subtly reached out on race

OPINION - He is aware of the history of race and racism in this country and ingrained inequality of our…
/ August 25, 2011

Why is Mississippi so red when it's so black?

OPINION - Oddly, the blackest, poorest and most federally-dependent state in America is also the most conservative state, according to…
/ August 25, 2011

'One in a million': The loss of Aaliyah 10 years later

OPINION - As beautiful and talented as Aaliyah was, would she have been able to compete with today's female artists?...
/ August 25, 2011

Black Muslims should be very afraid of NYPD spying

OPINION - This is racial, ethnic and religious profiling dressed up as counter-terrorism surveillance...
/ August 25, 2011

Why black women were crucial to civil rights movement

OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality…
/ August 25, 2011

Perry retreat co-host: MLK deserved no credit on civil rights

From TheGRIO - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will attend a retreat with a controversial evangelical "historian" who doubts Martin Luther…
/ August 24, 2011

Welfare reform 15 years later: Clinton's worst move revisited

OPINION - Fifteen years later, the nation is stuck with a reform that did indeed end welfare as we know…
/ August 24, 2011

Education as the next civil rights movement

OPINION - Our ancestors were beaten, maimed and killed during slavery, when it was illegal to teach a slave to…
/ August 24, 2011

Why we don't want to see Will and Jada split up

OPINION - Will and Jada are more than just two celebrities in a marriage. Instead, they are a wonderful reminder…
/ August 24, 2011

Perry compares civil rights movement to tax cuts for billionaires

OPINION - To compare the noble goals of the civil rights movement to the nefarious political strategies of GOP hacks…
/ August 24, 2011