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Being black and famous is no protection from police misconduct

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Is Herman Cain a real life Uncle Ruckus?

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Why the 4th of July belongs to all of us

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Memo to Herman Cain: Obama is a real black man

OPINION - What's at issue isn't any one man's definition of blackness. It's Cain's willingness to play the "blacker than…
/ July 1, 2011

Why both sides are to blame for basketball's lockout

OPINION - I don't know where all this is heading. I do know, however, that the two sides are separated…
/ July 1, 2011

Can Obama force the GOP's hand on debt and taxes?

OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…
/ July 1, 2011

Do the rules of decency not apply with Obama?

OPINION - When did it become okay to call the president of these United States an expletive on national television?...
/ June 30, 2011

Is Illuminati in hip-hop hysteria here to stay?

OPINION - Like it or lump it, there's this never-gonna-go-away public fascination and link between hip-hop music and the Illuminati...
/ June 30, 2011

Do black men get better health care behind bars?

OPINION - A research study published by Vanderbilt University sociologist Evelyn Patterson in 2010 shows state prisons are having a…
/ June 30, 2011

Can Raven-Symoné stay forever young?

OPINION - In an industry where child stars notoriously crash and burn, not to mention very few black actresses call…
/ June 29, 2011

Let's leave slavery out of our politics for now

OPINION - If we were to increase our knowledge and understanding of the period, the practice, and the ramifications, we…
/ June 29, 2011

How the Blago verdict puts Jesse Jackson Jr. on the hot seat

OPINION - Given the allegations against him, it may have behooved the telegenic 46-year old to keep his nose to…
/ June 29, 2011

Who has a 'moral obligation' to pay off our debt?

OPINION - Don't banks have a moral obligation to keep their financial agreements -- and live with the consequences of…
/ June 29, 2011

New trend? Chinese migrant workers in Africa marry black women

OPINION - Despite the growing trend of Chinese workers marrying local African women, predictably, many in their home country have…
/ June 28, 2011

Are new black channels trying to be the anti-BET?

OPINION - Certainly, the need for Legacy TV that focuses on black history and biographies of leaders is sorely needed…
/ June 28, 2011