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'Sweet Sweetback' at 40: The birth of modern black film revisited

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How Haley Barbour was hamstrung by civil rights blunders

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Will a settlement settle the Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal?

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Do black people buy into apocalypse prophecies?

OPINION - Minorities are still more inclined to hold onto their religious beliefs, and thus, arguably more inclined to the…
/ April 25, 2011

Is the lockout leading NFL players to a life of crime?

OPINION - Since the lockout began, at least 10 players have been arrested, which is inexcusable...
/ April 25, 2011

Why the Confederate flag is still flying high

OPINION - For many other Southern whites, the flag and its association with Southern history, is a genuine source of…
/ April 25, 2011

How HBCUs have learned to go green

OPINION - The United Negro College Fund and its Building Green at Minority Serving Institutions program shows that minority colleges…
/ April 23, 2011

Green movement returns to grassroots on Earth Day

OPINION - Throughout American history, faith and neighborhood groups have shown the extraordinary power they have...
/ April 22, 2011

Scaled back environmental regulations put blacks in peril

OPINON - Three of every five individuals of African-American or Latino background live in communities with 1 or more toxic…
/ April 22, 2011

Earth Day: We need to take our power back

OPINION - The health and wealth of our communities are under attack. Not because these companies want us to suffer…
/ April 22, 2011

Can Obama keep hope alive for re-election in 2012?

OPINION - What's clear is that Obama's numbers are being weighed down by economic insecurity, rising prices, particularly at the…
/ April 22, 2011

Tyler Perry thumbs nose at critics with new 'Madea' movie

REVIEW - You don't go to Madea movies for complex character driven narratives, you go for the laughs...
/ April 22, 2011

How Tyler Perry exposes divide in black America

OPINION - Love him or hate him, he gets us thinking and talking, and maybe that will be his greatest…
/ April 21, 2011

Trump forces GOP to come clean on birtherism

OPINION - Unfortunately, the GOP's long standing see no evil, hear no evil stance on the birther movement has already…
/ April 21, 2011

Harvard has more black students than ever, but are they African-American?

OPINION - The irony is that the multicultural inclusiveness that is desired by colleges and universities is the same thing…
/ April 21, 2011

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