Opinion

How Obama's deficit speech may recapture '08 spirit

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DC mayor: Our city is sick of being 'shut out'

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Is Cincinnati's war on big rims racial profiling?

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Civil War at 150: Are we whitewashing slavery?

OPINION - As pivotal as the Civil War is in our nation's complex history, African-Americans appear less enthusiastic about the…
/ April 12, 2011

Paradise lost? How the Ivory Coast lost its way

OPINION - What once was a thriving democratic country with a healthy cocoa industry and growing tourist business has become…
/ April 12, 2011

Racial bias of GOP base poses problems for 2012 hopefuls

OPINION - For example, 46 percent of Mississippi Republican voters believe that interracial marriage should be prohibited by law...
/ April 12, 2011

Toni Braxton attempts to bring truth to reality TV

OPINION - Viewers who once winced at the notion of watching a reality show with black characters just might find…
/ April 12, 2011

Is Ashley Judd right about hip-hop's 'rape culture'?

OPINION - We may not like the message and may well regard and disregard the messenger as not 'one of…
/ April 11, 2011

Why Sharpton and West's heated debate on Obama won't cool down

OPINION - Cornel West is correct to challenge Sharpton on this important issue and the discussion must certainly continue...
/ April 11, 2011

How Lumet's 'The Wiz' became a black cult classic

OPINION - Does 'The Wiz' hold a candle to Lumet's most seminal work -- hardly. But it's still a fascinating…
/ April 11, 2011

Is black America stronger with Obama?

OPINION - We do not need the National Urban League, the United Negro College Fund, or the Obama Administration to…
/ April 10, 2011

What is the gay black agenda?

OPINION - It is encouraging that President Barack Obama lent his support to the recent anti-bullying campaign...
/ April 10, 2011

A stronger America starts with us

OPINION - For those of us busy living our American dream, should there be leaders looking out for the collective…
/ April 10, 2011

Hip-hop heavyweights go silent on homosexuality

OPINION - Those who use this incident to stir up the pot of down low men fears and homophobia just…
/ April 8, 2011

Will black viewers dump Trump over birther flap?

OPINION - Let me be clear. You can stop looking at the polls. Donald Trump is not running for president...
/ April 8, 2011