Opinion

Teen beating highlights Houston’s history of police bruality

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Hip-hop pioneer Kool Herc needs you to help save his life

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Tomlin owes Dungy a debt for Super Bowl success

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How come Halle Berry gets a bad rap for her relationships?

OPINION - A bad break up just makes her human, not abnormal...
/ February 3, 2011

Egyptians draw inspiration from Civil Rights Movement comic book

OPINION - Over fifty years later, 'The Montgomery Story' has been given new life -- in the Arab world...
/ February 2, 2011

Why Tyler Perry taking over Alex Cross role is a drag

OPINION - Will this "reboot" evolve into a dress-wearing, crime solver who can deliver a few laughs? To be real,…
/ February 2, 2011

How do we teach black history in the future?

OPINION - Since the classroom and textbooks have been an imperfect way of educating students about African-American history, the future…
/ February 2, 2011

Dems’ Charlotte convention choice speaks to new South

OPINION - Charlotte spotlights the Democratic theme that there's a New South, and that the region is no longer the…
/ February 2, 2011

Is Carol Moseley Braun ‘cracking’ under the pressure?

OPINION - By flying off the handle in this way, Moseley Braun has made others begin to question her mental…
/ February 1, 2011

Revisionism reminds us why we need Black History Month

OPINION - Considering the constant stream of half-truths and whole lies it must combat, Black History Month definitely has not…
/ February 1, 2011

GOP efforts to redefine ‘forcible rape’ put women in peril

OPINION - If enacted, the bill threatens to deny due health care to untold numbers of rape victims, with poor…
/ February 1, 2011

Will Egypt crisis force a closer look at US-African relations?

OPINION - As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human…
/ January 31, 2011

Nicki Minaj as ‘Bride of Blackenstein’: Funny or infuriating?

OPINION - While many found her performance hilarious (peep the audience cackling), others cringed at the seemingly stereotypical rendering of…
/ January 31, 2011

‘American Uprising’ unveils truth behind biggest slave revolt

REVIEW - Author Daniel Rasmussen uncovers what he calls, "a vast collective amnesia" about the events of that day...
/ January 31, 2011

Blacks should shun Ohio gov who ‘doesn’t need them’

OPINION - Gov. John Kasich's heavy handed snub and apparent disdain for minority voters could trigger a backlash...
/ January 31, 2011