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Where has all the great black satire gone?

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'My Mic Sounds Nice' stands up for the female MC

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Beck's meaningless rally won't make history books

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Katrina's lessons still not learned 5 years later

OPINION - Without a shift in how energy policies are made and by whom, our disastrous trajectory toward peril will…
/ August 28, 2010

Why the Miss. school election segregation scandal matters

OPINION - This blatant attempt to preserve segregation was an institutionalized assertion of a mythical white superiority...
/ August 28, 2010

How Alveda King is turning MLK's 'dream' into a nightmare

OPINION - King has been on the campaign circuit for more than a decade pushing a discriminatory, anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion,…
/ August 27, 2010

5 years after Katrina, does Obama care about black people?

OPINION - The answer is a qualified yes. This president seems inclined to do the right thing, particularly by his…
/ August 27, 2010

Former Mayor Nagin: New Orleans would have never rebounded without you

OPINION - We will never forget when many Americans were moved with real compassion for us throughout our time of…
/ August 27, 2010

'Takers': A colorblind caper in classic mold

REVIEW - What's great is that this modern take doesn't speak about the fact that there are three black men…
/ August 27, 2010

How viral video can be hilarious and still hurt us

OPINION - In our bare-all reality TV culture, we rationalize making people the butt of our jokes by saying that…
/ August 26, 2010

5 years later: Does George Bush care about black people?

OPINION - George Bush runs no risk of being re-branded for the history books as an overlooked champion of black…
/ August 26, 2010

Why Wyclef's run for Haiti prez should stay alive

OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future…
/ August 26, 2010

'Black August': New film puts spotlight on 'political prisoners' in US

REVIEW - The importance of this film and the main reason you should watch extends beyond the history and the…
/ August 26, 2010

America needs more college grads: How HBCUs can help

OPINION - We believe federal investment in these kinds of programs could result in 18,000 additional college graduates a year…
/ August 25, 2010

Why the DEA's embrace of Ebonics is lost in translation

OPINION - The DEA may not have known the full ramifications of its decision to label the language of many…
/ August 25, 2010