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Police shooting of sleeping 7-year-old should be a wake-up call

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Teen sentencing still a national embarrassment

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Three ways to preserve Brown v. Board’s promise

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Why can’t black hosts survive late night?

OPINION - What is it about late night television that spells disaster when a little color is added to the…
/ May 17, 2010

Kagan’s record on race has White House on edge

OPINION - If Kagan didn't have the courage to stand up against injustice at Harvard Law School, what makes us…
/ May 14, 2010

Couples can’t go wrong with ‘Just Wright’

REVIEW - Little moments give the flick its own elegance and charm, a pleasant experience for weekend moviegoers looking for…
/ May 14, 2010

Grant Hill goes from has-been to playoff playmaker

OPINION - He's 37 now, and most who have watched his career closely, never thought he'd still be in the…
/ May 14, 2010

A black Kagan recruit makes the case for confirmation

OPINION - My story is but one example of Elena Kagan's efforts to diversify Harvard's faculty...
/ May 13, 2010

Arizona’s ethnic studies ban whitewashes history

OPINION - By removing ethnic studies, Arizona spits in the face of the civil rights legacy, and tells people of…
/ May 13, 2010

The real battle for Supreme Court diversity is in the trenches

OPINION - There are some encouraging signs from President Obama's efforts to appoint more minorities and women to the federal…
/ May 13, 2010

Should LeBron be in a New York state of mind?

OPINION - Before James gives up those little town blues in Cleveland and makes a brand new start of it…
/ May 13, 2010

Black leaders out of step with followers on immigration

OPINION - There is a quiet but glaring disconnect between civil rights leaders backing immigration reform and the antipathy many…
/ May 12, 2010

Sosa shows true colors but his flaws aren’t skin deep

OPINION - Has Sosa come to a belated understanding that no matter what he looks like society will never view…
/ May 12, 2010

Why Lawrence Taylor won’t catch a pass like Roethlisberger

OPINION - Without fail, every single year, our nation chooses some black male athlete as its public enemy number one...
/ May 12, 2010

Is Beyoncé’s body behind the music video comeback?

OPINION - Beyoncé's work is a continual homage to women who use their adorned and almost fully unclothed bodies to…
/ May 12, 2010