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Hollywood’s most overlooked resource: black female directors

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Five things Tiger Woods should say at mea culpa media event

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New census prisoner policy could benefit American cities

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Why the US won’t ‘take over’ Haiti

OPINION - There is no need for 'nation-building'. What is required is temporary international guardianship...
/ February 18, 2010

Why remaking ‘We Are the World’ may have been a mistake

OPINION - Something about the remake feels inauthentic, the simplicity of the original has more sway...
/ February 17, 2010

The stimulus one year later: A bold move that began a jobless recovery

OPINION - Abysmal disparities in economic opportunities prove that equality has not yet been achieved...
/ February 17, 2010

Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear

OPINION - Over the past month, a handful of international artists have released albums that speak to the varied experiences…
/ February 16, 2010

Why Obama resembles George Washington more than you’d think

OPINION - On President's Day, African-Americans might want to give props to the father of our country...
/ February 15, 2010

Corruption in the Congressional Black Caucus threatens African-Americans

OPINION - The CBC must understand that money is really like a drug: powerful, addictive and capable of changing your…
/ February 15, 2010

‘Ameriville’: Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage

OPINION - 'Ameriville', which is currently on tour, uses the colliding forces of race, class, and politics in post-Katrina New…
/ February 15, 2010

Black women should diversify their dating pool this Valentine’s Day

OPINION - The world is crawling with available men. The problem is that most of them aren't African-Americans...
/ February 12, 2010

Black Pentecostalism’s silence complicit in spreading HIV/AIDS

OPINION - My conclusion is that the black church has been complicit in the spreading of HIV/AIDS because of our…
/ February 12, 2010

Where’s the diversity at the Winter Olympics?

OPINION - Few African-Americans participate in winter sports due largely to limited access...
/ February 12, 2010

John Mayer is tone deaf when it comes to black people

OPINION - Maybe Mayer should get up to speed on black history, as well as get some psychotherapy...
/ February 11, 2010

Mandela’s freedom has been a dream, South Africa remains a nightmare

OPINION - One could argue that Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago was similar to the Obama effect...
/ February 11, 2010