Opinion

Limbaugh’s bid facing a strong ‘Rush’ defense

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Public education needs to embrace the Information Age

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Black working class gays left out of national gay rights agenda

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Hip Hop Doc dispenses advice on swine flu

OPINION - Despite the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's consistent efforts to educate the community on the importance of…
/ October 12, 2009

Leave the government out of religion

OPINION - The first amendment should be the foundation for our growth as a religiously diverse nation. Just as we…
/ October 12, 2009

Obama does not deserve his Nobel Peace Prize

OPINION - The matter of international or domestic peace is the result of a body of work - not something…
/ October 9, 2009

Do black congressmen still represent black interests?

OPINION -- All eyes are on Rep. Charlie Rangel again this week as finger-pointing Republicans continue to pursue punishing him…
/ October 9, 2009

The roots of ‘good hair’ are about survival, not beauty

OPINION - The term "good hair" harks back to antebellum America, when slaves knew that the less African they appeared,…
/ October 9, 2009

Michelle Obama had black and white ancestors, just like most of us

OPINION - The news that First Lady Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother was a slave and that her great-great-great grandfather was a…
/ October 8, 2009

To resuscitate health care reform, Democrats must act stat.

OPINION - The Democrats have allowed the opposition to control the health care debate and are more concerned about saving…
/ October 8, 2009

Damned if you ‘do’ and damned if you don’t ‘do’ your hair

OPINION - Long and fake, short and natural and everything in between, black women's hair never seems to make the…
/ October 8, 2009

Car insurance could provide a roadmap for health care reform

OPINION - One health care reform argument is that a government requirement for individuals to have health care coverage is…
/ October 8, 2009

To stop the growth of violence, understand its roots

OPINION - Without a clear awareness of acts of violence in the past, we discount our ability to eradicate a…
/ October 7, 2009

Why we need to start snitching

OPINION - The "stop snitching" movement is a social construct enforced through various fears including fear of retribution...
/ October 7, 2009

Blacks will fall in line with Obama on Afghanistan

OPINION - African-Americans will stick with Obama through the war. They will stick with him through health care. They will…
/ October 7, 2009