Opinion

Why Wall Street loves health care “non-reform”

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Government needs to get the heck out of health care

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Obama’s push for healthcare reform on fast track

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Obama should come out swinging for boxing legend

He was widely traveled, but cited his time in Chicago as crucial to his later success. He entered into contests
/ July 31, 2009

Drunk on beer summit, Urban League forgets real problems

If you want to know the condition of African Americans these days, get in a tangle with a police officer.…
/ July 31, 2009

Rants against Obama reveal the real racists

It’s been just over six months since the first African American president assumed the reigns of leader of the free
/ July 31, 2009

Obama flunks his “teachable moment”

We all want a president who takes the time to hear about and understand the everyday struggles we face. But
/ July 31, 2009

Police and press fell short in Gates’ arrest

It is difficult to wrap ourselves around Gates’ arrest because there is nil to no consensus about the facts. The
/ July 31, 2009

Beer summit looks great, needs more filling

Today, the president and vice president sat down with Henry Louis Gates and Sergeant Crowley over a beer, to talk,
/ July 30, 2009

One ‘dialogue’ in a long conversation about race

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -The most intriguing moment in the confrontation between Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley was
/ July 30, 2009

Limbaugh, Beck, and Dobbs play in dangerous race game

Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Even if President Obama never publicly utters these words, I have to think
/ July 30, 2009

When it comes to race, we could all use a drink

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., drinks beer at Raleigh Times bar in Raleigh, N.C.,Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP
/ July 30, 2009

Vick and Forrest reflect different sides of black athletes

(AP Photo/John Froschauer, File) by Roland Laird Where African American athletes are concerned, Michael Vick and Vernon Forrest represent two
/ July 30, 2009

Young black voters came out for Obama, but may not return

During last year’s presidential campaign, the second-most talked about aspect of Barack Obama’s historic candidacy was the fervor with which
/ July 29, 2009

Brewski diplomacy won’t wash down racism

Unemployment among African Americans, which some may partly attribute to racism, is now at Depression-era levels. Racial profiling and police
/ July 28, 2009