Opinion

We’ve learned enough from Obama’s “teachable moment”

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Sotomayor may pass ultimate one-size-fits-all test

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The secret to Drake’s success

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Is racism fueling the ‘birther movement’?

This photo provided by the Honolulu Advertiser shows Obama’s birth announcement, center, in the Aug. 13, 1961 edition of the
/ July 27, 2009

10 things you must know when stopped by police

In my post last Friday, I asserted that Professor Gates could have done a better job in handling the incident,
/ July 27, 2009

Having an overweight surgeon general has its upside

(AP Photo/The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bill Starling) Ever since President Obama nominated Alabama physician Regina Benjamin
/ July 27, 2009

Debating race is a true American pastime

Where's Rodney King when you need him? Ever since Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested last week for disorderly conduct…
/ July 26, 2009

How to attract black Republicans: 7 tips for Michael Steele

Since his election as the Republican National Committee’s first black chairman, one of Michael Steele’s goals has been to diversify
/ July 26, 2009

E. Lynn Harris broke barriers for black writers, gays

News that best-selling author E. Lynn Harris had died at the age of 54 shocked his fans and friends. On
/ July 26, 2009

Afro Punk expands narrow vision of black authenticity

On a sunny day at the corner of Lafayette and Flatbush, thrashing punk rock is heard flowing out of the
/ July 25, 2009

GOP may make “stupidly” remark Obama’s Willie Horton moment

Police Commissioner Robert Haas speaks to reporters at Cambridge, Mass., Police headquarters,Thursday (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) I winced when I heard
/ July 24, 2009

A psychologist’s take: Gates case is all too typical

As we all know by now, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard’s prominent scholar of African American History, was arrested
/ July 24, 2009

Raising the minimum wage helps, doesn’t hurt

I am a curious professor, a compassionate capitalist and the owner of a small business. All of these hats create
/ July 24, 2009

‘Negro’ to ‘African-American’: What are we?

Since the arrival of Africans in what would become the United States, the issue of naming has been central to
/ July 24, 2009

Boston’s racial problems persist

The recent arrest of the esteemed black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Cambridge home has put the Greater
/ July 23, 2009