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Abortion as population control?

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Changing Southern culture for healthier living

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Questions of racism also framed past hearings

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Sotomayor hearings an exercise in divisive politics

Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., questions Sotomayor at hearing
/ July 15, 2009

Our kids aren’t bad – they may be depressed

Late one Tuesday night last year, I received an email from a former colleague and friend who recently moved to
/ July 15, 2009

Philanthropic organizations need more diversity

One of the most surprising and unknown facts about Michael Jackson’s life was that he was a formidable philanthropist. In
/ July 15, 2009

Where is the NAACP going?

At 36 years-old Benjamin Todd Jealous is the youngest person to ever lead the NAACP. As he presented his opening…
/ July 14, 2009

Will economic recovery reach black neighborhoods?

Some Americans have begun telling pollsters they’re beginning to wonder when the recovery will start. African Americans are wondering if
/ July 14, 2009

Give green jobs to ex-cons

Green jobs are all the rage these days. In February, President Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment
/ July 14, 2009

Lessons from Sonia and Barack

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Partisan politics aside, Judge Sonia Sotomayor and President Barack Obama present themselves to the world as middle-aged
/ July 13, 2009

Baseball needs more black stars

There’s good news and bad news to report to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig from my family gathering this
/ July 13, 2009

Sotomayor’s effect on race debate

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) With Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings beginning on July 13, the political peanut gallery
/ July 13, 2009

Stories of the grave and pool reflect the past

The recent discovery of Emmett Till’s original casket in a rusting shed, yards away from where he was laid to
/ July 10, 2009

The Obamas in Africa: the people’s perspective

President Obama’s visit to Africa is the first time the first African American President steps on the continent. From African
/ July 10, 2009

The rift between African Americans and Africans

Since living in America I’ve discovered a deep-rooted, and often unspoken, prejudice against Africans within the African American community. Some
/ July 10, 2009