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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why did Victoria's Secret brand black models 'wild things'?

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Night Catches Us' tries to shed light on Panther era politics

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is segregation under another name

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

It's time for LeBron to turn the page

OPINION – If he doesn’t lead them to multiple world championships he will be viewed, fairly or not, as having failed to live up to his billing…
/ December 3, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Building a Grad Nation' report reveals what's at stake in our schools

OPINION – According to the study, the African American high school students have a 62 percent graduation rate, behind every other racial group in the country…
/ December 3, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Do double standards exist for assertive black women?

OPINION – Women of color with feminist spirits are leaders in these arenas, and traits of independence and control are detested and perceived as over empowering and b**chy…
/ December 3, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why celebrate secession? Civil War revisionists sidestep slavery

OPINION – What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of slavery, if not its total elimination from the equation…
/ December 3, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Genre-bending artists fall at the mercy of Grammy voters

OPINION – The Recording Academy took another step away from its, sometimes awkward, history with black music…
/ December 2, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Racist imagery still sells on international market

OPINION – All of us have a responsibility to remind emerging nations that becoming a world power does not authorize a degradation of African-Americans…
/ December 2, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why GOP gamble on taxes could leave us all broke

OPINION – Facing the holidays without a job is bad enough; but to face them without any income can be devastating…
/ December 2, 2010