contributors - David A. Love
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Slideshow: Friends or foes? Where black leaders stand with Obama
6:50 PM on 03/09/2010
Who among these influential African-Americans support the president or challenge him the most?...
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Will Dems heed Obama's eleventh hour call for health care reform?
9:10 AM on 03/04/2010
OPINION - Obama has come closer than any president to passing comprehensive health care reform, yet he has much more work to do...
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Obama's last stand on health care reform
8:41 AM on 02/25/2010
OPINION - For the first time in a while, Obama is taking the lead and seizing the reins in the health care debate...
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New census prisoner policy could benefit American cities
8:46 AM on 02/18/2010
OPINION - America's prison population could play an important role in the country's redistricting battles, and help reshape America's electoral map...
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Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
8:27 AM on 02/09/2010
OPINION - Although they are correct, their reasoning is completely wrong...
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The new Obama is the old Obama
9:00 PM on 01/30/2010
OPINION - The president's oratorical performances this past week provided us with a refreshing glimpse of the new Barack Obama -- and the old one as well...
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How Obama and the Dems can make a comeback
7:42 AM on 01/22/2010
OPINION - The future still looks bright for the Democrats, provided they take a number of important steps...
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Limbaugh and Robertson use Haitian earthquake to spread racism
10:35 AM on 01/14/2010
OPINION - Unfortunately, racial hatred, disrespect and disregard for Haiti is not a new phenomenon...
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Is Negro the new black?
8:00 AM on 01/13/2010
OPINION - It looks like the word "Negro" is back in style these days, for better or for worse. And it appears that white Americans are most eager to blow off the dust and put the term to use.
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California chooses education over prisons
8:30 AM on 01/12/2010
OPINION - California has the right idea when it comes to ending its prison boom and investing more in its future. But other states should follow suit as well...
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Five New Year's resolutions for President Obama
9:45 AM on 12/30/2009
OPINION - With the first year of the Obama presidency now at a close, the White House should reflect on its successes and failures over the past year, and gear up for 2010.
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School should be a place for learning, not a battleground
8:12 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the issue was school desegregation. Today, the issue is school safety and the threat of student violence.
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Four ways Tiger trapped himself
8:08 AM on 12/11/2009
OPINION - Tiger Woods is by no means the first athlete to sleep around with women, and he certainly won't be the last. How is it that Woods managed to get caught so red-handed, while others in the same situation do not?
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New jobless numbers offer little cause for celebration
9:20 AM on 12/07/2009
OPINION - The Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights organizations have begun to challenge the President for not doing more to help the black community. He must not take African...
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Focus should be on Tiger's public failures
9:00 AM on 12/03/2009
OPINION - Rather than paying attention to aspects of Tiger Woods' life that should remain purely personal matters, people should instead focus on his failings as a public figure.
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Love's lessons from loss
8:23 AM on 11/29/2009
OPINION - People say that there is no greater loss than the death of one's child. I had no idea that I would experience that pain firsthand...
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Should push for mandatory paternity tests be abandoned?
8:00 AM on 11/20/2009
OPINION - Creative solutions are required for the serious crisis of absent fathers. The issue of mandatory paternity testing helps to shine a light on the problem, but it will take more than a DNA result to make better fathers.
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For blacks, spanking has ties to slavery
11:32 AM on 11/18/2009
OPINION - Beatings are still prevalent as a child-rearing tool in the African-American community, a practice which hearkens back to the days of slavery...
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Lou Dobbs has finally been deported from CNN
1:27 PM on 11/12/2009
OPINION -- Lou Dobbs recently announced that he is resigning from CNN, and not a moment too soon. On November 11, the incendiary news anchor...
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Sammy Sosa's new skin reflects an ugly mentality
9:15 AM on 11/09/2009
OPINION - Many have been shocked to see recent photos of retired major league baseball player Sammy Sosa wearing green contact lenses, and having a skin tone...
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- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
- Slideshow: 15 films that hurt black America
- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- TheGrio Reflects: The genius of Ray Charles
- TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
- TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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