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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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Ohio sex offender shows high price of prisons ignoring rehabilitation
9:00 AM on 11/03/2009
OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof that our criminal justice system is broken...
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Southern states 'opted-out' of civil rights too
8:30 AM on 10/29/2009
OPINION - The Republicans have been reduced to their hyper-conservative core, which is united in a hatred of government...
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Morehouse dress code is more about homophobia than decorum
8:42 AM on 10/19/2009
OPINION - Morehouse College, that legendary institution of higher learning in Atlanta, recently enacted a new dress code for its all-male student body...
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Hypocrisy reigns for critics of the first non-black Miss Hampton U
9:00 AM on 10/14/2009
OPINION - The crowning of Nikole Churchill as the first non-black Miss Hampton University has caused a ruckus at the historically-black institution...
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- Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
- Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
- Doctor pleads not guilty in Michael Jackson death case
- Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty to criminal mischief charge
- First lady fights child obesity: 'That's the legacy I want'
- Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
- Obama's decline reflects the perils of democracy
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Can fried chicken just be fried chicken?
- New jobs numbers, but same old story for black workers
- 'Soul Train' 40 years later: Appealing to Americans on both sides of the track
- Haitian children need a future, not a one way ticket out
- Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is 'Precious'
- Lawyer: Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender Friday
- Soul music legend Bill Withers shines in new documentary
- Diversity reigns in Oscar-nominated directors
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Jackson family wants harsher charge against doctor
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- Obama to GOP: Let's talk about health care - live
- Move over Ray Nagin, New Orleans has new mayor
- NY Gov. meets with fellow Dems amid scandal rumors
- Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
- Justice Thomas: Some questioning of Supreme Court 'irresponsible'
- 'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty
- Obama musical set to open in Germany
- Five things you didn't know about Kwanzaa (but should)
- Kool & the Gang gives rare concert in Havana
- Africans find unlikely education at Ukraine universities
- 'Fela' brings Nigeria to Broadway
- Denver boy, 9, died after state-benefits error denied him asthma medication
- Among black girls, challenges of fighting obesity go beyond diet
- Obese African-Americans at higher risk of stroke
- Cancer victim sheds light on bone marrow donor crisis
- Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks
- KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints
- Questlove explains what 'Soul Train' means for black Americans
- Tea Party movement lacks diversity, but unified in anti-government fervor
- DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape
- Texas couple sells everything they own to help Haiti
- Cook defends fried chicken choice for Black History Month menu
- US Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- Mary J. Blige's 'Stronger With Each Tear' is a gem
- The 10 most important black films of the decade
- Alicia Keys' new album proves to be under par
- Happy reading! TheGrio's holiday book wish list
- Invictus: South African story has relevance for America
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