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Can Ebony survive? 5 questions for black media in the digital age
8:50 AM on 09/28/2009
OPINION - Ebony Magazine had become the Black Pope of American media: Well respected, but not taken seriously. The cold, hard truth is that when people open a copy of...
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A whole bunch of G-20 racket, but is anybody listening?
6:46 AM on 09/25/2009
OPINION - No one is going to respond to protesters if they don't know what in the heck these groups are protesting about. The president is right on the money with this one...
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Race is Obama's Catch-22
5:47 AM on 09/22/2009
OPINION - If you think anti-Obama outbursts have nothing to do with Obama being black, you need to open a history book...
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U of Michigan's "optional" practices highlight need for reform
10:00 AM on 09/18/2009
OPINION -- The University of Michigan football team has a storied tradition when it comes to winning. The program is equally storied when it comes to making money by putting athletes...
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Stop hating on black female athletes
7:44 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - We need to stop putting black women in a box. They don't all belong in the socially dirty box, and they don't belong in the pure, sweet and innocent box.
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- Black Caucus wants more from Obama
- NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe
- Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity
- NJ man accused of raping, beating five daughters
- Ex-wife of Mandela creates firestorm by publicly criticizing icon
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- How black women can combat genital herpes crisis
- Torii Hunter is right about blacks in baseball
- Why some people want to make a monkey out of Michelle
- How Obama and Preval can reset US-Haiti relations
- Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
- DMX back in jail for alleged probation violation
- McNabb, T.O. teaming up again - for TV show
- D'Angelo accused of soliciting sex in NYC
- Oscars' 'Kanye moment' shouldn't overshadow history
- Lil Wayne gets year behind bars on gun rap
- Mo'Nique's win is one of Oscar night's 'Precious' moments
- Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
- Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in years
- Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that 'dire' crisis isn't over
- Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison
- Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
- Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress
- Muhammad Ali visits Giants clubhouse
- LA Angels' Hunter calls black Latino players 'imposters'
- Disgraced ex-sprinter Marion Jones finds new life in WNBA
- Vick met by protests while receiving Courage Award
- Allen Iverson going through 'tough times'
- An NFL without a salary cap could make fans the biggest losers
- 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
- Slideshow: Vancouver's Commercial Drive captures city's diversity
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight
- Alzheimer's cases rising among blacks, Hispanics
- 10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist
- 'Fired up' Obama pitches health care reform to public
- White man posing as black doctor, makes house calls
- CDC enlists celebs to launch social media fight against HIV/AIDS
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Minority firms get less stimulus money
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Fewer Americans fall behind on home loans, end of foreclosure crisis possible
- Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
- Cash strapped Kansas City to close nearly half of its schools
- Chicago woman maintains massive black history archive
- Pit bull home invasion results in death of dog
- Obama enters home stretch on health care reform
- NYC b-boys hope to be discovered dancing on subways
- Obama supporters rally for health care reform votes
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- 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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