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Race was never a factor in track star's gender query
6:20 PM on 09/10/2009
OPINION - Recent reports by the Daily Mail of London and the Sydney Morning Herald of Australia state that the test has revealed that Semenya "is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries." Some have argued that Semenya was the target of the investigation because she is black...
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It's clutch time and Obama needs to be like Mike
9:24 AM on 09/09/2009
OPINION - As President Obama prepares to put on a full-court press for health care reform in a speech to Congress tonight, he needs only to look back at one performance from "His Airness" to gain inspiration.
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Teddy was a lion for civil rights
8:30 AM on 08/26/2009
OPINION - In a multitude of areas including housing, income, and civil rights for African-Americans and all minorities, Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts has been on the front lines.
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Cocktail of unethical behavior and incompetence killed MJ
8:15 AM on 08/25/2009
OPINION - It was Dr. Conrad Murray's cocktail of unethical behavior and extreme incompetence which ultimately killed the most well known entertainer in history...
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Felix the Cat flap signals era of racial paranoia
8:30 AM on 08/20/2009
In an article for the Financial Times, Ferguson compared President Barack Obama to Felix the Cat, stating that Obama, like the cat, is "black and lucky."
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- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well
- Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
- Prison shouldn't be a publicity stunt for Lil Wayne
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
- NCAA graduation rates between blacks and whites widening
- LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple
- Man convicted in slaying of NFL cornerback
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- 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
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Too many Tigers, not enough Trojans
- How black women can combat genital herpes crisis
- New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight
- Alzheimer's cases rising among blacks, Hispanics
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Minority firms get less stimulus money
- Ugandan children capture their own stories with Project Focus
- Parents abondon 3-year-old at his birthday party
- Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care
- Obama portrait removal is a prank to some, prejudice to others
- Obama promises bright future for children left behind
- A look at Democrats' health care overhaul
- '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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