contributors - Dr. Boyce Watkins
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Where is the outrage and action for Heather Ellis?
8:04 AM on 11/16/2009
OPINION - In the lead up to the rally for Heather Ellis today in Kennett, Missouri, I've heard shocking stories about legal dealings behind the scenes...
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Cleveland murders are a product of our own values
8:30 AM on 11/09/2009
OPINION - The Anthony Sowell case is one that requires us to stop and reassess our values. Why are some people considered to be less worthy of police protection than others?
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Ownership is key to unlocking true freedom
8:51 AM on 11/01/2009
OPINION - Financial freedom is one of the keys to psychological, spiritual and political freedom - they are all inextricably linked...
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Why we will march for Heather Ellis
8:54 AM on 10/26/2009
OPINION - The greater concern is that Heather's dilemma is not the root of the problem - it is merely a symptom...
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Megan Williams' story is simply unbelievable
3:23 PM on 10/21/2009
OPINION -- The reality is that this case is about as weird as they come, and the rest of us should simply sit back and wait for the truth...
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Heather Ellis' story tells us why the justice system is broken
8:00 AM on 10/20/2009
OPINION - Heather Ellis' case is only a symptom of a larger, equally problematic issue.
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What you can learn from Dr. King's family squabble
9:30 AM on 10/13/2009
OPINION - There are lessons from the King Family lawsuit we can learn as parents when leaving wealth to our children.
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Blacks will fall in line with Obama on Afghanistan
9:50 AM on 10/07/2009
OPINION - African-Americans will stick with Obama through the war. They will stick with him through health care. They will stick with him through hell, high water or the return...
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Why Nike will just do it and sign Michael Vick
8:30 AM on 10/05/2009
OPINION - The truth is that I don't believe a single word of the Nike dismissal. They know that Vick is not washed up, and that some of his best years...
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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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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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The return of the prodigal quarterback
6:40 AM on 08/14/2009
OPINION -- I was as shocked as the rest of America to hear that Michael Vick has been signed by the Philadelphia Eagles. Although I've always supported Vick's human right to fairness...
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- 11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging
- Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
- DMX sentenced to six months in Phoenix jail
- 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
- Maryland trying to secede from the South
- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- 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
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- 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?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- '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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