contributors - Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.
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Remember others at "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
9:16 AM on 12/25/2009
OPINION - One of the favorite songs of this holiday season is "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." But this may not be the most wonderful time for everyone...
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Finding spiritual uplift in an economic downturn
7:00 AM on 11/25/2009
OPINION - A connection with an authentic faith experience can help people survive and even defeat the most difficult circumstances.
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Keep your politicians out of my church
9:00 AM on 10/23/2009
OPINION - It is interesting that so many politicians absent themselves from churches throughout the year and then appear in church a few weeks before an election.
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Churches could fill the gap in black education
6:00 AM on 10/16/2009
OPINION - Perhaps our churches can take a page out of the churches that used their facilities as schools for freed slaves.
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Leave the government out of religion
6:40 AM on 10/12/2009
OPINION - The first amendment should be the foundation for our growth as a religiously diverse nation. Just as we have been able to overcome much of our racial narrow-mindedness...
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Our kids are a bigger threat to themselves than KKK ever was
10:52 AM on 10/02/2009
OPINION - Chicago, once a haven for black culture and economic progress, has become more dangerous for black youth than Mississippi was for their forebears...
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Racism's roots in the Bible
8:11 AM on 09/23/2009
OPINION - Everyone in power had been raised in a religious environment that taught that blacks were the descendants of Ham who was cursed by his father.
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Churches give people more than just faith
10:00 AM on 09/18/2009
There are still many people who believe that churches should do more than help people prepare for life after death.
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National Baptist Convention, heavy on preaching but light on issues
8:57 AM on 09/10/2009
OPINION - It is almost unbelievable that a meeting of black people that large could go unnoticed by the general public. Especially a meeting of black church leaders whose members...
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Youth finding God outside of church
8:00 AM on 09/02/2009
OPINION -- It is very difficult listening to someone who is still a teenager talk about how dangerous they used to be and how much they have changed. It makes you wonder...
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What would Jesus say about health care reform?
9:00 AM on 08/27/2009
OPINION - A member of Congress requested use of our church to have a town hall meeting on health care reform. Given the boisterous nature of some of these...
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"The" black church does not exist
8:02 AM on 08/19/2009
OPINION -- The genius of the black experience is that our forebears were able to use the very tool that was the primary means of oppression...
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- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Michael Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Indonesia remembers young Barack Obama
- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- Prison shouldn't be a publicity stunt for Lil Wayne
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
- 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
- Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care
- Obama portrait removal is a prank to some, prejudice to others
- ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal
- Obama promises bright future for children left behind
- A look at Democrats' health care overhaul
- Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan
- 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
- 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
- 10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- 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
- '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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