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Newsweek's 'first gay president' Obama cover: Daring or desperate?
8:51 AM on 05/15/2012
OPINION - To be fair, Andrew Sullivan has the best intentions. But it seems curious that he thinks he can intuitively understand Obama's journey and experience of being 'black' in America...
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Obama gay marriage stance puts new pressure on Romney
3:25 PM on 05/10/2012
OPINION - The crucial issue for Romney is gaining acceptability among social conservatives, as he needs them to rally behind him in his bid to steal the White House...
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Can the GOP successfully 'swift boat' Barack Obama this fall?
2:45 PM on 05/08/2012
OPINION - Seeking to subvert President Obama's foreign policy success record is both incredibly irresponsible and unpatriotic...
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Will gay marriage cost Obama black votes in North Carolina?
8:44 AM on 04/25/2012
OPINION - When it comes to blacks and gays, the GOP strategy is to divide and conquer...
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Will Trayvon Martin make Obama take a tougher stand on gun control?
11:56 AM on 04/16/2012
OPINION - Perhaps the Trayvon Martin tragedy, and the president's acknowledgement that the slain teen could well have been his own son, will inspire Obama to stand his ground against the American gun lobby...
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Trayvon Martin case brings similar stories out of the woodwork
5:45 PM on 04/09/2012
OPINION - Not every case of white-on-black violence involving young black males is equivalent to the Trayvon Martin incident...
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Trayvon Martin case: Zimmerman's father tries to politicize a police matter
9:36 AM on 03/30/2012
OPINION - Zimmerman's father has chosen to spin a tale he knows will garner dog whistle support from far-right conservatives, prone to be both anti-black, anti-Obama and indifferent to the death of any young black male...
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Obama speaks for black fathers: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'
6:00 PM on 03/23/2012
OPINION - Though measured, the subtext of Obama's statement was easily understood, especially for an African-American community eager to hear him address the matter...
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Derrick Bell: Right wing propaganda smears late Harvard professor
8:26 AM on 03/14/2012
OPINION - Derrick Bell and fellow law professors in the 70s and 80s understood that though blacks had technically gained equality before the law, whites continued to experience disproportionate power, wealth and opportunity...
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Small donors still the backbone of Barack Obama's election hopes
12:02 PM on 03/09/2012
OPINION - President Obama's campaign had raised roughly $105 million, 80 percent of which was made up of small donations under $200 each..
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Mormon church's racial history continues to haunt Romney
2:00 PM on 03/01/2012
OPINION - There is one subject Romney has consistently avoided -- for good reason -- and that is the sordid history of racial insensitivity in the Mormon Church...
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Obama and gay marriage: 'Evolving' is no longer an option
8:30 AM on 02/09/2012
OPINION - By saying that his position on same-sex marriage is 'evolving,' Obama expects to please both sides...
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Romney's 'not concerned' about America's poor, but they should be concerned about him
8:36 AM on 02/02/2012
OPINION - Mitt Romney, who has built his entire campaign on the premise that he's a businessman who knows how to improve the economy, clearly needs a lesson in mathematics and statistical analysis....
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Mitt Romney goes to war for white working class vote
2:29 PM on 01/10/2012
OPINION - The 2012 swing constituency of the moment are white working-class voters and Mitt Romney knows it...
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Barack Obama executive appointments point to new doctrine: 'I'll do it my way'
9:36 AM on 01/05/2012
OPINION - President Barack Obama's newfound defiance may be in part a response to Democratic supporters calling for him to have more 'fight'...
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Barack Obama's 10 biggest challenges in 2012
12:00 AM on 01/01/2012
OPINION - Now that 2011 has faded to black, let's explore some of the major issues President Barack Obama will face in the coming year...
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Ron Paul's 'redneck' outreach is race-baiting for profit
8:08 AM on 12/27/2011
OPINION - Paul has pocketed at least a million dollars from newsletters that promoted racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic propaganda throughout the 1980's and 90's...
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Is the NBA ready for an openly gay player? Mark Cuban thinks so
11:41 AM on 12/20/2011
OPINION - Is the NBA ready for an openly gay player? Mark Cuban seems to think so...
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Southern support may turn tide for Obama in 2012
10:12 AM on 12/12/2011
OPINION - According to the latest NBC/Marist poll President Obama now leads both GOP candidates in South Carolina...
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BET's 'Curious' Cain doc confirms candidate is all style, no substance
9:37 AM on 12/09/2011
OPINION - BET News correspondent Emmett Miller, who followed the campaign during its glory days, gave Cain the opportunity to answer questions without judgment...
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Jay-Z joins list of black celebrities who back Obama's gay marriage stance
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First lady Michelle Obama has plan to get kids involved in sports
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Angela Corey lashes out at critics of Marissa Alexander prosecution
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Trayvon Martin case: Witness list released in George Zimmerman trial
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Michael Jackson costumes to be exhibited, sold
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Serena Williams Vogue: Tennis star covers Vogue's June Olympics-themed issue
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Slideshow: 10 things the Bible bans that most people ignore
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Michelle Obama honors military mothers, wives
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Black America captured in photographs of 1970s 'Harlem, U.S.A' (SLIDESHOW)
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What were they thinking? Fashion misses at the Met Costume Institute Gala
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Newsweek's 'first gay president' Obama cover: Daring or desperate?
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Black Christians are having sex, the church must learn to deal with it
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What should black Christians do when social issues and faith collide?
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'50 Shades of Grey' craze: Hot novel explores dominance and submission in modern relationships
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Black pastor makes the case for gay marriage: 'With liberty and justice for all'
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