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Why Herman Cain has no choice but to go home
2:31 PM on 11/29/2011
OPINION - The alleged infidelity is between you, your wife and your God. It's time for you to go home and deal with them both...
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'Uppity' slur still haunts African-Americans
11:33 AM on 11/23/2011
OPINION - In 1933, the word 'uppity' meant nothing short of a death sentence for African-Americans living in the South, and my grandfather had been publicly marked for death...
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Anita Hill shares her vision of economic inequality
12:02 PM on 10/19/2011
OPINION - Today's public discourse is a sad stage of affairs, inhabited by a bevy of bad actors who have never known a day without bread -- in their mouths or their pockets...
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How Steve Jobs helped empower black America
8:48 AM on 10/06/2011
OPINION - By the time I went to work in Silicon Valley over a decade ago, before a single iPod had been made, his name was legend...
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Cain can't have it both ways on n-word controversy
4:13 PM on 10/03/2011
OPINION - It was Cain -- a man who has likely never been to or been welcome at "Ni**erhead" -- who was on the defensive today...
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Why the death of Troy Davis can't be in vain
6:00 AM on 10/03/2011
OPINION - For 20 years Troy Davis said they had the wrong man...
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Why Republicans just can't quit the Donald
8:06 AM on 09/28/2011
OPINION - With the current GOP field in disarray, all of them scratching for positive media attention, Trump ring-kissing appears to be en vogue...
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Television leaves healthy black marriages out of the picture
12:00 PM on 09/19/2011
OPINION - Generally speaking, aside from 'The Cosby Show', black people have a difficult time pointing to widely distributed, positive reflections of black life
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Troy Davis: A death row case of too much doubt
8:23 AM on 09/16/2011
OPINION - Not unlike many people facing the ultimate sentence, Troy Davis has always maintained his innocence. But, this time there's reason to believe him...
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How we can still change the math in Washington
8:06 AM on 09/12/2011
OPINION - If we are honest with ourselves, really honest, then we will stop chucking blame over the White House fence or even at a do-nothing Congress and take some for ourselves...
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For better or worse, Jay Z and Beyoncé's marriage, baby choices a model
8:42 PM on 08/29/2011
OPINION - In an age when 'Housewives' aren't really housewives. and celebrity can be bought with one-night stand with the latest, greatest basketball star, it's becoming harder to find prominent role models who value traditional marriage...
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Why the Black Caucus is becoming relevant again
1:45 PM on 08/22/2011
OPINION - If President Obama cannot afford open displays of anger, let Maxine Waters do the job. If the Tea Party can fight, so can we...
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Obama 'ain't perfect, but he's ours'
8:03 AM on 08/18/2011
OPINION - How can we hold this president accountable on issues specific to African-Americans and others who are disproportionately impacted by the faltering economy?...
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Glenn Beck's twisted racial fantasies
1:31 PM on 08/12/2011
OPINION - When in the history of this great republic has a man been able to set so many political fires and escape without getting burned?...
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Obama's not 'your boy' he's our president
8:36 AM on 08/03/2011
OPINION - If we didn't hear him right the first time, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan said it again...
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#BeforeBlackPresidents: Hashtag highlights debt ceiling double standard
2:01 PM on 07/25/2011
OPINION - The truth is today's Republican party is controlled by a fringe group of players who are after one thing: Making sure the first black president is the last...
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Do the rules of decency not apply with Obama?
3:26 PM on 06/30/2011
OPINION - When did it become okay to call the president of these United States an expletive on national television?...
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GOP to African-Americans: If we can't get your vote, no one can
11:55 AM on 06/24/2011
OPINION - If there is one time-honored tactic GOP politicians have mastered, it's voter suppression...
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US soldiers will return to new battlefield at home
9:25 AM on 06/22/2011
OPINION - So maybe we don't throw a parade. But maybe we find meaningful solutions to provide more educational and job training opportunities...
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Celebrating Father's Day without a dad
7:16 AM on 06/18/2011
OPINION - For me, Sunday will mark the 37th Father's Day that I have not had my father...
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Valentine's Day: Has technology made love letters obsolete?
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Black hair salons pamper women for Valentine's
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CBC Chair Emanuel Cleaver denies he called Obama budget 'nervous breakdown on paper'
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Rapper Too Short, in XXL column, gives boys advice to 'turn girls out'
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Valentine's Day: theGrio's favorite black romantic movies (SLIDESHOW)
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Whitney Houston and Brick City breakout artists: Music stars who call Newark home (SLIDESHOW)
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Presidential PDA: Barack and Michelle Obama's most romantic moments (SLIDESHOW)
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Slideshow: theGrio's best break-up songs of all time
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Grammy Awards 2012: Best and worst red carpet fashion
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New York magazine published picture of Obama evolving from ape to human
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Jeremy Lin's race matters and that's a good thing
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Are Democrats too eager to abandon President Obama?
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Nicki Minaj Grammys backlash: Has the rapper put her career at risk?
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Interracial relationships in the post-'Loving v. Virginia' age
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