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Rangel's loss could be Harlem voters' gain
12:02 PM on 03/08/2010
OPINION - Harlem's voters have something they haven't had the benefit of in quite some time: viable options for his potential replacement...
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Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
9:03 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - Rep. Rangel would do the public - and his party - a favor by opting to go gently into the good night...
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Leaders leave real black issues out in the cold at White House
6:16 PM on 02/10/2010
OPINION - Black leaders still insist the president's travails are born of process and not of substance...
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Limbaugh's remarks on Haiti are callous and unnecessary
9:12 AM on 01/19/2010
OPINION - Limbaugh's remarks are certainly not reflective of the broader sentiment amongst conservatives, many of which have been spurred into action by the crisis in Haiti alongside other American citizens....
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Democrats benefit from double standard with racial remarks
8:12 AM on 01/11/2010
OPINION - The Reid affair is somewhat reminiscent of the firestorm that engulfed former Republican Senator Trent Lott in 2002, which ultimately led to him stepping down...
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Gov. Paterson succeeds as unlikely critic of Obama
8:38 AM on 12/29/2009
OPINION - David Paterson, New York's first African-American governor has found his voice as an unlikely critic of the nation's first African-American president...
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Bankers' bonuses benefit Main Street
7:11 AM on 12/18/2009
OPINION - Amid all the sound and fury generated by banking bonuses, left unspoken are the external benefits that those amounts provide to large states.
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Obama starting to feel the heat from blacks on jobs
3:00 PM on 12/08/2009
OPINION - To his credit, President Obama rightfully emphasizes his responsibility to stimulate job creation for all Americans as opposed to just the African-American...
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Jesse Jackson's race-baiting is doing the president no favor
8:40 AM on 11/20/2009
OPINION - Recent remarks made by Rev. Jesse Jackson not only have a chilling effect on public discourse, they also undermine the concept...
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Muslims should be more vocal in denouncing extremism
11:00 AM on 11/10/2009
OPINION - As a society, we are rapidly approaching a tipping point that will determine whether Muslims and non-Muslims can peacefully coexist.
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A year later, Obama finds it's more difficult to lead than campaign
9:05 AM on 11/02/2009
OPINION - The excitement of President Obama's heady campaign has now given way to the practical and difficult challenges of governance. It remains to be seen whether the president is completely up to the challenge.
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Europe lags behind US in racial progress
9:00 AM on 10/21/2009
OPINION - For years, the notion that Western Europe is inherently more tolerant and harmonious than the United States has gained currency among cultural and intellectual elites...
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Health care reform could strangle the economy
8:05 AM on 10/14/2009
OPINION - Health care and the economy are far more intertwined than some might care to acknowledge.
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Olympics bid squanders Obama's political capital
8:19 AM on 10/06/2009
OPINION - President Obama's dramatic intercession in Copenhagen and the awarding of the games to Rio de Janeiro has raised questions of whether the effort was an efficient use of taxpayer dollars and presidential prestige...
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Obama's self-interest behind rejection of Paterson
8:25 AM on 09/28/2009
OPINION - Political observers have been treated to the recent rollicking spectacle of a sitting president defenestrating an incumbent governor...
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Anti-Obama protesters' concerns aren't racist, they're real
9:25 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - Democrats, including President Obama, have sought to cast the growing resistance to a government-run plan as the product of conservative fever swamps...
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Democrats' "Win one for Teddy" strategy shows desperation
8:36 AM on 09/01/2009
OPINION -- No amount of moralizing, or appropriating the memory of a fallen liberal icon, can obscure the stubborn fact that a government-run plan is too expensive to countenance.
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- How Obama and Preval can reset US-Haiti relations
- Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
- New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight
- NYC b-boys hope to be discovered dancing on subways
- Slideshow: Friends or foes? Where black leaders stand with Obama
- Oscars' 'Kanye moment' shouldn't overshadow history
- Rangel's loss could be Harlem voters' gain
- Mo'Nique's win is one of Oscar night's 'Precious' moments
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- This year's Oscar nominees are rich with racial themes
- Paterson should 'put the people first' and resign
- The twilight of Harlem's 'Gang of Four'
- Barbershop Buzz: Should Paterson resign?
- Will Dems heed Obama's eleventh hour call for health care reform?
- Obama's health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice
- Rhode Island teacher firing exposes sorry state of our schools
- Why African-Americans have given President Obama a pass
- An NFL without a salary cap could make fans the biggest losers
- Barbershop Buzz on sex addiction: Is it a myth or malady?
- Tiger's been tamed, now leave him alone
- Why we should accept Tiger's apology
- Five things Tiger Woods should say at mea culpa media event
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Slideshow: Vancouver's Commercial Drive captures city's diversity
- Five things you didn't know about Kwanzaa (but should)
- Africans find unlikely education at Ukraine universities
- 'Fela' brings Nigeria to Broadway
- CDC enlists celebs to launch social media fight against HIV/AIDS
- Obama's last stand on health care reform
- The skinny on food and mood
- African-Americans increasingly going under the knife in quest for perfection
- Cancer victim sheds light on bone marrow donor crisis
- 7 ways to keep your resolution to work out
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- Rev. Frederick D. Reese remembers 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- 'No place like home': The cast of '227' reunites
- National Urban League launches 'I Am Empowered' campaign with theGrio
- Can reconciliation resuscitate health care reform?
- 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
- 'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty
- Mary J. Blige's 'Stronger With Each Tear' is a gem
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