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Terror plot is bad news for Nigerians
10:04 AM on 12/28/2009
OPINION - Hearing that a terrorist suspect had been found attempting to detonate a device on a plane was bad news. Finding out that the suspect was Nigerian was, for me and many other Nigerians, even worse...
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NY Times gift guide for people of color is niche, not racist
11:29 AM on 12/14/2009
OPINION - The notion that anything that has "black" written on it is racist is simplistic and naive...
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Steele works to change strategy for blacks and GOP
8:18 AM on 11/12/2009
OPINION - Republicans have their work cut out for them when it comes to attracting minority voters, but one thing they do have is determination...
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Election shows blacks remain engaged in political process
12:30 PM on 11/05/2009
OPINION - Going by the exit polls in this week's local elections, when it comes to the African-American vote, Democrats may have less to worry about than has been suggested.
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When is 'having it all' not enough?
9:11 AM on 10/23/2009
OPINION - Many women of my generation have come to find out that 'having it all' does not necessarily bring happiness.
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Michelle Obama had black and white ancestors, just like most of us
2:45 PM on 10/08/2009
OPINION - The news that First Lady Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother was a slave and that her great-great-great grandfather was a white man has been a topic of much discussion.
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Reality hits 'Real Housewives'
9:20 AM on 10/05/2009
OPINION - It is becoming increasingly apparent that the lives of these Real Housewives are much more real than the 'reality' the TV show presents...
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Is Jimmy Carter right about the race factor?
8:57 AM on 09/16/2009
OPINION - Jimmy Carter's remarks about anti-Obama racism echo the sentiments of many, but casting all Obama opponents as racists is wrong...
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Kanye, how could you be so heartless?
9:38 AM on 09/14/2009
OPINION - Kanye West appears on the stage during Swift's acceptance speech, snatches the microphone from the unsuspecting teenager and declares - before a shocked and visibly upset Swift and an open-mouthed audience - that Beyonce's video was, in his view, the best.
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Outburst was low blow in an already lowbrow debate
12:46 PM on 09/10/2009
OPINION - Although Joe Wilson has since apologized, his heckling of the president has raised eyebrows. His appear to be indicative of a wider, more troubling trend...
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Is Clinton's Africa visit about power or partnership?
9:27 AM on 08/14/2009
OPINION - As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wraps up her tour of Africa, many in Africa are wondering about the real reason behind her visit...
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Beer summit looks great, needs more filling
7:18 PM on 07/30/2009
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 30, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Today, the president and vice president sat...
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What we need to hear from Obama on healthcare
8:29 AM on 07/22/2009
With recent polls showing that 50% of Americans disagree with the president's handling of healthcare policy, President Obama has some work to do in tonight's television conference if he intends to win Americans over on this fundamental issue. Ushering in an effective universal healthcare system would not only be a...
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Judging Obama six months in
9:14 AM on 07/21/2009
This week marks 6 months since President Obama's inauguration. The president has had a lot to deal with, having inherited a number of troubling domestic and international issues and being privy to new ones - such as the election debacle in Iran - that have arisen since he took office....
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Sotomayor hearings an exercise in divisive politics
7:54 AM on 07/15/2009
Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., questions Sotomayor at hearing (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Many have been paying close attention to this week's congressional hearings which will determine whether or not Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Latina Supreme Court...
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The rift between African Americans and Africans
9:08 AM on 07/10/2009
Since living in America I've discovered a deep-rooted, and often unspoken, prejudice against Africans within the African American community. Some time ago, as I sat on a train from lower Manhattan up to Harlem, I overheard a strange conversation. An African American woman talked animatedly with her friends about a...
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Will a black president make any difference to Africa?
8:05 AM on 07/10/2009
A Ghanaian jersey vendor sells shirts depicting President Obama (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Africans were filled with joy and high expectations when Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, was elected president of the United States of America. On a trip to Nigeria, the country that my family hails from, shortly before...
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Memorial humanized King of Pop
5:27 PM on 07/07/2009
Marlon Jackson, left, speaks as Janet Jackson listens (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool) Everyone, including myself, was anticipating that Michael Jackson's public memorial would be something of a star-studded circus. I'd envisioned a paparazzi-fest. I'd imagined crazed fans rushing to drape themselves over his casket. I'd had - honestly - nightmarish...
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Michael Jackson: man or merchandise?
9:59 AM on 07/01/2009
It's been less than a week since Michael Jackson died yet those seeking to profit from his life, and indeed death...
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On Michael Jackson, Obama is tone deaf
4:47 PM on 06/26/2009
Al Sharpton said it best: "Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color. Way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama, Michael did with music what they later did in sports, in politics and in television." If there is such a thing as 'post-racial', Jackson...
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- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
- Slideshow: 15 films that hurt black America
- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- 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
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- TheGrio Reflects: The genius of Ray Charles
- TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
- TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
- 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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