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Black voters will stick with Obama, even if he backs gay marriage

By Sam Fulwood III

12:49 PM on 05/09/2012

OPINION - Black voters will be enthusiastic and fully supportive of the president. Gay and lesbian voters, too...
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John Derbyshire firing a positive sign in fight against racist rhetoric in media

By Sam Fulwood III

8:18 AM on 04/11/2012

OPINION - John Derbyshire, like Buchanan and Limbaugh, appealed to the losing side of the demographic trend...
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Affirmative action is dead: What should rise in its place?

By Sam Fulwood III

9:37 AM on 04/05/2012

OPINION - For all intents and purposes, affirmative action is dead.
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Transforming 'white culture' in the wake of Trayvon Martin shooting

By Sam Fulwood III

1:28 PM on 03/21/2012

OPINION - Dare, if you will, to engage in a conversation about race in most places in our country, and the issue at hand will likely revolve around the status of black Americans...
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The right way for people of faith to practice politics

By Sam Fulwood III

11:52 AM on 02/29/2012

OPINION - Some political and religious leaders fail to understand or appreciate the value in the blooming of faith traditions within a secular government...
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Why some 'Linsanity' misses the mark

By Sam Fulwood III

8:06 AM on 02/24/2012

OPINION - Lin's success brought out the racist stereotypes and ugly words from folks who should know better. Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. tweeted that the media is making too much of him because he's an Asian American...
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GOP banking on bad economy, wedge issues to win the White House

By Sam Fulwood III

2:49 PM on 02/16/2012

OPINION - For a Republican candidate (pick any; for the sake of this argument...) to win the White House this fall, one of two things must happen, and neither of them are good for the GOP or the nation...
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Race and Beyond: are Americans in denial about inequality?

By Sam Fulwood III

10:05 AM on 02/13/2012

OPINION - In an odd, roundabout way, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has given Americans an opportunity to witness what so many of us have steadfastly refused to acknowledge: Yes, America, we are a class-stratified society...
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Why Jan Brewer's disrespect will motivate black voters for Obama

By Sam Fulwood III

5:40 PM on 02/02/2012

OPINION - With a waggle of her right index finger last Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer erased the question of whether black voters will be enthusiastic about going to the polls in support of President Obama...
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How racial demographics could reshape American politics

By Sam Fulwood III

6:00 PM on 01/25/2012

OPINION - I'm fascinated by what it will take to be president in the decades to come, when the United States will be a much-changed nation from what it is today...
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