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Want an easy out: blame a Black man

SHANNON WILLIAMS - June 3, 2009

Black men remain a major target in the United States. While this is something that many African Americans already know, it’s also an issue...

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HBCUs needed now more than ever

MARC H. MORIAL - June 3, 2009

May was college graduation month in America and with job prospects significantly weaker this year because of the downturn in the economy, one might...

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LETTER TO EDITOR: Sonia Sotomayor v. Jim Crow

ERIKA L. WOOD - June 2, 2009

Your editorial, "The franchise for felons" (Opinion, Friday), fails to grasp the powerful point Judge Sonia Sotomayor made in her dissent in Hayden v....

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Where to keep prisoners in the “War Against Terror”

AMOS BROWN - May 28, 2009

The right-wing hype machine, led by the hardheaded, vicious former Vice-President Dick Cheney, plus the racist Rush Limbaugh and his fellow bigoted conservative talkshow...

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Expanding your horizons results in being more informed

SHANNON WILLIAMS - May 28, 2009

It’s amazing what you learn when you open your mind to the unfamiliar. For instance, I have absolutely no interest in sports – none...

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`White Negroes’ and `black hipsters’

Murray Whyte staff reporter <br />Toronto Star - May 25, 2009

Meet Hector, exhorts writer Dayo Olopade on TheRoot.com. Hector skateboards, wears neon T-shirts and stovepipe-slim jeans. And, of course, the apparent raison d'être. "Hector,"...

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`White Negroes’ and `black hipsters’

Murray Whyte staff reporter Toronto Star - May 25, 2009

Meet Hector, exhorts writer Dayo Olopade on TheRoot.com. Hector skateboards, wears neon T-shirts and stovepipe-slim jeans. And, of course, the apparent raison d'être. "Hector,"...

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Swimming in the press pool, Obama in Indy

AMOS BROWN - May 21, 2009

<div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12pt; text-indent: 0.1in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: middle">On his 117th day inoffice, President Barack Obama came to Indianapolis. That...

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