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Kennedy Funeral

President calls late senator the ‘soul of the Democratic Party.’

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President Obama and three former presidents…

Morris Dickstein’s ‘Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression’

The first of three selected passages from author Morris Dickstein’s cultural history of the…

What Will Happen to New Orleans’ Charity Hospital?

Charity Hospital was the go-to medical facility for the city’s poor and now, when they need it most, it’s gone.

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Black and Coaching in the Ivy League

Tom Williams will soon begin his first season as head football coach at Yale. What the NCAA can learn from the Ivys about diversity.

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The 2010 New Orleans Mayoral Elections: Who Will Take the Reins?

Its 2010 mayoral elections are on the horizon. Will an A-list celebrity or a low-profile politician take the…

Edward M Kennedy: Civil Rights Champion

The Massachusetts senator died Tuesday at the age of 77, leaving behind a moral legacy in the fight for civil rights.

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Sen. Edward Kennedy believed in black political power.

Sen. Kennedy was a white liberal who believed in black power.

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Sen. Kennedy…

Take Me Back to New Orleans

Before the levees broke there was a city of nostalgia and deep longing. Katrina just multiplied the grief. Tenfold.

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Caster Semenya: Is There a Science to Beauty?

The gender issue surrounding Caster Semenya seems to directly question race and beauty. Who gets to set the standards?

Ted Kennedy Dies at 77 

Influential senator and civil rights champion succumbs to cancer.

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One of the most powerful and influential…

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Bastards

How Quentin Tarantino won the war.

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How Quentin Tarantino won the war.

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PrEP Vaccine: A Pill a Day to Keep HIV Away?

Even if the method works, can it do more harm than good?

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Results are due soon from…

Tenor Saxophonist Lester Young: The First Black President

Tenor saxophonist Lester Young may not have won any electoral votes, but Young’s dynamic new approach to the saxophone…

Caster Semenya’s Race and Sex Struggle

Results of the gender investigation aside, Caster Semenya’s humanity has already been sacrificed to Western culture’s desperate,…

Loving Gender-Bending Internet Personality B. Scott

Gender-bending Internet personality B. Scott, with his lengthy eyelashes, high cheekbones and long hair (usually his own,…

How White Residents are Keeping Blacks Out of St. Bernard Parish

Four years after Hurricane Katrina, affordable public housing still isn’t available for many New Orleans…

What Obama Needs To Do After Martha’s Vineyard

Republicans tried to kill health care. (P.S., see governors, Virginia and New Jersey.)

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Roxanne Shante Gets Her Ph.D. Paid for by Warner Music

Former rapper Roxanne Shante gets her Ph.D. paid for on Warner Music’s dime.

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Did Usher’s Ex-Wife Commit Plagiarism?

Tameka Foster’s recent blog entry for The Huffington Post hits a little too close to home for a self-published author.

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Black Americans at Martha’s Vineyard: Vacation or Self-Segregation?

The class warfare debate that breaks out every summer when black people head to Martha’s Vineyard always…