Let’s keep our top athletes at home
OPINION
If we truly love our HBCUs, shouldn't we send them our best athletic talent?
By admin | March 4, 2009
Lessons Learned?
Have those of us watching on the sidelines -- not to mention Rihanna or Chris Brown -- learned anything from this very public case of domestic blues?
By admin | February 26, 2009
Alan Keys goes on Obama attack
In a YouTube video, Keys denies that Barack Obama is the legitimate president. He predicts civil war if Obama is not "stopped," calling him a "radical communist"
By admin | February 25, 2009
Misdirected anger?
Yes, the New York Post cartoon was racist and insensitive, says Charlotte's conservative commentator Lenny McAllister, but African Americans have bigger issues
By admin | February 23, 2009
Talk about taboo!
Students at two historically black schools open up about skin tone and openly gay men on campus
By admin | February 18, 2009
Our health is in our own hands
COMMENTARY
African Americans suffer disproportionately from obesity, heart disease and other health-related issues. We as a community can improve on that
By admin | February 18, 2009
Was Abraham Lincoln a racist?
Author and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. tackles that thorny question this week in a two-hour PBS documentary called "Looking for Lincoln."
By admin | February 9, 2009
A new GOP, not just window dressing
OPINION
Charlotte-area resident Lenny McAllister says the election of Michael Steele to lead the Republican National Committee represents real change
By admin | February 4, 2009
A proposal to end Black History Month
OPINION
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley says America has reached a point where we no longer need to live, learn and celebrate separately
By admin | February 2, 2009
Black NFL coaches an endangered species
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is the third black coach to make it to the Super Bowl in two years -- the second to win it. But the spate of progress may be short-lived.
By admin | February 2, 2009