President Donald Trump is far from becoming a leader like MLK. But their different paths teach Americans about the meaning of prophets
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Do you believe that the outrage in the nation would have been the same if the victim had been a young black man?
The "Real Time" comedian's calling himself the N-word shows he does not understand the pain black people feel
Americans fearing President Donald Trump will take away their rights must remember the responsibility of being a citizen
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After profiting off of the President throughout his campaign without pushing back enough,
The President's listening session, in which he complained about media bias and inner city struggles, shows he doesn't get black life
I have tried to frame my progressive critique of your administration in this way: Respect, Protect, Correct.
I'm having such a hard time trying to compartmentalize my feelings about the videotaped torture of this precious young man. This is why.
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BET founder Bob Johnson's notion of "no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests" is hollow and bankrupt
It was 1998, and I was on my way to Cuba as part of a select U.S. delegation that had been invited to tour the small island nation.
Many of us feel afraid, which means this is a good opportunity for us to be brave
Donald Trump's 'Make America great again' slogan and the Republican Congress's blocking of Obama's Supreme Court nominee scare me
Calling the 49ers quarterback's national anthem protest dumb shows the Supreme Court justice has forgotten black and Jewish history
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