The journey to hell and back THE STREETS WERE dangerous, but I survived them because I had a loving [...]
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Category "About the News"
Dear Eve: Don’t be like V. Stiviano
An open letter to my daughter about men, women, and the fact that she must never conduct herself like [...]
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I’m not mad at Donald Sterling. I’m mad at us.
THE RACIST REMARKS of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, allegedly caught on tape by girlfriend V. Stiviano, [...]
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Watch your kids so I don’t have to
A COUPLE of weeks ago, I found myself at 30th Street Station, eating a pretzel and drinking some [...]
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Real help for girls of color
DENISE CLAY made an impassioned plea for black girls in her column titled For colored girls whose [...]
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For colored girls whose needs have been ignored
If you’ve been watching television news here in Philadelphia over the last two weeks, you’ve probably seen [...]
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The Fort Hood shooting and the truth about veterans
WEDNESDAY, AROUND 4 p.m. A tranquil Texas afternoon was shattered by the sound of a .45-caliber semi-automatic [...]
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Race, Riley Cooper, and the DeSean Jackson release
LIKE MANY BLACK FANS, I saw a hint of racial bias when DeSean Jackson was released by [...]
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Report: Black kids face more preschool suspensions
AS A BLACK FATHER, my concerns for my children are much the same as those of other [...]
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Spike Lee gentrification rant hits home
WHEN SPIKE LEE went on a profanity-laced tirade about the racial injustice of gentrification, he was not [...]
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Apparent Hoffman overdose brings drug war home
OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR Phillip Seymour Hoffman struggled with heroin in his youth, relapsed after more than two decades, [...]
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