COMMENTARY: Revelations or Ridiculousness? Black Pastors Star in Reality TV Show
Would you really want your pastor – and your congregation – to star in a reality television show? I’m not knocking the six black pastors…
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Story Behind the Death of Malcolm X’s Grandson Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
Don’t you just hate it when things don’t pass the smell test? Miguel Suarez’s story ain’t passing the smell test, not with me, anyway. Suarez…
Bronx Judge Throws Out Ramarley Graham Case, Family Vows To Keep Fighting For Slain Son
A Bronx judge threw out the manslaughter indictment against NYPD police officer Richard Haste, who fatally shot 18-year-old Ramarley Graham last year, over an error…
ANALYSIS: Eric Holder Has Some ‘Splainin’ to Do
I tend to believe Eric Holder, the embattled U.S. Attorney General, when he says he played no direct role in the Justice Department’s secret probe…
Julian Bond Defends IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Groups, Says They’re ‘Racist’
After an IRS official acknowledged that the agency flagged some 75 conservative groups for additional reviews due to their names including the words “tea party” or…
Is Gosnell’s ‘House of Horrors’ a Glimpse into the Future?
Whenever I think about the mostly-black, impoverished women who subjected themselves to Philadelphia physician Kermit Gosnell’s seedy abortion procedures, I don’t think about Pennsylvania. I…
It’s No Longer Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood … it’s Mr. Ramsey’s
The Cleveland hostage situation has sparked a lot of conversation about who’s actually living next door … and what you know about them. When I…
A Love Letter to My Sons
When my son turned 11 a few months ago, I decided to write him a love letter. It seemed to be a pivotal time for…
COMMENTARY: Charles Ramsey: American Hero or Racial Healer?
Charles Ramsey is a legitimate American hero. He doesn’t want fame. He doesn’t want money. He’s an unassuming, raspy-voiced dishwasher with a refreshing desire to…
COMMENTARY: Are Deion Jr.’s Versace Sheets Over the Top or Fitting For ‘Prime Time’s’ Son?
Deion Sanders Jr. is just a freshman at Southern Methodist University but he’s already living large by sleeping on gold satin Versace sheets in his…
