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Dr. R. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy

Ebony's R. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy says rappers like Chief Keef are merely symptoms of the greater problems for black men in cities like Chicago.

Imara Jones

The GOP nominee's proposal would be twice as bad as Paul Ryan's for people of color and for the country, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines.

Zerlina Maxwell

Zerlina Maxwell, blogging at the New York Daily News, says that the GOP candidate may be missing the required "sensitivity chip."

Celebrating Michael Jackson's Biggest Album

Check out the re-release of an album that extended Michael Jackson's über-stardom beyond Thriller.

What Defines a "Likely Voter"?

But what really matters is who's actually likely to cast a ballot.

The Right to Bear Arms

The NAACP and activists fight for the release of a black Georgia man who shot a man who was on his lawn.

The Importance of Big Brothers

At Rolling Out, Yvette Caslin makes a plea for African-American men to intervene to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. 

A Candidate's Troubling Past with LGBT Issues

Zerlina Maxwell, blogging at the New York Daily News, says that the GOP candidate may be missing the required "sensitivity chip."

A Realized Threat

Khaled A. Beydoun writes in a piece for Al-Jazeera that using color and culture to determine who is a terrorist puts us all at risk.  

Measuring Up to the Beauty Standard

There's more to life than having a ''sugar bum bum.'' Body parts should never go in -- or out -- of style.

Angela Davis: The Documentary

Willow and Jaden Smith joined their parents at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival for the premiere of the new documentary on Angela Davis’s life, “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,” which is being produced by Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z.