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Hands Off Wendy Davis

When Texas State senator and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis made the choice to describe in vivid detail the events leading...

Why are Black people expected to play the role of both patient and doctor when dealing with the disease of...

Writers like Bob Kravitz and Cindy Boren are correct in their assessment that when it comes the controversial comments former...

Dear Azealia Banks: I wish I could start this off with Tyra Banks’ “WE WERE ROOTING FOR YOU! WE WERE...

Given it’s been a minute since there’s been a new edition of The Weekly Read, I’m feeling generous, thus, treating...

I could’ve sworn a few of us Blacks with better senses had kidnapped the term “post-racial” and sent it on...

To My Fellow Writers and Those Who Edit Them: You do realize that not every news story has to be...

My initial reaction to Monica Lewinksy crawling from whatever rock she had been vacationing under to pen an essay for...

It’s not surprising to hear that Newt Gingrich and Glenn Beck got a hit hyperbolic while denouncing discussing the criticism...

Dear Tyler: Although I’m not the biggest fan of your work, I took no joy in your new movie, Single...