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  • "As bad as the past has been," says one African American veteran, "there's nowhere else I want to be."

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  • Going into today's game against Kansas City, the Dallas Cowboys are 2-2, and maybe the most disappointed, if not disappointing, team in the NFL, at least by Dallas standards. Will head coach Wade Phillips be the first NFL coach to be fired this year?

    NFL Football: The Trouble with the Dallas Cowboys
  • In issuing the prize to Obama, the Nobel Committee decided to take a chance and do something relevant; hope for peace.

    Why President Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
  • She is already making observations based on skin color. The question is how to keep those observations from turning into prejudice.

    Brown People Drive Old Cars: Is My 4-Year-Old Racist?
  • From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gandhi, Foreign Policy lists the transformative figures that should have, could have, but didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

    President Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
  • Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” is funny, very funny, but all the jokes come at the expense of black women.

    Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' Has Bad Vibes
  • But this country needs someone like him breaking it all down, serving up realities we’d rather not see.

    Michael Moore's Documentary 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Is Creaky
  • Her decision to pose nude diminishes her accomplishments and plays to the perception that black female bodies are pornographic.

    Serena Williams on 'The Body Issue' of ESPN Magazine
  • Caesars, fades, size-ups, faux-hawks, even Jay-Z’s “peasy head”—one guy’s barbershop journey through life.

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