According to Jarrett L. Carter at the Huffington Post, leaders at historically black colleges and universities are at the forefront of the national discussion around gun control and violence. … the vestiges of desegregation and the accompanying suburban black flight, a failed war on drugs, and the death of the industrial era counter the affluence…

(The Root) — Deception, a new drama series on NBC that premieres Monday night, is a typical whodunit with an atypical main character. It stars Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Eve’s Bayou) as Joanna Locasto, a black, female detective who goes undercover to find out who killed her childhood best friend, heiress Vivian Bowers.…

If America’s green movement intends to exact real change in this country, a diverse base of supporters is key, writes Politico‘s energy reporter, Talia Buford. The green movement dreams of pushing major bills through Congress on the scale of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law and the immigration overhaul expected to begin next year.…

(The Root) — Given America’s glut of professional sports diversions — baseball, basketball, football, tennis and even hockey — it’s generally hard out here for a soccer fanatic. No matter how much loyalists (like myself) proclaim our devotion to what the rest of the world knows simply as “the beautiful game,” soccer still kicks it…

In the last few weeks, two men were killed in Washington, D.C., Angelo Alphonso Payne and Jason Anthony Emma; however, they did not receive the same media coverage. In fact, Colbert I. King writes in the Washington Post, he has learned a great deal from the media about Emma, who was fatally shot in Capitol Hill, even…