Renowned neurosurgeon and Obama critic Ben S. Carson writes at the Washington Times that it’s time to consider alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, just in case it fails. He explains what one option — patient-controlled health savings accounts — would entail. Rather than complain about Obamacare, it might be useful to begin to discuss…

In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding Grambling State football players’ protests over school conditions, Brittney Cooper explores at Salon how massive Republican-driven budget cuts have endangered the welfare of this Louisiana school and other HBCUs. I grew up down the road from Grambling, and learned my appreciation for black college football and band culture,…

A fifth-grade teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, has ignited a firestorm of controversy after he reportedly separated students by race last week and then hurled insults at them and their families, CBS 11 reports. The Fort Worth Independent School District is investigating the incident. The event occurred Friday during a music class at Hazel Harvey…

(The Root) — When President Obama delivered remarks on the issue of race and racial profiling in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin verdict, he said the following: “There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes…

Children who are spanked often go on to have higher levels of behavioral problems and low vocabulary scores by age 9, Columbia School of Social Work associate professor Michael MacKenzie writes in a piece at CNN. As a researcher, MacKenzie challenges experts in his field to do a better job communicating these findings to time-strapped parents.…