We are not content with only one Year of the Woman. We want women to participate in governing every day of every year.
If there's one area where our country prides itself on its moral progress, it's in our battle to eliminate racism and end the ruthless exploitation of racial minorities. Pride, meet Morgan Stanley.
It is not the divisive, inflammatory and polarizing issue that it once was. The issue largely fell off the nation's radar scope nearly a decade ago when the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the University of Michigan's right to use race as a factor in increasing minority numbers at the school.
The pressure was further intensified with new and exciting dance styles thrown into the mix (think Bollywood and hip-hop). And Paula Abdul fit right in on the judges' panel (she really does work well next to aggressive British men).
Left of Black, host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Lakesia D. Johnson, author of Iconic: Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman and longtime Washington, D.C. based journalist, Dr. Natalie Hopkinson.
Affirmative Action is not only made to change the make up of who gets invited, it is most powerful in its ability to change the lens through which we look at one another.
Morgan Stanley and others chose to barter the dreams and well-being of the most vulnerable people for quick profits. We are pleased to bring this case to address this fundamental unfairness and to demonstrate that no institution is above the law.
If you lived in a place where you were subject to unwarranted violence and harassment, a place where you were treated as less than human and had your life, as well as your freedom threatened on a regular basis, you might be living in some third world dictatorship. You might also be living in Harlem.
And here we are once again. America, 2012. I'm certainly not comparing the violent crimes and severe governmental obstruction of the past centuries to what's going on. But it's vital for Americans to take a moment and truly realize what is being threatened and what is at stake.
Although Jennifer Hudson is being praised for her recent weight loss, the extra weight she carried in the beginning of her career was never really presented as an issue. Neither have Nicki Minaj's curves. In fact, those voluptuous bodies are considered the norm when it comes to these entertainers of color.
These are the same issues that the two have talked to near life support for months on end. The pundits, a big chunk of the media, and millions of Americans can virtually recite by rote the punch lines of both candidates on these issues. They are that familiar and worked over.
I have a hard time translating the concept of "people of color" with all its heavy, powerful meaning to our experience in Mexico. Race and racism are not topics present on the media, much less on off-screen daily conversations.
I was a Republican for most of my life, and during those years I had no doubt that such laws were indeed truly about fraud. Please join me on a tour of my old outlook on voter ID laws and what caused it to change.
If you are going to force your boyfriend/husband to watch Steel Magnolias, Eat Pray Love, the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, you should have absolutely no problems watching a football or basketball game with him.
Earlier today, an Oklahoma judge handed a 23-year-old African-American basketball player at Oklahoma State University two one-year suspended sentences for sexually assaulting a pair of Caucasian women at an off-campus party in 2010.
Ruby Bridges is an inspiring reminder that our nation owes a huge debt of gratitude not just to the adults who took a stand during the Civil Rights Movement, but to the extraordinary children and youths who were front-line soldiers in the war to overthrow Jim Crow in American life.
Twitter exploded with retweets of and rants about a video of two men, both members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, getting married -- to each other. I was taken by surprise by all the negative tweets. You see, I, too, am a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
The Court's decision could result in policies that provide even fewer educational and economic opportunities to young black men and, in turn, result in the incarceration of more of this large swath of our community.