Opinions
5 tips for Detroit's next mayor
OPINION - The rhetoric of turnaround may have gotten Mike Duggan elected, but there is a difference between running for mayor and being the mayor. In order to transform the city of Detroit he will need to do five key things...
Is NWA to blame for what's wrong with rap?
OPINION - They were not the first to use the n-word. They were not the first to offer angry, gritty tales of street life. They didn't invent black on black violence or gangs...
N.W.A. should be in hip-hop's Hall of Shame
OPINION - Recently, it was announced that N.W.A., pioneers of what the media would tag 'gangsta rap' has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Of course, many hip-hop heads are ecstatic...
Why the president's apology helps
ANALYSIS - Obama's saying 'I'm sorry' and using the word 'regret' twice in an interview with NBC"s Chuck Todd was the logical, smart political move...
Michael Steele: Obama should have refused to meet al-Maliki
OPINION - While this face-to-face meeting may have served to raise Maliki’s diplomatic profile, it diminished in the eyes of many, the profile the United States and its professed commitment to justice, human rights, and international law...
Is Dolphins' whistleblower still 'a man'?
OPINION - In the eyes of some, Martin couldn’t take being teased, so he went home to his mother and sought help for emotional distress – and that’s not what real men do...
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