(Orlando Sentinel) Why is President Obama provoking war with Syria? It’s not because the U.S. State Department has designated Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979 or because the government of President Bashar Assad is evil or may have used chemical weapons...
(Orlando Sentinel) George Zimmerman’s killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford has sparked national debate on several issues, from racial violence and race relations to the “stand your ground” self-defense law and gun control. The killing of Jordan Davis, an innocent and...
Guest Commentary Yohuru Williams (Orlando Sentinel) In light of its recent decisions in critical cases involving voting rights and affirmative action, it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court is waging legal warfare on America’s well-settled civil-rights landscape. In...
(Orlando Sentinel) Soon, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, former South African president and bulwark freedom fighter, will leave us for more transcendent horizons. Madiba, the Xhosa clan after which he is affectionately named, is more than a human rights icon and leader; he...
(Editor’s note: This guest column is based on an open letter sent to President Barack Obama by six African-American male professors last week.) (Orlando Sentinel) President Obama’s recent commencement speech at Morehouse College inspired this column. As...
(Orlando Sentinel) Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are in Africa, not the Middle East. Major media reports and U.S. government briefings on the virulent democratic movements in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia over the past month give the impression that the Middle East is on fire,...
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