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'TRULY HISTORIC MOMENT'
NAACP Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

Dr. Boyce Watkins, 05/16/12

Professor, Syracuse University

I have a confession to make: I've never understood the vehement opposition that the black church has to gay marriage. Don't get me wrong, I understand what the Bible has to say on the matter, but since when did every Christian live according to the bible?

Marisa Moore, 05/18/12

Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Consultant, Spokesperson

While breast cancer gets a lot of attention in the media and is certainly a concern, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States and a leading cause of disability among women. Here are seven simple changes you can make to begin nurturing your heart at any stage of your life.

Don Cheadle, 05/17/12

Academy Award-nominated actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author

Our political leaders have calculated that the American people are not interested in foreign policy in this election year. By walking, we're announcing to our leaders loudly and clearly that they are wrong.

Elaine Vilorio, 05/18/12

High school junior in New Jersey

I live in a very stereotypical low-income housing neighborhood. Most of the inhabitants are Hispanic, like my family and I, and African-American. But my street is more than that.

Marcia Dawkins, 05/17/12

Visiting Scholar, Brown University

Here's why you should care. Because looking at tomorrow's "tanning" generation in demographic terms only subtly promotes them as the chosen ones who can and will dismantle racism that took centuries to build.

Monique Ruffin, 05/17/12

Mother, author, blogger, and life coach

Black people have a large gay community, many of whom are less and less willing to hide and deny who they are. Their confidence is challenging the black community to embrace and acknowledge what has largely been swept under the rug.

Juan Cartagena, 05/18/12

President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF

In 2012, with Stop & Frisk continuing unabated, it seems like the more we complain the more Commissioner Ray Kelly and his occupying forces conduct Stop & Frisk. And Latinos are disproportionately found within its web.

Craig S. Keener, 05/15/12

Professor, Asbury Theological Seminary, and author of many books

Sometimes white people think that racism is a dead issue, because they do not experience it. Yet it is not wise to judge other people's experience based on our non-experience.

Marisa Moore, 05/14/12

Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Consultant, Spokesperson

The unofficial start of summer is just weeks away. If the thought of baring your arms, legs and belly this summer make you want to run for the cover ups, read on. These slimming strategies can help you jumpstart your weight loss in time for your first barbeque or stroll on the beach.

Kevin P. Chavous, 05/15/12

Attorney, author and national school reform leader

We can't wait for schools to get better while we continue to lose kids. We must act now by immediately implementing education reforms for kids in low-performing schools.

Rhonda Medina, 05/13/12

My parents believe in equality for all people. Not just equality in the areas that they don't care about but equality in areas that may make them a little uncomfortable. My parents did not evolve overnight, it came in small steps over time; fueled by people they met and struggles they shared.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, 05/09/12

CEO, Green for All

Staceyann Chin, 05/13/12

Author, 'The Other Side of Paradise'

Last year, on Mother's day, I found out I was pregnant. I can hardly believe it's been a year since that gleeful Mother's Day. Only a year later, and life is a completely different shade of tumbling. I have become the mother of a rather scrumptious little girl.

Kristen Howerton, 05/11/12

Blogger, Rage Against the Minivan

The experience of adopting has given me a unique perspective on motherhood, teaching me some new truths, and reinforcing what I believe to be true about parenting

Zach Stafford, 05/12/12

Writer, activist, and researcher

In those moments when my mom argued with other moms over the maternity of her children, I saw that no matter what I told her, no matter whom I became, she would always love me, and she would always fight for me. And she has done that.

Carl Jeffers, 05/11/12

Television political commentator, radio talk show host, lecturer, political analyst

Coming in the middle of a presidential campaign, the moral leadership aspect of same sex marriage will have to take a back seat to the discussion of the political impact aspect of the issue.

Lauren Brown Jarvis, 05/11/12

National Communications Director, New Leaders Council

Tavis Smiley believes America has the power to completely eradicate poverty amongst its citizens in a little as ten years. He questions how America could allow the dreams of its people to transform into a nightmare.