'THE FIRST PRESIDENT THAT SANCTIONED WHAT SCRIPTURES FORBID'
Farrakhan Critiques Obama's Gay Marriage Stance

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 05/29/12

Civil rights activist

Making our neighborhoods safe won't be easy. We need to provide the young with the best, not the worst, educational opportunities. We need the police to make protecting the citizens of those streets a greater priority.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 05/29/12

Author and political analyst

Romney would have to soften his stance on these issues to make even marginal headway with black voters. That would trigger screams of betrayal from ultra-conservatives. The risk is far too great and the rewards to little for him to take that chance.

Jarrett L. Carter, 05/29/12

Founding Editor, HBCUDigest.com

HBCUs are broke. Students know it, alumni know it, corporations know it and the government knows it. Until now, HBCUs have prepared their students to be leaders in a range of industries.
But they haven't yet taught, with consistency, how to own these industries.

André David Halston, 05/29/12

Executive Chef, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club

Have you ever heard that saying "yesterday's soup always tastes better the next day?" That may be true in some cases, but in this case great things come to those who wait. This white chicken chili recipe is one of my favorites.

Marian Wright Edelman, 05/25/12

President, Children's Defense Fund

The silent Father's Day March will be a chance for people of all backgrounds to walk silently down New York's Fifth Avenue together to convey to New York City leaders that it is time to stop treating hundreds of thousands of our young people of color like criminals when they have done nothing wrong.

Rep. Stacey Abrams, 05/25/12

Georgia House Minority Leader

As the firestorm dies down about Bain Capital, the core of the debate must remain. What ethic will guide our next president? Will he have a profit-motive or a people-motive?

Russell Simmons, 05/24/12

Founder, GlobalGrind.com

This is a new America. An America that believes that drug addiction is a disease and not a crime. We will no longer subject ourselves to the old ways of destruction. We will fight for a fair justice system that uplifts our people from the drug war devastation of the past 39 years.

Darnell L. Moore, 05/24/12

Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York University

Whose bodies and lives will this grand social vision of a post-racial world benefit especially when considering the counter-investment in notions of "blackness" that post-racial propagandists seem to maintain?

Helen Little, 05/24/12

Media Mami

Donna Summer had such a profound impact on me as a young girl. I wanted to be like Donna Summer. Growing up in a small southern town in the seventies, to see someone who looked like me, a Black female with milk chocolate skin and huge hair wasn't very common.

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, 05/23/12

Senior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post

Congressman John Lewis is the last living leader of the civil rights movement. I spoke with him about his new book and the role that faith, nonviolence and reconciliation played in the civil rights movement.

Nadine Smith, 05/22/12

Executive Director, Equality Florida

This isn't the first time the NAACP has stepped out on principle on an issue that affects the lives of LGBT people. Nor is it the first time they will experience a predictable, orchestrated backlash.

Leslie Odom Jr., 05/22/12

Actor

You're a new face. You're a new talent. You're a new voice. No one has any idea what you bring to the table. You must accept this stage and commit yourself to delivering the goods every single time you get an opportunity.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 05/18/12

Author and political analyst

The ethnic remake of America is already having a huge impact on land use, housing, social services, schools, and industries in countless small and medium sized towns, and rural areas.

Maya Wiley, 05/22/12

Founder and President, Center for Social Inclusion

Reading about the Reverend Wright attack ads, it's clear to me that we are all still fearful of confronting our own racial anxieties. They remind me just how far we've come as a country but also how much further we need to go.

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.