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The Harvard economic historian hinted that John Maynard Keynes’ long-term economic theories were misguided at best, and flawed at worst, because he was childless and gay.
There are a lot of sound reasons to critique Keynesian economics, but a reason that its creator was gay shouldn’t be one of them. Niall Ferguson,…
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The African American community, let alone the sports world, desperately needed an openly gay current male professional player.
The professional sports world has been waiting for a Jason Collins moment - a gay athlete currently playing in a major league to come out publicly.…
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Just hours after news spread globally about the tragedy, sadly, anti-Muslim vigilantes surfaced.
The Tsarnaev brothers - Tamerlan and Dzhokhar - of Cambridge, MA are, at present, the sole perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar are…
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New scholarship revealed that, from 1933 to 1945, there were at least 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps throughout Europe.
This week, April 8-12, marks the 27th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week. The week is about remembering not only the 6 million Jews murdered but…
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The world of sports is quickly becoming the last closet, where gays and lesbians hide their sexual orientation.
Another former professional athlete came out last month - 6’, 7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle, Kwame Harris. With news of LGBT equality in the news daily,…
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Homophobic epithets are so pervasive across the globe that most heterosexual people are sadly unaware of the psychological and physical toil they have on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. Too often and cavalierly these epithets go either unchecked or unchallenged as hate speech. Mexico, however, has stepped forward to define and reduce…
Homophobic epithets are so pervasive across the globe that most heterosexual people are sadly unaware of the psychological and physical toil they have on lesbian, gay,…
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Marco McMillian was a trailblazer and the pride of the Mississippi Delta. In 2004, when he was in his 20s, Ebony hailed him as one of the nation’s top “30 up-and-coming African-American leaders” under 30. And when he was in his 30s, theMississippi Business Journal recognized him as one of the top 40 leaders under…
Marco McMillian was a trailblazer and the pride of the Mississippi Delta. In 2004, when he was in his 20s, Ebony hailed him as one of…
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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young black men into adult Leaders. BSA troops have produced distinguished African American scouts like retired four-star general, Colin Powell, six-time NBA champion, Michael Jordan, and Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker. African American participation in the Boy Scout movement dates…
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young black men into adult Leaders. BSA troops have produced distinguished…
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Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his unexpected resignation, a bolt of lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. Many say it’s unequivocally a sign from God. If so, I’m hoping it’s an Amen moment signaling the end of an oppressive era of LGBTQ bashing as the church now moves forward. “With the pope’s impending resignation,…
Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his unexpected resignation, a bolt of lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. Many say it's unequivocally a sign from God.…
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As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic – even if some of the practitioners are. To the disbelief of many – it’s Vodun. Haitian Vodou is an ancestral folk religion whose tenets have always been queer-friendly, accepting people of all sexual…
As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic - even if some of…
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