The Reverend Irene Monroe

Imus has always been an equal opportunity offender for more than three decades. His no-holds-barred humor has assailed broad demographics of the American public, from heads of state to homeless citizens. So why now his firing? And any explication that Imus’ firing is because his influence is far more reaching and egregiously vile than the…

Imus in the Morning will be in mourning for two weeks, as the show’s host fights for his professional life after being suspended for calling the African American players on Rutgers University women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hoes” and “jigaboos”. When asked by the Rev. Al Sharpton on his radio show, Keeping it Real, what possessed…

“The Interruption of Everything”, the title of Terry McMillan’s latest book, happened when this best-selling author of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, not only filed for divorce, but also sued her Jamaican boyfriend-turned-husband, Jonathan Plummer, who inspired the blockbuster hit of the same title. Plummer, as it turned out, is gay. Refuting allegations that…

While it is not surprising that Marine Gen. Peter Pace gave his personal opinion about gay service men, stating that homosexuality is “immoral”, it is surprising, however, that in the midst of a war that needs every able body that wants to fight, the enlisting of our American patriots continues to include a debate about…

Homophobia is part and parcel of the world of male professional sports, and with many African-American male professional athletes also of the hip-hop generation, the combination is lethal. Tim Hardaway, a retired professional basketball player, is of this generation of hip-hop athletes. And in an interview on Miami’s sports radio station, 790 The Ticket, Hardaway…

On this Valentine’s Day I am reminded of no greater challenge to our country’s democracy than marriage equality for same-sex couples. With same-sex couples bereft of the option to marry, except in Massachusetts, they are given in some states “the separate but equal” option of civil union, and in others no formal recognition. However, civil…