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When celebrities share secrets, good things happen
Category: Opinion Written by CNN
That’s Jarron on the left, Jason on the right and Oprah Winfrey in the middle. You can’t blame anyone for mistaking Jarron Collins for his twin brother, Jason. And that never used to mean much. They both went to Stanford, both played in the NBA, both developed reputations as bruising big men. They were identically nondescript NBA players.(Chuck Hodes, AP/OWN)
by Laura Wexler
(CNN) -- Coming out of the closets of our culture seems to be the thing to do these days, but it is not a new phenomenon.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 05:00
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Our 'outrageous dream': Bringing diversity to science
Category: Opinion Written by CNN
by Freeman A. Hrabowski III
(CNN) -- Fifty years ago this month, I chanced to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. I was a mild-mannered kid with a speech impediment and a love of math. That day, I was focused on solving math problems, not issues of justice and equal rights. But King broke through to me when he said this: If the children of Birmingham march, Americans will see that what they are asking for is a better education. They will see that even the very young know the difference between right and wrong.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 05:00
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Butler: What Obama must say to African-American grads
Category: Opinion Written by CNN
by Paul Butler
(CNN) -- "My brothers."
That is how President Obama should begin one of the most significant speeches of his presidency: the commencement address at Morehouse College this Sunday.
Last Updated on Sunday, 19 May 2013 08:30
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We're pointing a gun at our democracy
Category: Opinion Written by CNN
by Donna Brazile
(CNN) -- Our democracy is endangered. Not by the Russians, North Korea, the Iran regime, or even terrorists. To quote Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Last Updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 05:00
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More visits by artists like Beyonce, Jay-Z, needed, says Afro-Cuban filmmaker
Category: Opinion Written by Courier Newsroom
GLORIA ROLANDO AND TONYAA WEATHERSBEE
by Tonyaa Weathersbee
No doubt, last month was a fortuitous time for Gloria Rolando, the renowned Afro-Cuban filmmaker, to be touring the United States.
Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 07:50
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