What’s Happened To Our Heroes?

A few weeks ago this year’s Tour de France winner American Floyd Landis tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone. A subsequent test of his urine confirmed the first test and despite his proclamations of innocence, he will likely be stripped of his Tour de France win. Sometime before the Landis story broke [...]

In the Business World, Attitude Can Backfire on Black Women

“Advancing in the corporate world, with all its innuendo and unspoken rules, is tough for anyone. Add race and gender to the mix, and the path becomes more complex. Corporate America can be a scary place, especially for women of color, who traditionally have shouldered the stereotypes of race and gender. Not [...]

"Enough"

A smattering of new books, essays and commentaries have shifted African American orthodoxy, or at least tried to. For the past few decades (or rather centuries), white racism, both in fact and in black pedagogy, was the largest impediment to black success. Now, however, more black writers, both liberal, like Juan Williams, and [...]