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Our 'outrageous dream': Bringing diversity to science

Category: Opinion Written by 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.

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(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.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 05:00

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We're pointing a gun at our democracy

Category: Opinion Written by 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.'

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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."

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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

No doubt, last month was a fortuitous time for Gloria Rolando, the renowned Afro-Cuban filmmaker, to be touring the United States. Hip-hop artist Jay-Z and his wife, Beyonce, had been catching heat from Cuban-American lawmakers and assorted Cuban-American exiles for spending their fifth anniversary there. Cuba remains a forbidden place because of Cold War politics and Florida – a state with 29 electoral votes and plenty of Cuban immigrants with anti-Castro axes to grind.

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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.

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Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 07:50

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Butler: What Obama must say to African-American grads

Category: Opinion Written by CNN

Addressing the historically Black all male institution gives Obama an opportunity to rectify his strategic neglect of African-Americans. In this high-profile talk to his own demographic, the president has some explaining to do.

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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.

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Last Updated on Sunday, 19 May 2013 08:30

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Don't lower threshold on drunken driving

Category: Opinion Written by CNN

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended all 50 states decrease the blood alcohol content threshold for drunken driving from 0.08% to 0.05%. The goal is to have zero deaths from alcohol-related car accidents. Noble but unattainable if our attitude about drinking and driving doesn't change.

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by LZ Granderson

(CNN) -- Celebrity mugshots are hilarious, aren't they?

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Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 07:29

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