Greater Greater Washington, in an interesting blog post the other day, delved into the use of the word “ghetto” in part in response to the heated online discussion that ensued over a mural that went ...

After Cleveland High School teacher Brian Emanuels attempted to teach students a lesson about using "gay" as a derogatory adjective (by calling a student the N-word), parents, students, and the NAACP ...

It’s a word that’s come to lose any semblance of meaning, one that’s been misused in popular culture as a pejorative term meant to ridicule people for how they behave, what they wear, and even how ...

Dictionary definition of “ghetto:” a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social ...

Ghetto is a term that I had grown to hate. It is a term that I had tried to disassociate myself from since I began to understand the word. It denotes poverty, negativity and ignorance. The wear and ...

INSIDE, a gaunt black St. Nicholas and an Uhuru poster, chains broken, decorate the walls of the modern office of Freedom Industries, Inc.--a new attempt in Boston to make black power mean money.

I reside in a diverse neighborhood just north of Downtown Indianapolis. Fall Creek Place is a mix of century-old stately homes, new construction, high-end houses and everything in between. I was ...

In 1986, Pope John Paul II made history by paying a visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI visited that synagogue again. In 2016, Pope Francis visited for the third time. As our ...

INSIDE, a gaunt black St. Nicholas and an Uhuru poster, chains broken, decorate the walls of the modern office of Freedom Industries, Inc.--a new attempt in Boston to make black power mean money.