Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.

I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'

The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue. The idea that America is post-racial or post-black because a man I admire, Barack Obama, is president of the United States, is a joke. And I hope no one will even wonder about this crazy fiction again.

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.

The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case.

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.