Feature: Baha'i World

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• Black, White, East, West

  This perilous world that so many of us yearn to change is the inevitable consequence of the color line.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Sep 23, 2012

• The Beginning of Men

  Because of the oppression of women, we have no idea what a "real man" looks like.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Sep 18, 2012

• "I Don't See Race."

  It is how we see race and not whether we see it that is the issue.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Sep 08, 2012

• What Is the Face of Racism?

  It is not the Wade Michael Pages, but every day people who will decide the fate of our nation.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Aug 18, 2012

• Faith, Race, and Terror

  The recent massacre at a Sikh Temple was a brutal lesson in the inevitable consequences of the color line.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Aug 12, 2012

• Brown Like Her

  I will need to raise a son who is not only "brown like me," but "brown like her."

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Aug 04, 2012

• Faith in Space

  It's time for a new kind of faith-in-space movie.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Jul 10, 2012

• Brown Like Me

  Is God trying to teach us something through the hues human beings come in?

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Jul 09, 2012

• I Am George Zimmerman (Sometimes)

  I have to acknowledge that I have held similar ideas about Black males to those that likely influenced Zimmerman's thinking.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Mar 25, 2012

• Love Cannot Be Legislated

  Dealing effectively with racism must involve thinking and action that transcend material considerations.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Mar 10, 2012

• Self-Made in America

  Individualism is the heart of the crisis facing America.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Mar 03, 2012

• The Soul of Black Consumerism

  It's time to recognize that materialism is as deadly to Black Americans as racism.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Feb 26, 2012

• Whitney Houston and the Power of Music

  It would be fruitful to see Houston's passing as an opportunity to consider the power of music itself.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Feb 19, 2012

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: American Dreamer

  Dr. Martin Luther King's dream was about becoming rich in love and justice.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Jan 15, 2012

• Gene Marks Is Right

  Gene Marks was right in his essay "If I Were a poor Black Kid". Just not the way he imagined.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Dec 17, 2011

• Money Cannot Be Eaten

  Materialism is just as oppressive as the other 'isms' humanity has been struggling to free itself from.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Dec 10, 2011

• A Study in Possibility

  We need leadership based upon an appreciation of the possibilities of this age and human capacity to fulfill them.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Dec 06, 2011

• Education Under Fire

  Everyone has the right to an education.

  Opinion by Phillipe Copeland — on Nov 13, 2011