<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
			<rss version="2.0">
				<channel>
				<title>NorthStarNews.com - Contributors</title>
				<link>http://www.northstarnews.com</link>
				<description>The latest posts from NorthStarNews.com.</description>
				<language>en-us</language><item>
					 <title>New Law a Chance to Heal?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6651/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Can the new federal lynching law help heal America?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6651/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2022-05-05 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Black Liberation Flag</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6236/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The significance of raising the Black Liberation flag]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6236/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2021-02-16 13:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>NY AG Aims for NYPD</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6208/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NY Attorney General Letitia James takes on police brutality]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6208/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2021-01-25 10:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Hold Donald Trump Accountable</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6203/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Healing can only begin when Donald Trump is held accountable.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6203/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2021-01-16 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Hollywood's miss on Madame C.J. Walker</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6095/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Can Hollywood give a truthful accounting of Black history?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/6095/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2020-03-24 09:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>What’s in a Name?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5598/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The fight against white cultural oppression in Black identity.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5598/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-30 09:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5259/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The false dichotomy between supporting police or legitimate protest.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5259/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-07-11 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5199/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Has the U.S. given up on school desegregation?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5199/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-05-23 09:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5150/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[U.S. Banks shortchange justice]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5150/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-04-12 10:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5112/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA['Reverse Robin Hood' pummels the poor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5112/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-03-23 10:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Why Blacks are Voting for Hillary</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5086/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black voters are simply supporting what they see as their best interests.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5086/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-03-02 06:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5063/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black quarterbacks are still held to a different standard.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5063/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-02-11 10:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>No effect on jobs by raising wages</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4935/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Raising the minimum wage has a negligible effect on jobs.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4935/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-09-14 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Black Workers and the Fed</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4917/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The case of Black workers and why Fed should not raise interest rates.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4917/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-08-26 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Reforming the Criminal Justice System</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4899/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must find ways to fix a system that is broken and rife with injustice.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4899/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-08-10 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>What is the Federal Reserve Doing?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4851/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The economy is showing signs that it is fragile.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4851/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-06-26 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Baltimore is not Ferguson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4799/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The similarities end when you look at reaction and political power.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4799/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-05-11 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>REAL Estate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4722/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rebuilding our community through home ownership.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4722/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-03-17 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Is Obama Trying to Kill HBCUs? Pt II</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4659/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Having a Black President does not diminish need for Black colleges]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4659/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-01-27 09:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Is Obama Trying to Kill HBCUs?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4652/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President's policies have caused injury to historically Black colleges]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4652/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-01-22 11:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Awareness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4634/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We mourn the passing of our dear Brother, Griot and friend, Gavin Sutton.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4634/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-01-06 11:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Economic engine's running but needs gas</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4617/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Signs of economic improvement are evident]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4617/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-12-17 11:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Eric Garner: A Poem</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4601/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our resident Griot reflects on the injustice inflicted upon Eric Garner]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4601/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-12-05 11:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>What the President Got Wrong</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4599/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Immigration action misses the mark on labor market.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4599/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-12-05 10:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Grass isn't Greener</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4480/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rosy rhetoric around an economic recovery needs to be tempered.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4480/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-09-03 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>UK Exhibit Sparks Outrage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4467/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Activists point out the racism embedded in controversial exhibit.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4467/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-22 13:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Mr. President, Ferguson Calls</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4465/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It is time for this President to speak without equivocation on racism in America.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4465/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-21 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Ferguson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4460/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Behind the Michael Brown tragedy there is a history of economic inequality.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4460/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-20 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>We Need to Fight for Equality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4434/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The struggle for equality in America is far from over.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4434/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-05 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Making Sense of It All</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4423/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn left us with questions we can't see to answer.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4423/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-07-22 13:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Memories</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4413/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Memory can compel course corrections in public policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4413/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-07-15 11:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Missing the Point</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4400/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Focusing on college tuition costs only misses the point.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4400/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-07-04 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Student Debt Horror</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4390/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Student debt is probably as bad as we thought.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4390/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-06-27 14:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Opportunity at 50 Years Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4380/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Celebrating the legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4380/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-06-23 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Perceptions of Equality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4372/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman's comments remind us that income inequality is manufactured.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4372/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-06-16 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Better Vision</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4363/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[How will we tackle broad issues of class inequality?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4363/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-06-06 13:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Seeking Truthful Narratives</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4355/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Maya Angelou's death reminds us of the power of memory.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4355/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-06-02 08:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Senate Republicans and Wage Suppression</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4344/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[H-1B Visas, wage wuppression and Senate Republicans]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/4344/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-05-27 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Difficult Math of Inequality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4330/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The unfairness of income inequality is evident in the math.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4330/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-05-16 13:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Visas, Wage Suppression &amp; GOP</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4311/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans block vote on raising the minimum wage.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4311/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-05-02 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>End American Media Apartheid</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4306/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sign our petition to the FCC to support waivers of Joint Sales Agreements.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4306/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-05-01 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Inequality and the 1% Rule</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4299/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court decision on affirmative action further embeds inequality.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4299/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-25 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Supremely Wrong</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4296/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Justices continue the trek backward in America to the days of Jim Crow.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4296/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-24 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Encouraging Economic Leadership</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4289/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Fed chief represents encouraging economic leadership.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4289/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-21 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Tax to Benefit All</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4282/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A tax on stock, bonds and derivatives transactions would yield benefits.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4282/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-14 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Republicans on a Limb</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4273/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New employment data pulls rug from underneath GOP's critique.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4273/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-07 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>When a King Dies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4267/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[46 Years after MLK’s death, we search for the meaning of our struggle.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4267/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-04-03 10:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>March Madness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4259/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[N.L.R.B. ruling sheds light on the plight of student-athletes.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4259/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-03-31 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>When it’s Time to Exit the Stage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4220/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Too many of us hold on to positions too long.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4220/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-03-04 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Hate as a Political Brand</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4170/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans have fully embraced hate as their political brand.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4170/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-01-29 11:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Second Amendment - Redux</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4104/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Playwright Mona Washington takes a creative look at gun violence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4104/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-12-06 10:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4101/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4101/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-12-05 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>What Would Republicans Do?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4096/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[What would Republicans do on health care if they were in the White House?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4096/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-12-03 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>By Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4074/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Words of encouragement, inspiration and faith.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4074/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-11-15 05:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>"News"</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4070/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Mona Washington on the absurdity of news coverage of Philippine disaster.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4070/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-11-13 09:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Grambling’s Goal Line Stand</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4033/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Football team’s courageous stand should be a wake-up call to states.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/4033/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-10-23 11:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Gifted Hands, Foot in Mouth</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4015/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ben Carson is proving himself gifted as a tool of the right-wing.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4015/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-10-15 06:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>They cannot walk alone</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/3945/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must protect children during their daily walk to school.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/3945/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-29 08:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Hate the Game, Not Miley</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3942/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Her behavior is a symptom of a larger disease.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3942/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-29 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Now What?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3928/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let's make certain there won't be a 100th anniversary March on Washington.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3928/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-26 08:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Reminisce but Go Forward</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3917/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must not allow sentimental feelings to trip forward momentum.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3917/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Hypocrisy of Outrage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3888/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Are we selectively outraged in response to violence?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3888/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-04 06:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>By Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3877/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[America has been given a "word" and must now act upon it.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3877/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-28 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>By Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3870/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The aftermath of an unjust verdict.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3870/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-21 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Should we carry the ball and be targets?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3859/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Why should young Black athletes support their own demise?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3859/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-18 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Ain’t No Sunshine if Zimmerman Walks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3841/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It will be time to organize our outrage if the jury lets a killer walk.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3841/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-09 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Make Your Voice Heard</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3833/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let us know your opinion on the issues affecting our community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/3833/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-03 10:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Rachel Jeantel</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3827/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[She is deserving of our love, support and admiration for her courage.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3827/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-01 09:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Our Worst Week</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3821/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[By far, the past week has been one of the worst this century for Blacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3821/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-06-28 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The other Miami Heat</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3810/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A different sort of heat reigns down on Black men in our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3810/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-06-21 07:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>State of the Union</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3622/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Jobs, gun control and economic inequality must be centerpieces of speech.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3622/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-02-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Politics of the Moment</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3494/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must move past electoral euphoria and focus on policy choices.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3494/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-15 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Thelma &amp; Louise</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3487/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[GOP could reprise Thelma &amp; Louise and drive nation off fiscal cliff.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3487/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-12 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Vote Rage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3483/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Obama haters are in full tilt rage over the President’s electoral triumph.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3483/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-10 07:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The New Mandate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3475/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama was given a New Mandate in winning re-election to office.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3475/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-08 06:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Karma is a Mother</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3476/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans get a visit from the ghost of elections past.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3476/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-08 05:30:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Get out and Vote</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3470/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[There is too much at stake for you to sit home on Election Day.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3470/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>National Voter Registration Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3396/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must reinvigorate a culture of voting in the Black community]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3396/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-25 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Remembering Troy Davis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3387/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let us never forget the injustice committed on September 21, 2011.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3387/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-21 06:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Mrs. Obama on Center Stage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3315/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama will be the headliner tonight at the Democratic Convention.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3315/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Ugly Americans</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3305/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans left a trail of ugly on the Gulf Coast after their convention.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3305/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-08-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Let them Eat Cake Ticket</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3288/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan share disdain for most Americans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3288/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-08-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Resiliency of Hate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3274/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Gunman tied to Sikh temple shooting has white supremacist ties.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3274/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-08-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Gun Wrongs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3126/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Gun lobby’s hands are stained with blood that cannot be washed away.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3126/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Not About Race?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3106/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Downplaying "race" only amplifies its role in the murder of Trayvon Martin.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3106/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Patient No More</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3093/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black Americans need to move past patience to action, and then to change.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3093/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-03-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Wanted: Real Black Men</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3080/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Will Black men finally stand up for Black boys?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3080/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-03-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Police Spies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3037/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The New York City Police Department's spying on Muslims is unacceptable.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3037/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Race to the Bottom</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3010/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Silence on a number of injustices betrays Black history.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/3010/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Truth Serum</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2994/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republican candidates are revealing much about state of their party.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2994/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>2012: A Year for Common Sense</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2985/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black Americans need to wake up and understand what’s at stake]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2985/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Time to Lead</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2967/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President will lay out his election year priorities in tonight’s speech.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2967/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Crow Flies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2959/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It appears Republicans are intent on resurrecting Jim Crow.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2959/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>FAMU President Needs Time Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2915/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Florida A&amp;M's president should take a voluntary leave of absence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2915/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-12-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Leaving Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2887/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Fulfilling a promise, U.S troops leaving  Iraq by end of month.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2887/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-12-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>World AIDS Day 2011</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2884/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Take steps to make sure you are positive that you are negative.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2884/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Music to Die For?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2879/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[FAMU must address cultural issues that led to drum major’s death.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2879/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Giving Thanks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2874/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We offer our thanks as we celebrate Thanksgiving Day.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2874/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Super Thud</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2868/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional deficit committee fails to reach agreement]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2868/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Ambush at Zuccotti Park</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2861/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Occupy movement must regroup, return and organize for political change.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2861/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Veterans Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2848/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Saluting those who have served our nation in the Armed Forces.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2848/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Fire Joe Paterno</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2844/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Penn State University must fire head football coach Joe Paterno.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2844/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Final Round</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2835/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Like he always has, Joe Frazier will fight the final round like a champ.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2835/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Dying to Succeed</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2818/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson’s death a cautionary tale of pitfalls of celebrity.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2818/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Out of Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2804/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In 2002, we opposed the Iraq invasion. We fully support the withdrawal of troops.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2804/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Upon this Solid Rock</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2798/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. King takes his rightful place among the Founding Fathers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2798/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>When Giants Leave Us</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2774/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In Memoriam: Honoring Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Professor Derrick Bell.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2774/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Media Man Crush on Christie</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2770/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Fawning over Chris Christie will not end with his non-candidacy in 2012.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2770/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Shameful</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2747/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Taking an innocent life does not equal justice; blood stains hands of GA Parole Board.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2747/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Complacency Kills</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2731/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Low turnout in Baltimore symbolic of self-inflicted wound.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2731/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>First Speech, Now Action</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2720/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President must now find a way to get jobs bill passed by Congress.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2720/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>It Stops, When We Stop It</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2666/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Epidemic of gun violence is killing the future of the Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2666/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>American Apartheid</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2646/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wealth inequality is setting stage for apartheid in the United States.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2646/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>With Intent to Fail</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2627/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans in Congress are intentionally sabotaging deficit talks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2627/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>GOP’s Crying Game</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2620/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans push country to the brink to score cheap political points.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2620/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Real War</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2610/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[There will be real victims and casualties from the war on the Hill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2610/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Govern Like its 2008</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2534/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President needs to stand and deliver on job creation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2534/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Struggle post-Brown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2491/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Education must be the civil rights issue of the 21st century.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2491/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Texas' Wrong Turn</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2479/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Texas Senate moves to allow concealed weapons on campus.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2479/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Photo Will Not Please Skeptics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2466/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Images of bin Laden's corpse will not quiet the President's critics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2466/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Rich Fool</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2451/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Billionaire proves that money can’t buy common sense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2451/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Fight worth Fighting</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2439/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s the dollars that matter most in determining who gets served.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2439/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Business Case for Peace</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2373/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President’s call for innovation must be met with real dollars.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2373/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Remember Wisconsin!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2364/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wisconsin represents a call to action for the American worker.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2364/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>White Girls Can Step Too</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2357/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are too big as a people, to fall prey to such trivial matters.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2357/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The New Hate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2349/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter King can’t mask his true sentiments toward Muslims.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2349/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Defending the Public Defender</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2334/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Jersey official takes a stand against bullying tactics of Governor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2334/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Showdown in Wisconsin</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2325/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Battle of Madison marks a watershed moment for Black workers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2325/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Black History Month</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2293/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks have always faced the future, while heeding the past.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2293/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Airhead Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2285/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the new "smart" in American politics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2285/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>MLK Day @25</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2266/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On the 25th anniversary of MLK Day, let us return to the work of Dr. King.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2266/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Pushed Over the Edge</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2262/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Running away from the truth means we are bound for another tragedy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2262/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Remembering Bob Weaver</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2260/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On anniversary of his appointment, we remember a trailblazer.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2260/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Spare us the Hypocrisy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2251/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s time we called out those who divide us in this nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2251/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Raining Lies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2245/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New York City television personality deserves punishment for lie.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2245/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Our New Year’s Perspective</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2235/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We approach 2011 with great hope for the Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2235/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Rangel’s Censure</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2196/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The aftermath of the censure of Rep. Charles Rangel.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2196/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Thank You Veterans</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2169/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must honor our veterans for their service to our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2169/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Killer Cops</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2161/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Is the life of a Black man really less than that of dogs?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2161/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Color of Congress</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2156/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[White, conservative Republican men will control the 111th Congress.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2156/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Voting is Black Power</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2149/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Electing the first Black President was just the first step toward real change.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2149/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Mr. President: JOBS!!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2119/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President needs to step-up and confront Black joblessness.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2119/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-10-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>White House Makeover</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2093/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Summers departure should be the beginning of an extreme home makeover.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2093/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Accountability is the Key</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2088/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission sets its course.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2088/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>CBC Must Step Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2081/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We need real leadership from the Congressional Black Caucus.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2081/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Time for Justice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2065/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It's time Americans validated the principles of justice and equality.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2065/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Supreme Stupidity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1968/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Conservatives on the high court once again defy common sense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1968/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Silence of the Lambs?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1967/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black groups on sideline as Kagan nomination is considered.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1967/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Human All-Star</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1954/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Professional sports lost a true humanitarian with the death of Manute Bol.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1954/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Fathers Matter</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1951/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On Father's Day we salute all dads and encourage men to support their children.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1951/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Today’s Primaries</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1926/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Today's primaries might reveal the true nature of the electorate.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1926/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Holding BP Accountable</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1913/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Consumers can do their part in sending a strong message to BP.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1913/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Curse of Crude</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1905/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The BP oil spill should force the nation to think about energy policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1905/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-05-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Saints Go Marching In!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1759/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Carrying a city on their backs, the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1759/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Who Dat?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1756/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Whatever the final score of the Super Bowl, New Orleans is a winner.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1756/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Black History Month Challenge</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1741/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A challenge to infuse a sense of purpose into Black History Month.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1741/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>All Things to All People?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1733/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite the hype, Barack Obama is human and cannot serve all interests.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1733/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Time to Vote Today</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1622/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[If you truly care about your community, you will vote today.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1622/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-11-02 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Second Chance</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1604/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Prison mental health therapist Evan Baker maps the road to recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1604/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Mauling in Ann Arbor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1583/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black college football is being pimped for a large payday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1583/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Bum Rush</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1580/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The NFL is safe again now that Rush Limbaugh has been chased away.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1580/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Chicago Murder is Last Straw</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1549/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Derrion Albert's life must be honored and his death not in vain.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1549/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>CBC Comes of Age</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1528/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus is pivotal to President's agenda.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1528/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Our Domestic War</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1511/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It's time we stopped ignoring the truth and confront racists in our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1511/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Murder at Clark-Atlanta</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1490/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Jasmine Lynn went to Atlanta for an education, she is now a victim of gun violence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1490/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Encouraging another “Dallas”</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1440/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The presence of guns at a presidential event is a warning to us all.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1440/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Black Men Score for Vick</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1437/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Tony Dungee and Donovan McNabb lead by example in helping Michael Vick.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1437/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Policy Thugs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1428/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The ugliness on display at health care forums is not about policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1428/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Justice Sotomayor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1418/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1418/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>My Provincetown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1412/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sometimes kernels of truth are revealed in casual conversation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1412/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Beers Leave Aftertaste</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1402/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It will take more than a few beers to reconcile racial bias in this nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1402/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Rotten Garden (State)</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1384/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Like a group of kids on a field trip, politicians rode the bus to their arraignment.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1384/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Stupidly, Yes.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1378/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[For his honesty, the President has come under criticism by people who doubt Dr. Gates’ claims that the police acted without cause and their actions were racist. The offending officer has spoken publicly and said emphatically that he is not a racist and the local police union is supporting him. No matter what the counter-claim, the fact that the President of the United States made his opinion known is a true sign that change has come to the nation’s capital.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1378/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Education of Henry Louis Gates</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1371/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Noted scholar faces indignities usually reserved for nameless.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1371/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Our Votes Count</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1368/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Newly released Census data shows power of Black vote in 2008 election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1368/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Wise Latina</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/1355/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sotomayor hearing is revealing the paranoia of white, male conservatives.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/1355/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>NAACP @ 100</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1350/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We salute the NAACP as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1350/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Vantage Point</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1344/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President's Ghana speech was on-point but his message needed greater context.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1344/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-14 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Obama in Africa</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1340/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President's tough love message must be accompanied with support for Africa.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1340/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-13 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Gone Too Soon</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1298/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We honor the memory of Michael Jackson for what he meant to our community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1298/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Voting Rights Preserved</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1284/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The recent Supreme Court decision preserves voting protections.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1284/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Supporting Sotomayor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1249/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let's throw our support behind Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1249/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A New Approach in Middle East</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1239/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President pursues a Middle East agenda forged by truth and common sense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1239/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Help for Katrina Victims</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1238/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Finally, the victims of Hurricane Katrina are being offered real help.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1238/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-05 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Off-duty but in Plain Sight</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1225/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The shooting of a Black, off-duty NYC police officer raises questions.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1225/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Supreme Pick</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1218/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama has made a wise choice in his nomination of Judge Sotomayor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1218/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Truth Hurts</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1204/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Reaction to Walter Fields' critique of Yates family proves the point.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1204/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Arizona State’s Insult</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1197/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Arizona State University's snub of President Obama is an insult.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1197/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Break the Supreme Court Quota</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1170/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The appointment of a second Black would prove we are truly a post-racial society.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1170/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>100 Days</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1160/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We take a look at President Obama's first 100 days in office.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1160/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Strip-Searching Teens is Out of Control</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1148/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court case raises important issues for students and parents.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1148/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Image and Job Interviews</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1149/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With competition high for jobs, appearances matter.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1149/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>U.S. MIA</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1129/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has erred in its decision to skip this week’s United Nations Durban Review Conference that starts today.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1129/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Gun Violence</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1093/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last three days we have heard news of several violent episodes in which guns were used to kill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1093/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>We Will Never Forget</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1090/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[April 4 marks the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1090/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Why Black Power?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1076/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With a Black man now holding the office of President of the United States, the topic of “Black Power” might seem a strange choice as the subject of a symposium of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1076/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Trouble in Oak Town</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1055/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The City of Oakland California is reeling from the shooting over the weekend of four police officers, all of whom have died, at the hands of a parolee.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1055/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Village Mob</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1044/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last few days the public anger over the bonuses received by executives at American International Group (A.I.G.) has resembled the villagers storming Frankenstein’s castle with torches ablaze.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1044/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>D.C.’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1020/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The District of Columbia’s health department is due to officially release statistics on the status of HIV/AIDS in the nation’s capital and the numbers point to an epidemic, with particularly devastating implications for the city’s Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1020/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>It Takes a Village</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1017/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are living during a very difficult time in our nation’s history. The current recession is taking a toll on communities across the country and Blacks have been particularly hard hit.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1017/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-13 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>An Education President</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1007/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[More so than anything, the story of Barack Obama’s success is one in which education played a key role in determining his destiny.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1007/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-11 10:11:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Beyond Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/989/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We were anticipating bad news with the release of today’s unemployment figures for February by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/989/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Michael Steele’s Cowardice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/976/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[If Michael Steele wanted to set himself apart as the new chair of the Republican National Committee, he certainly achieved that goal with his embarrassing apology to conservative radio talk show blowhard Rush Limbaugh.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/976/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Out of Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/971/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Long before President Bush committed this nation to war in Iraq, this website in its former life as thenorthstarnetwork.com, opposed a U.S. invasion of Iraq.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/971/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Is This the Best You’ve Got?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/963/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So much for being the “anointed one.” Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is touted as a rising star in the Republican Party and his selection to give the GOP response to President Obama’s almost State of the Union address Tuesday night was suppose to be Jindal’s coming out party.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/963/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Alan Keyes is…Crazy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/952/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let’s be clear about one thing. You can be Black, Republican and sane. While we may often disagree with the GOP on matters of public policy, particularly its far-right wing, we know that many Black Republicans fervently believe in the party’s fundamental economic and social message.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/952/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Steele’s Disappearing Act</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/939/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just when we thought the Republican Party had made a turn in the right direction with the selection of Michael Steele as their new chair, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is missing in action.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/939/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-23 06:48:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Who Owns News Media Matters</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/932/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people gathered yesterday afternoon in New York City outside the headquarters of the News Corporation to protest a racially insensitive cartoon in the New York Post, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/932/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Love Her to Death</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/924/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[They seemed like the perfect couple. Teen heartthrob Chris Brown and his stunning girlfriend, hit maker Rihanna. Perhaps that was the first sign that something was not quite right.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/924/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>NAACP Turns 100</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/906/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It started out as a “movement,” a meeting of Black intellectuals, white feminists, clergy, and concerned whites in Niagara, New York and evolved into a modern creation, the civil rights organization.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/906/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-12 08:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Alex the Lyinghearted</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/897/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Baseball superstar's admission of drug use should not be casually dismissed simply because of his undeniable talent.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/897/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>GOP plays politics as people suffer</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/888/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last week the Republican Party has managed to take all of the positive attention gained from the selection of Michael Steele as its first Black chairperson and flush it down the toilet with their politically motivated opposition to the economic recovery legislation under consideration.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/888/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Not Playing with a Full Deck</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/874/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So, while the nation’s economy is going down in flames, the very team that lit the match has nothing better to do than to sit back and take cheap shots at an administration that is barely three weeks old.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/874/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Tax Man Cometh</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/862/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It was bad enough when Timothy Geithner, now the Treasury Secretary, faced questions over his failure to pay taxes as he was being considered for the post.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/862/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Chairman Steele</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/849/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Late Friday afternoon Michael Steele made history when he was selected the new chairperson of the Republican National Committee.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/849/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Apology Due</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/824/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Presidential Inaugural Committee owes an explanation and apology to the tens of thousands of individuals who possessed tickets but did not gain access to the 56th Presidential Inauguration due to an utter lack of planning.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/824/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Completing Dr. King's Mission</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/803/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We come upon the National Holiday celebrating the birthday of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a renewed sense of hope as we prepare for the inauguration of our nation’s first Black President.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/803/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Facts and Fiction About Black America</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/804/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The new conventional wisdom is that black America is in deep decline and single-parent families are the cause. It is true that black single-parent families have increased significantly since the 1960s. However, the evidence for a black “culture of failure,” to excerpt a recent title by Juan Williams, is much harder to come by.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/804/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>New Direction in the Middle East</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/805/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The lack of available commentary from Black journalists and political leaders on the current war raging in Gaza is jarring.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/805/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Reid’s Unnecessary Showdown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/767/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So, there they were, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Dick Durbin, the senior member of the upper house from Illinois, and the man chosen to fill the remaining two years of Barack Obama’s Senate term, Roland Burris – exchanging niceties and smiles one day after the infamous showdown on the Hill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/767/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Touché Governor Blagojevich!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/748/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[No matter what we might think of Governor Rod Blagojevich, we have to give him his due for sheer nerve. In the face of political scandal, imminent indictment, and possible impeachment, he one upped his critics, and defied his party, by appointing someone whose fitness to represent Illinois in the Senate cannot be reasonably challenged.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/748/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>GOP's Third Rail Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/740/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[You would think that after the shellacking Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin took at the polls on November 4 that Republicans would be working in earnest to recast their party.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/740/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Notre Dame’s Fumble</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/713/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It is one of the most storied programs in college football history. The Catholic school in South Bend, Indiana that plays in a stadium that at one end aligns with a mural of Christ, aptly nicknamed “Touchdown Jesus” because the depiction is with arms stretched upward in a manner a referee would declare a score.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/713/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Selective Outrage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/712/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So, after two weeks of posturing and pontificating, Republicans in the Senate balked at providing Detroit automakers the assistance the “Big Three” – General Motors, Ford and Chrysler – has indicated it needs to make it the first quarter of next year.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/712/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>President Obama and the District</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/704/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Historically the President of the United States has had a complicated relationship with the city of Washington, D.C. The expectation of a Barack Obama White House is different as residents and community leaders anticipate more outreach from the POTUS.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/704/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Killing Fields</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/697/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are profoundly saddened and angered over the killing of 14 year-old Ronald Jackson in Baltimore on Sunday night. He is the latest among hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Black youth in our country who have been gunned down in senseless acts of violence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/697/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>New Deal with Labor for Recovery</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/690/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Now that President-elect Barack Obama has made clear his intention to use infrastructure projects, including transportation and schools, as a cornerstone for a massive jobs program aimed at stimulating the economy, Black leadership at all levels must insist that construction trades unions end practices that have prohibited Blacks from gaining access to union jobs.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/690/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Why NorthStar?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/681/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our mission is simple – to provide news and information from a perspective that is relevant to the experiences of Black people in this nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/681/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Still Keeping the Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/673/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[November 29 marked the 100th birthday of civil rights and political legend Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. And unlike the celebrations and memorials that will be held around the country marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. next month, there will be little or no mention of Powell today.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/673/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Giving Thanks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/671/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[These are difficult times for many Black Americans and on this Thanksgiving, for some, it may be difficult to find a reason to be thankful.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/671/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Obama's Recovery Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/340/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are pleased that President-elect Obama has announced he will propose an Economic Recovery plan aimed at putting Americans to work in transportation infrastructure, public school buildings and clean energy projects.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/340/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>GOP Claims No Mandate for Obama</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/330/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[One day after Election Day, Republican members of Congress and right leaning pundits, were quickly out in front of cameras stating that Barack Obama's resounding victory over John McCain did not equate to a mandate for the newly minted President-elect.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/330/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Discipline of the Brothers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/325/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the magnificent discipline of the Barack Obama campaign apparatus in pursuit of the presidency. In all accounts, the adjectives were glowing. But little has been said about the amazing restraint displayed by potentially controversial Obama supporters.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/325/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Time to Step Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/315/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last two years the issue of personal responsibility has gained currency in our community, first with the controversial crusade of entertainer Bill Cosby and then espoused by Senator Barack Obama on the campaign trail.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/315/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>All that is left is for us to act</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/273/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/273/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-10-30 17:22:46</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Hudson Family Tragedy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/268/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Hudson family tragedy reflects a larger crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/268/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-10-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>A Muslim In America</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/260/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It is a fascinating time to be Muslim in America.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/260/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-10-27 14:12:19</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Palin Edict</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/156/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton explores Sarah Palin and the "benefits" of wh]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/156/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Falling for the Okey-Doke</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/155/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Cindy Barnes-Thomas shares her angst over the rise of Sarah Palin.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/155/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>How Much Did that Beer Really Cost?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/157/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Dan J. Nunn, II suggests the nation has paid a high price after eight ]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/157/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>HIV/AIDS: Beyond Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/141/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New CDC data on the incidence of HIV/AIDS should raise a new sense of urgency in the Black community]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/141/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Doing Right by Haiti</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/135/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black Americans must rise to the occasion and help Haiti during its time of great need.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/135/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>So Hard To Say Goodbye</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/128/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems intent on staying in office for a third term.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/128/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Shell Game</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/122/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Legal Analyst Robert Tarver calls on the media to question Sarah Palin's qualifications as they did]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/122/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>GOP's Wrong Turn</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/80/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The bill may come due this November on a decades long strategy of divisive politics by the GOP.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/80/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>The Private School Experience</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/48/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Many Black parents are faced with the decision to place their child in private school, a challenge t]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/48/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Truth vs. Fiction</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton explores the many myths surrounding the candi]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 12:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Politics of Old Must End for Change to Begin</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/12/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Now that the Democratic Party primary elections are over, the real work to create and realize a Barack Obama presidency begins.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/columns/article/12/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Hurt Feelings</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/7/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton suggests there may be some bruised feelings i]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/7/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Concerned with Edwards Affair</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/8/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Cindy Barnes-Thomas looks at the recent admission by former North Caro]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/8/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Are We There Yet?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/13/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite the tremendous success of Senator Barack Obama this election year, we can't lose sight of th]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/13/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 01:33:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Affirmative Action; Affirmative Defense</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/17/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just in time for the presidential election, it appears that foes of affirmative action, fueled by no]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/17/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 01:33:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>Just Beyond the Horizon</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/20/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Lenworth Gunther, historian and cultural commentator, explores the journey that has taken Barack]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/20/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 01:33:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			<item>
					 <title>In Defense of Black Fathers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Chris Wilder offers a defense of Black fathers against the backdrop of]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
				 	</item>
			</channel>
			 </rss>