Gregory Kane, BlackAmericaWeb.com

Gregory Kane is an award-winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun. In 1997 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on slavery in the Sudan. That work won him the 1997 Overseas Press Club Award.

Past articles:

‘Mission not accomplished’ Dems’ reply to GOP Confab
‘Stop snitching’ DVD puts homegrown NBA star in verbal crossfire
Ad campaign sends anti-marijuana message to black parents
Bill Clinton and John Kerry meet with Black Clergy
Black GOPers Guests at a Democrat’s Harlem Studio
Blacks at GOP-Sponsored Breakfast Extol Faith
Bradley Sets Sights on Becoming Ohio Governor
Commentary: Thanks, Juan Williams, for Echoing What Black Conservatives Have Been Saying for Years
Commentary: ‘Blacker-Than-Thou’ Negroes Hate Themselves More Than They Love Us
Commentary: ‘Chickenhead’ Term is unseemly, even for Male Rappers
Commentary: ‘Colorism’ is Alive and Well Among Color-Struck American Negroes
Commentary: ‘People of Color’ are All One? Latino Inmates in L.A. Don’t Think So
Commentary: ‘Us killing us’ no longer shocks, and that’s a horror story
Commentary: A Few Nights in Philadelphia, A Few Bits of Fascinating Information – and Some Nonsense
Commentary: A Tale of Two Black Men – One Rich, One Poor, but Not Like You Suspect
Commentary: Absent from BET’s Most ‘Messed Up Moments?’ The End of its Own News Shows
Commentary: After Learning What ‘Blood Drops’ Are, Don’t Be Surprised if You Support Forced Sterilization
Commentary: All black music is linked, and the chain is unbreakable
Commentary: America Needs a Truth Commission on COINTELPRO, the FBI’s Great Shame
Commentary: Amidst Our Anger & Shock Over Richards’ Race-Baiting, Here’s What Should Get Under Our Skin
Commentary: Angry at Bill? We Should Be Mad at Our Own Who Promote Killing Us
Commentary: Anti-Snitching Mindset Begs the Question: Where Are Our Values Headed?
Commentary: Are Today’s Scantily-Clad Prom Attendees Making a Statement? If So, What Are They Saying?
Commentary: Are You Racial Image Guardians Really Calling LeBron James King Kong? I Didn’t Think So
Commentary: As Black Child After Black Child Dies, Where Are Their Fathers?
Commentary: As His Son Was Selling Drugs and Getting Shot, Where Was 50 Cent’s Father?
Commentary: As Young Black Girls Continue to be Preyed Upon, Where Are Their Fathers?
Commentary: Before We Blast Others Who Promote Black Stereotypes, We’ve Got to Stop Giving Them Ammo
Commentary: Before We Join with Latinos on Immigration, Let’s Ask What They’ve Done for Us
Commentary: Beware of Christian Zealots Who Persecute Black Muslims – The Rest of Us Are Next
Commentary: 'Bigger Thomas’ is a menace that ‘Uncle Tom’ could never be
Commentary: Biting Into a Smithfield Tar Heel Ham This Holiday Season? Someone Wants You to Think Twice
Commentary: Black Female HIV crisis is not Cheney’s problem; it’s ours
Commentary: Black History is Much More Complex and Fascinating than We’ve Been Taught
Commentary: Black Mothers are Constantly Being Praised in Song, But Where are the Tributes to Black Dads?
Commentary: Black soldiers fought gallantly at the Battle of the Bulge
Commentary: Black Venezuelans and Black Americans Have Much to Learn from Each Other – and Should
Commentary: Black Villains, White Heroes: Sports Race Cards in a Stacked Deck
Commentary: Black Wrestling Champ Deshawn Barrett Beating Odds and Defying Stereotypes
Commentary: Blacks Who Use the N-Word Should Take a Page from Pryor’s Playbook
Commentary: Blame for Fantasia’s Illiteracy Belongs to Her Schools and Her Mother
Commentary: Book award recognizes black rights stand in Detroit
Commentary: By Selling Images of Black Victimhood, We’re Pimping Our Own Misery
Commentary: Can 2006 Be the Year Folks Obsessed with the O.J. Verdict Get Over It?
Commentary: Cautionary Reading for Blacks regarding Reparations Debate
Commentary: Color-Struck Blacks Are at It Again – The Lighter the Woman, the Finer
Commentary: Conservative Media Cries Injustice Over Duke Rape Claims, Yet Clam Up When Victims are Black
Commentary: Coulter’s Take on Berry’s ‘Mau-Mauing’ Reveals Her Own Insecurities
Commentary: Dear, Busta – Here’s the Difference Between Snitching and Reporting Crimes
Commentary: Dear, Miss Thang: Stop the Foolishness Already, and Please Put On Some Decent Clothes
Commentary: Democrats Deserve the Blame for Failing Our Inner City Schools – and Our Kids
Commentary: Democrats in Maryland Angry at Black Republicans’ Ad Need a Quick History Lesson
Commentary: Denied a King Day Holiday, the Smithfield Workers Among the Ones He’d Be Fighting For Today
Commentary: Dershowitz’s Book on Key Legal Battles Runs the Gamut, But Omits a Major One
Commentary: Despite Ire Over Imus’ Comments, Many of Us Believe Exactly What We Accuse Him of Saying
Commentary: Despite the Crack Angle, Sam McClain’s Beating Still Worth Condemning
Commentary: Despite the Network’s Many Missteps, BET Did Get One Thing Right – We’ve Got to Do Better
Commentary: Did Russert’s Playing the Farrakhan Card Have an Impact on Tuesday’s Primary Contests?
Commentary: Do NFL Vets Have a Legitimate Gripe Against Gene Upshaw or Are Racism and Jealousy at the Root?
Commentary: Do Your Own Research, and You’ll Discover the Willie Lynch ‘Speech’ is a More Fraud than Fact
Commentary: Does Jailhouse Informants’ Testimony Taint the Certainty of Tookie’s Guilt? Yes and No
Commentary: Does Wright Really Want Barack Obama to Win the Presidency? His Public Display Says No
Commentary: Duke Rape Case Has White Pundits Rallying ‘Round the Rich, Not Addressing the Issue
Commentary: Dungy Tragedy Begs the Question - Is Suicide Rising Among Young Black Men?
Commentary: Emmett Till, Sexual Harasser? No, More Like the Victim of a Wicked, Oppressive Racism
Commentary: Escaped Ex-Panther Assata Shakur Still Being Convicted in Print by New York Media
Commentary: ESPN Relying on a Confidential Informant in Vick Case Coverage? What Shoddy Journalism
Commentary: Farrakhan's remarks to rappers ignore greatest black generations
Commentary: Feeling Sorry for Those Poor, Falsely-Accused Duke Lacrosse Players? Cry Me a River
Commentary: First Obama’s a Secret Muslim, Then a Manchurian Candidate – and Now He’s the Anti-Christ?
Commentary: First Woman to lead U.S. troops is a familiar surprise
Commentary: Folks Whined About Fibs in ‘The Hurricane’ -- What About ‘Cinderella Man?’
Commentary: For Those Who Still Believe People of Color Can’t Be Racist, Sonia Pierre Has a Story for You
Commentary: Former Adult Film Star Heather Hunter Walking the Straight and Narrow Road as a Writer
Commentary: From Its Opening Moments to its Closing Credits, ‘Blood Diamond’ Shines Among Other Films
Commentary: Generation Hip-Hop’s Hoops Stars Need to Get Back to the Basics of Playing Good Basketball
Commentary: Good Black Actors in Dubious Roles Continue to Garner Praise and Awards from Hollywood
Commentary: Hard-knock son of Baltimore ‘holds up his end of the bargain’
Commentary: He’s Got Enough Baggage, So Leave Malcolm X’s Grandson Alone
Commentary: Here are Two Little Words That Need to Be Reintroduced to Folks of Every Race: Home Training
Commentary: Here’s a Question for 64 Million Americans: You Really Think Taylor Hicks Can Sing?
Commentary: Home-Schooling Can’t Be Any More Dangerous Than Our Public Schools
Commentary: How Sad is It that Blacks in the Diaspora Appreciate ‘Black Power’ – and We Don’t?
Commentary: If an Acquitted O.J. is Reviled by White America, Why is Snoop Dogg So Acceptable?
Commentary: If Bonds’ Record-Breaking Deserves an Asterisk, Don’t All Baseball Records Pre-1947?
Commentary: If Girls Have Abortion Rights Without Parental Notification, Doesn’t That Make Them Women?
Commentary: If other Ethnic Epithets are Taboo, same should go for ‘N-word’
Commentary: If Privacy Rights Include Abortion, Where’s the Right to Belong to All-White Clubs?
Commentary: If the Cops Won’t Protect Us from Criminals, We Need to Arm Up and Protect Ourselves
Commentary: If the United States is So Concerned About Terrorism, Why Are We Protecting Luis Posada?
Commentary: In a Family Way: Teresa Heinz-Kerry has Black in her?
Commentary: In Both Comedies and Drama, Anthony Anderson’s a Real Pro at Scene-Stealing
Commentary: In School Diversity Rulings, Clarence Thomas Was Standing Up for Blacks, Not Turning on Them
Commentary: In the Case of the ‘Black Widow,’ Why Are Black Women the Sister’s Biggest Bashers?
Commentary: In the Death of Young Irvin J. Harris, There’s Enough Blame to Go Around
Commentary: In Their Public Appeals to Support Michael Vick, Some of These Rappers are Missing the Point
Commentary: In What’s Possibly the Worst Black-on-Black Crime in Decades, Why are Al & Jesse So Silent?
Commentary: Inmates persuade Teens that Prison time is a bad lifestyle change
Commentary: Is Integrated Education Better Education? 50 Years After Little Rock, the Answer is No
Commentary: Is It Me, or Has the Embattled Michael Vick Been Singled Out for Selective Prosecution?
Commentary: Is It Really ‘Hard Out Here for a Pimp?’ No, It’s Harder to Play it Straight
Commentary: Is Poverty a Bigger Problem for the Black Community Than Abortion?
Commentary: Is Racism Afoot in the Case of the Clearlake Three? Clearly, the Answer’s a Resounding No
Commentary: It’s Stupid and Sad, but Black Folks Throughout the Diaspora Remain as Color-Struck as Ever
Commentary: Jena Six, My Foot – Where is the Black Community’s Outrage Over the John White Verdict?
Commentary: Just When and How Did New Orleans’ Levee Break? And Who’s Asking?
Commentary: Kanye West Depicted as Jesus Christ? Guess Someone’s Got a God Complex
Commentary: Karrine Steffans May Not Be a Homewrecker, But She’s Anything But Innocent
Commentary: Kathryn Johnston’s Killing Should Force Us to Take Another Look at The Whole ‘War on Drugs’
Commentary: Lamenting Over Black Men in Prison? More Need to Be There
Commentary: Like His White Counterparts, Jack Johnson Drew Color Lines
Commentary: Love Him or Hate Him, Justice Thomas Was Right About Prison Segregation
Commentary: Mad at Lil Kim’s Conviction? Be Mad at How Often Black Defendants Go Federal
Commentary: Maryland Blacks Think They ‘Showed Bush,’ But They Only Showed Their Love of Irony
Commentary: Maryland Case Shows That If You Start It, Finish It – Don’t Cry Racism
Commentary: Maybe if Your Stance is ‘No Snitching,’ the Public at Large’s Will Be ‘No Buying’
Commentary: Meet Maryland’s Dynamic Donna Edwards, the Democratic Anti-Cynthia McKinney
Commentary: Members of the Bloods and Crips Should Be Guarding Leonard Pitts’ House Right Now - and Here’s Why
Commentary: More Gov’t Informants, More Shoddy Journalism in Case of Alleged JFK Airport Plot
Commentary: Most Rappers’ Unending Thirst for ‘Street Cred’ to Sell CDs Isn’t Fooling Anyone
Commentary: Multi-Million Dollar Athletes are Slaves? Our Ancestors Wouldn’t Agree
Commentary: Multi-Million Dollar Athletes as Slaves, Part Two – A Portrait of Real People’s Pain
Commentary: Muslims Upset at ‘24’ Stereotyping? They Should See ‘Birth of a Nation’
Commentary: New Nominee for Grand Prize in the Stupidity Sweepstakes? Fantasia's 'Baby Mama'
Commentary: NFL Star’s sentence reveals ugly side of ‘War on Drugs’
Commentary: Not Only Does the Golf Channel’s Dimwit Anchor Need Schooling – So Does Tiger Woods
Commentary: O’Reilly Gets Railed Over His Comments, But Why is No One Upset at John Edwards’ Words?
Commentary: Okay, Black America – What Are We Going to Do About Douglass High Schools All Over the Country?
Commentary: Once Again, Maryland’s Black Democrats Got Chumped By Their Own Party
Commentary: Ossie Davis, the Man, and Ossie Davis, the Actor – Both Deserve Revering
Commentary: Outing Sorry, Child Support-Owing Brothers is Only a Click or Two Away, Ladies
Commentary: Parents Aren’t Home-Training Their Delinquent Kids? Maybe It’s Time They Paid the Price
Commentary: Please, White America, Time to Get Over the Obsession with O.J. Simpson’s Acquittal
Commentary: Potential Terrorists on Airlines Need to Know This – Act Up, and You’ll Get Messed Up
Commentary: Problems at Juneteenth? If You Celebrate Ignorance, You Ought to Expect Ignorance
Commentary: Race Card? The Only One on the Table is the White Supremacy Card – and Clinton Played It
Commentary: Recent Events Beg the Question for Black Democrats -- How Do Like Your Precious Party Now?
Commentary: Remembering the Godfather’s Funky Music and His Understanding of What Black Power Means
Commentary: Remembering The Importance of Thanksgiving - A Tale of Family Love, Loss and Little Ones
Commentary: Robin Thicke, Soul Brother Number One? Even from the Grave, James Brown Still Reigns
Commentary: Sexist images should be off-limits to teenage males too
Commentary: Shocked at the Sight of Kids’ Provocative Dancing? If You Did ‘The Freak,’ You Shouldn’t Be
Commentary: Should Black Judges and Prosecutors Give Black Criminals Better Treatment? Of Course Not
Commentary: Should Forced Sterilization Make a Comeback? Stories Like This Make it Worthy of Consideration
Commentary: Since Felt’s Coming Clean, He Should Dime Out the Culprits of COINTELPRO
Commentary: Slain Teen Didn’t Just Die at Cop’s Hands, but by Those of L.A.’s Black Community
Commentary: Slavery Reconciliation Walk distorted Black History
Commentary: So Blacks and Illegal Immigrants Have Shared Interests? Tell it to Newark’s Slain Students
Commentary: So, Destiny’s Child Wants ‘Soldiers?’ Don’t Look Any Further
Commentary: Some Blacks are giving N.J.’s DL Governor too much Credit
Commentary: Some of Most Offensive Songs in Gangsta Rap Aren’t Even Performed by Gangsta Rappers
Commentary: Sorry, Duke Lacrosse Players – You’ve Made Your Bed, Now You’re Lying in It
Commentary: Still Whining About Those Accused Duke Students? You’ll Stop After Learning About Darryl Hunt
Commentary: Street Fight DVD Series Proves We’re All Too Willing to Degrade Ourselves
Commentary: Student’s Doll Test Sparks More Questions Than Answers
Commentary: Support Janice Rogers Brown – Black Liberals Need Another Black to Hate
Commentary: The Book’s Title Says it All: ‘If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs’
Commentary: The Infamous ‘Willie Lynch’ Letter is Nothing More than a Fantasy
Commentary: The Inter-Racial Romance Theme in ‘Something New’ is Anything But Groundbreaking
Commentary: The Jena Six Case, Part One – Is this Prosecutor a Graduate of the Mike Nifong D.A. School?
Commentary: The Jena Six Case, Part Two: White Racism Enrages Us More than Our Own Fratricide
Commentary: The Moral of the “Where’s Daddy” Series? Sex Doesn’t Just Sell -- It Costs
Commentary: The Next Time Akon Takes a Girl Onstage to Dirty-Dance, Bet He’ll Check Her I.D. First
Commentary: The State of Hip-Hop, Part Four: The ‘No Snitching’ Mindset Has Delayed Justice for Biggie
Commentary: The State of Hip-Hop, Part One – Calling for MCs to Be Lynched? Mediocrity Made NYOil Do It
Commentary: The State of Hip-Hop, Part Three: Let’s Call it What it Is – Cooning, 21st-Century Style
Commentary: The State of Hip-Hop, Part Two – Is ‘Hood Life the Only Thing Happening in Black America?
Commentary: The Unspoken Racism in Diversity Plans Suggests that Majority-Black Schools Must Be Bad
Commentary: Think of Yourself as the N-Word, and You’ll Never Be More Than That
Commentary: Think the Alleged Rapists at Duke Bought into the ‘Oversexed Black Woman’ Image?
Commentary: Think the Death Penalty is Unfair to Black People? Maybe This Story Will Sway You
Commentary: Think Those Cops Will Be Indicted for Killing Groom-to-Be Sean Bell? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Commentary: Today’s Hip-Hop Play to Racist Images like ’40s Cartoons
Commentary: Two Black Democrats Air Opposing Messages
Commentary: Wanna Fight the ‘Stop Snitching’ Scourge? Buy the Anti-Ignorance Counterpart, ‘Stop Lying’
Commentary: Want Candidates to Address Sentencing Disparities? Start with Clinton’s Husband, Not Obama
Commentary: Want to Avoid Drama at Any Costs, Brothers? Then Grow Up, and Just Say No to Strip Clubs
Commentary: We Ask ‘Where is the Love?’ But Here’s a More Important Question: Where is the Respect?
Commentary: We Can’t Blame White Folks for Our Missing Fathers and Unknown Granddads
Commentary: We Talk About How Ministers’ Kids Tend to Be Wild – What About the Preachers Themselves?
Commentary: What are the Folks Who Criticize Bill Cosby Doing to Help Uplift Poor Blacks?
Commentary: What Do Call What’s Happening to Poor Paris Hilton? ‘Rational Discrimination’
Commentary: What Exactly is a “Baby Mama?” It Depends on How You Define Yourself
Commentary: What is it With These Sappy Sisters Who Feel Responsible When Their Men Fail Them?
Commentary: What Should Be Said to the Ignorant Teen Uncle in the Pot Smoking Tots Case? Two Words
Commentary: What Was the Greatest Black Conservative Organization Ever? The Black Panthers
Commentary: When It Comes to Obama, Looks Like Black Catholics Will Abort Their Beliefs and Support Him
Commentary: Where are Our Esteemed Black Leaders When Blacks Folks Die at the Hands of ‘People of Color?’
Commentary: Where’s Kanye West’s Anger Over Blacks Who Don’t Care About Blacks?
Commentary: White Conservative’s Dissing of Ali’s Anti-War Stance an Attempt to Rewrite History
Commentary: Whites Exploring Black Power May Get it Wrong, But At Least They’re Talking About It
Commentary: Who Knew? Some Good May Come of the ‘Stop Snitching’ DVD After All
Commentary: Who’s the Real Threat – A ‘Muslim’ Obama or the Fools Who Believe and Spread Untrue Claims?
Commentary: Who's Blocking Renaming Baltimore's Airport to Honor Marshall? Liberal Democrats
Commentary: Why Are Some of Us More Comfortable with Negative Stereotypes of Ourselves than the Truth?
Commentary: Why Do Black Rappers Give Eminem a Free Pass for Dissing Black Women?
Commentary: Why Do We Allow Hollywood to Keep Stereotyping Black Women as Oversexed?
Commentary: Why it’s a Blessing That Team USA’s Players Got Served
Commentary: Why’s Iverson Okay with Thompson’s Dress Code, but Mad at Stern’s?
Commentary: Will a $150 Fine Prod Folks to Pull Their Pants Up? Visit Mansfield, Louisiana and Find Out
Commentary: With His 'Bush-is-a-Tyrant' Talk, Belafonte Proves He Just Doesn’t Get It
Commentary: Would the FBI Be Probing Vikings Sex Party if Players Were White? No
Commentary: Yesterday Was Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – Get Serious, Get Creative and Get Tested
Commentary: You Made Your Bed, Kwame – Now Lie in It Without Likening Yourself to Men Like Ossian Sweet
GOP's Black Delegates are "Potted Plants"
Grenada tries to recover from battering storm and jail break
Jesse: Blacks Will Decide who will be President in November
Looking at Rape Through Race-Colored Glasses
NAACP President Mfume resigns; no rift with peers, he says
NAACP’s Bond and Gordon Winners of the Nasty and Silly Negro Awards