Debra J. Dickerson

Debra J. Dickerson

Debra J. Dickerson is the author of An American Story and The End of Blackness, a former intelligence officer in the US Air Force, a mother of two, a professional iconoclast, and a recent convert to the glory of High School Musical.

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Please Tase Them, Bro! What's With Heckling Bill Maher?
Thu Jan. 17, 2008 7:19 AM PST

Slow Your Roll, Bubba: Just How Stupid Does Bill Clinton Think We Are?
Wed Jan. 16, 2008 7:33 PM PST

Girls 2 Women? Not Yet, Not Even in Baghdad
Wed Jan. 16, 2008 6:37 AM PST

Experience This! Should Senator Clinton Join Senator Obama at the Kids' Table?
Tue Jan. 15, 2008 8:11 AM PST

The Reverse Bradley? Might Blacks Lie To Pollsters? If so, Why?
Tue Jan. 15, 2008 7:39 AM PST

Know Any Promising Young Folks Who Wanna Run Into a Burning Building?
Tue Jan. 15, 2008 7:23 AM PST

Black Men's Crime, Black Women's Punishment: Here's Something Obama Can Confront if he Wants/Expects Black Women's Vote
Tue Jan. 15, 2008 7:09 AM PST

The Brother From Another Planet: Good, and Bad, Reasons why Blacks Aren't in Lock Step with Obama
Mon Jan. 14, 2008 2:39 PM PST

Where and When we Enter: Black Women and Election 2008
Mon Jan. 14, 2008 1:53 PM PST

The True Victims of Abortion: Men
Fri Jan. 11, 2008 11:07 AM PST

When Feminism Means Knowing How Just Screwed You Are
Fri Jan. 11, 2008 9:46 AM PST

Our Prez Finally Made Hell Freeze Over
Fri Jan. 11, 2008 9:20 AM PST

Can a Brother Get Some Morphine? Not at the ER
Wed Jan. 2, 2008 12:05 PM PST

Japan 'Failing' at Science and Math: Who They Gonna Call? Not Us.
Wed Jan. 2, 2008 11:16 AM PST

In Prison, No One Can Hear Your Heart Breaking: Incarcerated Mothers
Mon Dec. 31, 2007 8:54 AM PST

My, What Big, White Teeth You Have: The Trials, and Petty Triumphs of the Widows of Kosovo
Mon Dec. 31, 2007 8:25 AM PST

Babel: How Racism Can Build Bridges
Sun Dec. 30, 2007 8:50 AM PST

Have Yourselves a Kooky Little Kwanzaa
Fri Dec. 28, 2007 9:12 AM PST

Another Baad, Baad Santa
Mon Dec. 24, 2007 11:53 AM PST

Why Not Smoke 'Em Since you Got 'Em?: The "Boys of Satire" Returning to Work Much, Much Too Soon
Mon Dec. 24, 2007 9:07 AM PST

Start Snitching, Get Killed Part II
Fri Dec. 21, 2007 10:52 AM PST

Chris Kelly's Hilarious Take on the Romneys and MLK
Fri Dec. 21, 2007 10:44 AM PST

"Present" but Unaccountable: Senator Obama's Illinois Voting Record
Fri Dec. 21, 2007 10:15 AM PST

Romney Lied and Lied and Lied About His Family and MLK
Fri Dec. 21, 2007 9:23 AM PST

Thanks to Bush, America is Both Rubber and Glue
Thu Dec. 20, 2007 7:13 AM PST

Maybe There Is a God...
Wed Dec. 19, 2007 8:00 AM PST

What NOW? Feminist Fatigue and the Global Quest for Women's Rights
Tue Dec. 18, 2007 10:41 AM PST

Even a Stopped Clock...: George Will on the Subprime Mortgage Scandal
Mon Dec. 17, 2007 6:29 PM PST

Start Snitching, Get Killed?
Mon Dec. 17, 2007 5:07 PM PST

Love and Marriage
Mon Dec. 17, 2007 5:00 PM PST

Porn, Porn Everywhere
Sun Dec. 16, 2007 8:17 AM PST

The Brother Caught ANOTHER Break: Clinton's Failed 'Willie Horton-ing" of Obama
Sun Dec. 16, 2007 7:18 AM PST

Text You and Everyone Who Looks Like You
Fri Dec. 14, 2007 8:56 AM PST

Will Jeopardy Host's Heart Attack Make Him Stop Frontin'?
Fri Dec. 14, 2007 7:35 AM PST

Me? Mommy Dearest?
Wed Dec. 12, 2007 10:00 AM PST

Study This! Separating Siblings for Science
Tue Dec. 11, 2007 11:36 AM PST

Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision: Both Wrong, Dammit
Tue Dec. 11, 2007 11:14 AM PST

No Matter Where you go...: Disappearing Acts in the News
Tue Dec. 11, 2007 8:51 AM PST

Nowhere to Hide: Googling in Space
Fri Dec. 7, 2007 9:31 AM PST

Bad, Baaaad Santa
Fri Dec. 7, 2007 9:27 AM PST

Racist like Mommy?
Thu Dec. 6, 2007 11:09 AM PST

I Think We're All Turning Japanese
Thu Dec. 6, 2007 10:47 AM PST

The 'Mo with the MoJo: Yet Another Reason Why I love Dan Savage
Thu Dec. 6, 2007 10:28 AM PST

"Everyday Math," Every Child a Loser
Wed Dec. 5, 2007 9:55 AM PST

Sad but Necessary and Inevitable? Cataloguing the Decline of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Wed Dec. 5, 2007 9:27 AM PST

Oprah and Obama: The Ultimate Power Couple?
Tue Dec. 4, 2007 1:26 PM PST

From the Oxymoron Department: Sunday School for Atheists
Tue Dec. 4, 2007 9:10 AM PST

What's in a (Maiden) Name? Me, That's What
Mon Dec. 3, 2007 2:47 PM PST

Imus Goes Back To Work
Mon Dec. 3, 2007 2:24 PM PST

Crazy As They Need To Be: Circumcised Women Who Support The Practice
Sun Dec. 2, 2007 9:55 PM PST