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Did President Obama save marriage equality in Maryland?
On May 9, 2012, President Barack Obama finally endorsed marriage equality. After taking years to “evolve” on the issue, the president told ABC’s Robin Roberts, “I’ve always been adamant that gay and...
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Bill Burton behind the Super PAC that succeeded: Priorities USA
When the Supreme Court decided to allow unlimited spending in political campaigns in the now infamous Citizens United decision, progressives and libertarians alike, expressed concern about the impact...
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How long will the right’s recent love affair with minorities last?
For the past year, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was a Tea Party hero and the oft-discussed possible hail mary pick for Mitt Romney’s veep in the hopes to pander to Hispanic voters. Romney chose Rep....
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As Bill de Blasio runs for NYC mayor, the public advocate’s black wife has...
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is on the short list of mayoral hopefuls, but the latest news about his wife’s past lesbian relationships may disrupt his campaign. The four Democratic...
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Cory Booker wants Lautenberg’s ‘blessing’ on 2014 Senate run
This week Newark mayor Cory Booker finally announced his plans for his next campaign, saying he will explore a run for the U.S. Senate in 2014. The seat currently occupied by longtime Senator Frank...
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Are there too many white men in the White House?
Does President Obama need binders full of women? Maybe. The New York Times recently ran an article about the president’s second term cabinet appointments leaning male and white, alongside a picture of...
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Lawyer Kenneth Thompson, advocate for victims in high-profile cases, throws...
Kenneth Thompson, the prominent New York defense attorney and the lawyer who represented hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo in the recent suit against Dominique Strauss Kahn, announced his plans to run...
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Mo Cowan becomes US senator: Can blacks win without appointment?
Newly-confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry left a vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts and the state’s Governor Deval Patrick announced Kerry’s replacement yesterday. Patrick appointed his former...
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Steve King candidacy in Iowa: A blessing in disguise for Obama?
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) is leading Republican hopefuls in the latest polls for next year’s Iowa Senate race to replace the retiring Democrat Tom Harkin (D-IA). Moderate Republicans are worried...
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Bloomberg spends big bucks on race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
With nearly two dozen candidates in the special election race to replace former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., all eyes are on Chicago’s 2nd district which has suddenly become a proxy fight in the...
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Steubenville case: Why acquaintance rape is not a myth
In August 2012, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond, two of Steubenville High School’s Big Red football players, attended a number of parties in the closely-knit, football-centered town of Steubenville,...
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Lessons learned from the Steubenville rape case
Much of the media coverage of the guilty Steubenville verdict has focused on the dashed hopes and dreams of the now convicted rapists, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond. The accuser’s identity has been...
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3 Black Caucus members still oppose marriage equality
This week the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the case that will determine the constitutionality of gays to marry. The issue of marriage equality has been at the forefront of the political...
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Malcolm Smith mess the latest setback to black NYC Democrats
The race to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg as New York City mayor reached high drama Tuesday morning with the arrests of State Senator Malcolm Smith and other politicians for allegations of bribery....
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Obama’s Kamala Harris ‘best looking’ comment crossed the line
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is brilliant, accomplished, and by all accounts has a very promising political future. President Barack Obama and Attorney General Harris are close personal...
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Is Deval Patrick America’s governor?
Every high-profile crisis tests whether our elected officials can step up and lead. During 9/11, New York’s mayor Rudolph Giuliani became “America’s Mayor” after the media deemed him competent in...
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Obama in the crosshairs as Washington’s scandal culture kicks into overdrive
Welcome to the second term, everybody. The month of May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never-ending Benghazi non-scandal and most recently with the Associated...
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Why no one takes impeaching Obama seriously
The Republican party is playing with fire. If House Republicans actually file articles of impeachment against the first African-American president, they can kiss the black vote goodbye, forever. And...
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Republicans’ hating on Holder shows depth of their hypocrisy
The right-wing obsession with Attorney General Eric Holder has risen to a fever pitch. Over the weekend, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called for a special prosecutor to look into the...
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Virginia LT. gov candidate E.W. Jackson becomes the latest Republican...
You heard it here first: yoga leads to demonic possession. Well, actually that’s not true, but don’t tell Reverend E.W. Jackson, the Republican running to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor....
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