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Stop-and-frisk takes center stage in NYC mayoral race
While the national media is winding down their focus on the Real Housewives of Carlos Danger, New Yorkers are beginning to actually focus in on the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary this September....
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Marissa Alexander case: Will there be a pardon?
In the wake of the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, there has been a renewed interest in repealing “stand your ground” laws in the state of Florida. No other case has garnered as much...
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Michelle Obama gets the last laugh with ‘Let’s Move’
Maybe teaching our kids to exercise and eat healthy isn’t a Communist plot lead by nanny state dictator first lady Michelle Obama after all. The latest report from the Center for Disease Control and...
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From Usher to D-Wade: Is there a celebrity daddy double standard?
Last week, R&B singer Usher faced an almost fatal tragedy when his 5-year-old son fell into the bottom of a swimming pool and nearly drowned. Usher was awarded full custody of his two sons after he...
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Can any NYC mayoral candidate really end stop-and-frisk?
New York’s Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is leading in the latest mayoral polls for the first time since the Democratic primary began, in part to his outspoken opposition to some aspects of...
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Prisoner force-feeding sets up dangerous precedent
Prison reform is one of those issues that seems impossible to make progress on because prisoners and their basic human rights are all too often forgotten once the jail bars close. In California,...
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Rep. Frederica Wilson named one of the Hill’s ’50 most beautiful’
The Hill has released its list of the “50 Most Beautiful” people on capitol hill this week and among the group of stylish powerbrokers are African-American elected officials and staffers in the halls...
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Would Martin Luther King support Obama’s foreign policies?
If he were alive today, Martin Luther King, Jr. would certainly take pride in the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama. King would likely support the Obama administration on a whole host of...
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Joe Walsh makes mockery of MLK’s ‘Dream’ with his own wish list for black...
Former Congressman Joe Walsh has advice for black Americans. The self appointed mentor to the black community spouted off a pretty outrageous list of issues he thinks African-Americans need to address...
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Will it become illegal for blacks to use the n-word at work?
Freedom of speech is not absolute. No one is guaranteed employment and in private work settings, speech can be regulated. That framework shapes a recent case where a jury in a New York federal court...
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Should critics of Syria intervention be reminded of Rwanda?
The United Nations has said the current Syrian refugee crisis is the worst since Rwanda. Nearly 2 million Syrian refugees have registered with the U.N. and fled their country across the borders into...
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Will Bloomberg’s racial rhetoric backfire in NYC mayoral race?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg played the “racist” card against Democratic mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio in a recent interview with New York magazine. Mayor Bloomberg’s handpicked candidate and former...
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Rand Paul is actually right — when it comes to the War on Drugs
It’s doesn’t happen often, but Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is right. The war on drugs is a modern-day version of racist Jim Crow laws this country hasn’t seen in decades. Mandatory minimums for...
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It’s the obstructionism, stupid: Rubio blocks gay black judicial nominee
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) needs to have a sit down with the Pope. The Catholic senator needs to review the “love thy neighbor” portion of the Bible that Republicans love to quote so much, because he...
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Florida voter ID ‘mistakes’ may have national implications
Maybe Florida Governor Rick Scott should have listened to everyone who warned that voter purging is highly flawed. That there was a high likelihood of eligible voters being mistakenly purged from the...
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Affirmative Action back in Supreme Court crosshairs
Today, the conservative leaning Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a new affirmative action case out of Michigan. Nearly a decade ago, a more balanced court ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that...
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Rand Paul compares abortion to eugenics…really
Senator Rand Paul is a potential Republican presidential candidate for 2016. He’s got a loyal following in the Tea Party base. Lately, Senator Paul’s seemingly measured approach to the shutdown,...
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Michigan: Lose job over failed drug test, no unemployment benefits for you
On Tuesday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a new package of bills into law that would reform the state’s unemployment benefit program. The new laws would impact job seekers who failed...
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Is Toronto’s mayor Rob Ford the new Marion Barry?
“Yes, I’ve smoked crack cocaine” isn’t exactly something that the voting public wants to hear from their elected officials. On Tuesday, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford finally admitted to smoking crack, after...
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Will Marissa Alexander go home today?
Today, Marissa Alexander may finally get to go home. Not permanently, but at least during the course of her upcoming trial. Alexander’s defense team will be in court Wednesday for a bond hearing, where...
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