There is renewed hope for the black family with the news of several high-profile celebrity marriages last month. Here’s why: There is no question whatsoever
There are significant numbers of Asian-Americans, Latinos, Catholics and Jews in both of America’s major political parties. In the aforementioned communities, being a Republican or
President Obama can’t catch a break on race. In addition to the relentless pummeling he’s getting from the far right, now he’s got people hating from
There’s been a lot of talk about weddings these days. Chelsea Clinton just got married to an investment banker, and more relevant to the black
We hold out so much hope for them. They’re born innocent and perfect and we dream of them living charmed lives – prom queen, college
Just when you started to understand exactly where you wanted to be. To say that she was the baddest bitch around and who could argue
This week Congress passed a bill to address disparities in sentencing based on crack and powder cocaine possession. The House passed the legislation under suspension
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and BET personality Jeff Johnson say America is destined to manifest a radically different cultural, political and economic complexion in 2025 due
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and BET personality Jeff Johnson say America is destined to manifest a radically different cultural, political and economic complexion in 2025 due
President Obama nuked former President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” program as a critical failure that lowered educational expectations and performance and graduated
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law from taking effect, siding with the Obama administration, which filed the legal challenge.
After four long years of waiting and hoping for a just outcome in the tragic police shooting death of Sean Bell in November of 2006,
We hope the Congress of the United States doesn’t break its collective arm trying to pat itself on the back. The vast disparities in sentencing
For those of you who are all up in arms about the fact that Essence magazine hired a white fashion director, I have three words:
10. “Lost One-*REMIX* … *2010 collabo with Elin Woods, Sandra Bullock, Garcelle Beauvais and Shaunie O’Neal. 9. “I Used To Love Him, (aww f–k it!)…
These are perilous economic and political times in the nation and Detroit, and the last thing Detroit can afford is on-the-job training. This is definitely
As a child, before I would go to bed each night, I remember my mother saying, “Night Night — don’t let the bedbugs bite. We
For decades America’s secondary educational system has been slowly sinking when compared to European and Asian nations. A new study supports this and implies that
BP, the scourge of American politics and the Gulf Coast environmental community, first saved tens of millions of dollars by taking dangerous shortcuts in safety
Politics can be reduced to a game of he said she said with the gender specific pronouns being replaced by the nouns Democrats and Republicans.
