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If President Obama truly wanted to rid the world of Republicans, it would be very easy for him to do so. In fact, he could accomplish the feat…
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Infrastructure, indifference, & intransigence: America’s 3 I’s
“I sincerely wish you could see what I’m seeing right now. As I’m writing this particular Op-Ed entry, I’m sitting on an Amtrak train – with the lush…
Shedding Some Dysfunction, Congress Slowly Becoming More Effective
Lee Hamilton There have been encouraging signs on Capitol Hill of late that Congress’s long slide into irrelevance may be slowing. Agreements on Medicare reimbursements in both houses,…
BEYOND FERGUSON: CRIMINALIZING POVERTY IN AMERICA
The DOJ investigation following Michael Browns killing exposed Ferguson's financially-driven criminalization scheme “Held captive" is how one 13-year-old described the feeling of growing up poor in our wealthy…
Message To Jeb Bush: Institutional Racism And Police Crimes Aren’t About “Family Values”
Jeb Bush royal lineage-- Daddy's job, brother's job, now my job... New Attorney General Loretta Lynch will start off on a serious note by investigating the Baltimore Police…
Join the Party: Be a Humanitarian
“I’m a Pepper, You’re a Pepper, She’s a Pepper, We’re a Pepper… Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper, too? Be a Pepper – drink Dr. Pepper!” So…
Caring Environments Empower Our Children: When A Grandma Becomes The Hero
Marian Wright Edelman Britiny Lee recalls: "My mother was doing drugs, specifically cocaine, crack cocaine... I almost died. They said that I was either going to be deaf…
SAVE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL’S LIFE — SUPPORTERS HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE
Gravely ailing Abu-Jamal shown with Wadiya Jamal Calls For Independent Medical Attention For Mumia By: Cornell West, Charles Barron, Bill Perkins And Others What: Press Conference with Dr.…
Translating Susan Rice’s Statement With Uganda’s Dictator Gen. Museveni
Hail! Gen. Museveni, who once praised Hitler, learned a few things from him The National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan just released the following statement about a meeting…
Activists Bring Issue Of Inequality In Education for African Americans to the UN
African Americans Seek Education Rights at the UN On May 7th, just prior to the May 11th UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of the United States,…