US Politics
US Politics
Bring Back Draft: So Black And Latino Soldiers, And Low-income Whites Don’t Bear Brunt of War
Fighting ISIS — Rep Rangel says burden of wars must be shared more equally across race and class I am certain that the US-led ...
On ISIS Many Obama Critics Don’t Analyze The Facts
President Obama — dealing with needs on ground, war weary nation, and Republican hawks [Commentary] Critics who can’t analyze facts or connect the dots ...
When The U.S. “Justice” System Plays With Lives of Black People
King’s County District Attorney Kenneth Thompson knows what justice means [Comment: Speaking Truth To Power] Once again we hear another familiar story of Black ...
Envoy Says: Washington Post Misrepresenting Venezuela, A Country Committed To Peace
Washington Post elite dismissed Maduro, elected president, shown here at Hostos College, as “economically illiterate former bus driver” [Commentary] The Sept. 21 Washington ...
Supremes Docket Includes: Right To Executioners’ Name; Muslim Inmate Wants Beard; and, Man Gets 3 1/2 Years After Facebook Threats To Wife
The Supremes Muslim inmates sued to grow beards in Arkansas. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if they have a religious right to do ...
Sharpton: Holder Best AG On Civil Rights In U.S. History
Departing Attorney General Eric Holder The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. ...
Obama At United Nations: ‘Reject the Cancer of Violent Extremism’
PRESIDENT OBAMA’s address to the General Assembly of The United Nations. (Transcript provided by The White House) Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow ...
Why All Police Officers Must Wear Body Cameras
[Commentary] Last month’s shooting of unarmed teen, Michael Brown, has sparked a national discussion about police brutality, excessive force, and police accountability. According to ...
Battling ISIS: In Mid-East My Enemy’s Enemy Is Not My Friend
ISIS on rampage in Iraq [Commentary] Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once observed, “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending ...