US Politics
US Politics
NYC First Lady Launches “All Faces All Races”; Town Hall Discusses Challenges To Reform And Role Of Black Immigrants
Shown far right is T.J. Holmes, and, from left to right: Rev. Bernard, Joy-Ann Reid and Bertha Lewis The Black Institute, in partnership with ...
Evaluating The War On Poverty In Its 50th Year
Lyndon B. Johnson The War on Poverty is in its 50th year. There have been some victories. But how might the man who declared ...
U.S. Budget Process: How Congress Abdicated Its Role
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton [Politics] Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ...
Zombie Nation: US Drug War Should Target Pharmaceuticals
What if US focused on pharmaceuticals instead? [Speaking Truth To Power] As American public opinion shifts on the issue of marijuana legalization, some politicians ...
Amiri Baraka: Art, Black Power Movement, And Struggle For Justice
Amiri Baraka [Tribute] Amiri Baraka once said: “Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas, the class struggle.” On January 9, with the ...
Trayvon Martin On My Mind: As Dr. King Asked Where Do We Go From Here?
Trayvon Martin — it wasn’t meant to be this way any longer [Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy] Fifty years have come and gone since the ...
President Obama, First Lady Michelle And Senior U.S. Officials Honor Dr. King
President Barack Obama checks in on First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia as they prepare burritos while volunteering at the DC ...
Here Is The Dr. King That “Mainstream” America Won’t Celebrate Monday
Dr. King [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday] Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr said “and I come here tonight and plead with you” ...
U.S. Education: Towards Dismantling Industrial Cradle To Prison Pipeline
Marian Wright Edelman — nation’s number one children’s advocate In ‘Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
Attacks Against Debo Adegbile And NAACP LDF Are Unfair
Debo Adegbile [Commentary] Debo Adegbile is an excellent choice to be the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He is eminently qualified. For ...
