US Politics
US Politics
U.S. Condemns Assassination Of Ex-Rwanda Spy Chief; Has “Deep Concerns” Over Kagame Remarks Seeming To Okay Killing
Gen. Kagame — U.S. condemns opponent’s murder and his remarks [Africa News] Washington ‘Troubled’ By Killings Of Other Rwanda Exiles The U.S. has ...
Dealing With America’s Real Challenges: Where Do We Go From Here?
President Obama’s State of the Union address can challenge America on the nation’s shortcomings [Op-Ed: Reflections On Dr. King’s Birthday] The start of each ...
New Jersey BridgeGate: Governor Christie’s Aides’ Wicked Abuse Of Power
Christie was considered a Republican tower, compared to the likes of Bachmann [Speaking Truth To Power] Unconscionable Political Payback? Last week’s revelation that a ...
Martin Luther King Jr: “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”
Dr. King [Happy Birthday] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this classic speech, ”Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam,” which still ...
Voting Matters
The Voting Rights Act eventually led to this day — President Obama’s 2009 swearing in. As we come into the New Year, there is ...
TRIBUTE: REMEMBERING OUR BLESSED PRINCE, AMIRI BARAKA
Amiri Baraka. Photo: Carl Nunn for The Black Star News REMEMBERING AMIRI BARAKA 1934- 2014 “Each night I go out to count ...
Stop Funneling Children Into Adult Criminal Justice System
Marian Wright Edelman. Pic www.makers.com Pope Francis after washing young inmates’ feet at the juvenile detention center where he chose to break tradition and ...
Amiri Baraka, Even At 79, Was Still Street Soldier Fighting Gun Violence
Amiri Baraka. Photo: Carl Nunn The Newark AntiViolence Coalition is stunned beyond words to learn of the passing of our beloved warrior elder Amiri ...
Twenty-three thousand Join Tele-town Hall Seeking Update Of Voting Rights Act
Lorraine Miller, Interim President and CEO, NAACP This week, nearly 23,100 people from across the country joined a tele-town hall to discuss the urgent ...
Ex-Defense Secretary Robert Gates As One Sore Loser
Robert Gates has written a memoir [National] Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was the one guy who was beyond reproach. A Republican with a ...