US Politics
US Politics
Even As Obama Commutes Long Sentences, Rockefeller Law’s Repeal Must Apply Retroactively
President Obama does the right thing with commutations — much more needed [Op-Ed: Fair Sentencing] The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. applauds ...
Don’t Believe The Hype: Second Premature Coronation Of Hillary Clinton?
Hillary Clinton — is this a second too-early crowning? Since Hillary Clinton stepped down as Secretary of State in February 2013, a groundswell of ...
Megan Kelly Santa Really Went Black
FOX News’s Megan Kelly recent said: “And by the way, for all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person ...
How Not To Govern: America’s Permanent Lame Duck Congress
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton Things that ought to be done are not getting done Congress is winding down its historically unproductive session with a ...
Remember Freedom Fighters Harry And Harriette Moore at Christmastime
Harriette and Harry Moore [From The Archives: Profiles In Courage] Late on Christmas night terrorists bombed a wood-framed house in Mims, Florida. Harry Moore, ...
Pope Francis Condemns Increasing Poverty: Top 20 Percent Control 75 Percent Global Income
Pope Francis This is how Nelson Mandela put it: “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like ...
After Change.org Campaign, KKK Chief And Slave Trader Nathan B. Forrest’s Name Removed From School
After more than 160,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling for Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville to change its name, instead of ...
Nation At War: Over 30,000 Americans Killed By Guns Since Sandy Hook Murders
Marian Wright Edelman Nelson Mandela has said: “We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from ...
Mandela Offers U.S. Hope
Dignitaries and presidents, media stars, and celebrities from around the world converged on South Africa to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela, the warrior ...
Obama: Mandela Last Great Liberator Of 20th Century
[President’s Speech At Mandela Memorial] Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and ...
