US Politics
US Politics
To Succeed, Tax Reform Debate Can’t Be Treated Like Mafia WItness Protection Program
Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch. Can’t allow senators witness protection program if you want meaningful debate [Commentary: National] As Congress moves forward on budget ...
Grow Up GOP!
In most childish outburst by GOP, lawmaker Joe Wilson even interrupted a State of the Union speech with “you lie” [Observation] Upon further review, ...
Stop U.S. Double Stadards: Leaders Who Sponsor War Crimes In Congo Must Be Held Accountable
Gen. Kagame and Gen. Museveni. Will they account for millions of Congolese dead and billions in destroyed and looted properties? [Commentary: Global Justice] The ...
Zimmerman: Reporting Post-Mortem Shows Trial Was Merely For Show
Trayvon’s killer George Zimmerman [Speaking Truth To Power] This is the fifth of a continuing series in The Black Star News retracing the George ...
Disconnect: Tea Party Supporters Harm Their Own Economic Well-being
Rebels for the wrong cause? The U.S. Department of Treasury has announced that the deficit for 2013 was $680 billion (which is about $200 ...
Rev Al Sharpton: A Message to Progressives
New Yorkers say ‘Yes, We Can.’ Dante, Chiara, Bill and Chirlane [The Blog] Last night, I was glued to my television set like many ...
Al Sharpton And MACY’S CEO LUNDGREN Discuss Racial Profiling
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he and other civil rights leaders had a “brutally honest” meeting with the CEO of Macy’s over racial profiling. ...
The Boy Nobody Wanted: Read The Story Of Davion Navar Henry Only
Davion Navar Henry Only [November: National Adoption Month] An Enterprising Boy In Foster Care Does The Right Thing For Himself This was Davion Navar ...
Israel’s New Racism: The Persecution of African Migrants in the Holy Land
Can a nation be both “Racist” and “Democratic”? Video by Max Blumenthal showing the ugly racism and backlash against African immigrants in Israel face. ...
Comprehensive Reform: TBI’s Black Immigration Discourse Kicks Off At Medgar Evers
Bertha Lewis [Immigration] Last night, The Black Institute held its first Black immigration forum at Medgar Evers’ Founders’ Auditorium. This event was the first ...
