US Politics

US Politics

WYOMING: PLEA DEAL ERASES FELONY ASSAULT CHARGE ON BLACK NATIVE MAN’S ASSAILANT

James E. “Skip” Crooks [Nation] This story was first published in WyoFile (RIVERTON, Wyo.) The Fremont County Attorney’s office has offered a plea agreement ...

The Supremes: The Very Strange Mind Of Justice Clarence Thomas

[The Supreme Court] I am disgusted by Justice Thomas’s continued willingness to turn his back on his own race and deny his brothers and ...

With Racial Justice For Some

[Law Of The Land] Trayvon Martin’s parents seek justice for a son killed for walking while Black. The Court gutted Voting Rights. Paula Deen is caught using racial slurs. Yet, the ...

Supreme Court Castrates Voting Rights Act

Lyndon Johnson shown with Dr. King after signing Voting Rights Act Nothing now stands in the way of Voter ID Laws, except new resistance ...

Solution: Class-Based Affirmative Action For Colleges?

Lani Guinier [Supreme Court: Op-Ed] Affirmative action occupies a telling place in a nation painfully aware of its racial inequities yet painfully divided over ...

Supreme Court: Diversity Is Important In Higher Education

[The Supreme Court: Op-Ed] In a 7-1 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court considered but did not resolve the ...

In Fighting Workplace Discrimination Supreme Court’s Vance And Nassar Ruling Hinders Progress

Justice Ginsburg [The Supreme Court: Op-Ed] The Supreme Court’s decisions today in Vance v. Ball State University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ...

The Yunus Method: Let’s Not Give Up On Fighting Poverty

[The Children’s Corner] When he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal this spring my friend, and visionary, Dr. Muhammad Yunus said: “We can change ...

Ode To Motherhood: Most Valuable Profession in Our Society

[Beneath The Spin] ‘We’re currently paying a severe price for our bigoted attitude towards women…’ The primary reason that our society is falling apart ...

Paula Deen And Our N-word Paradox

[Pardon My Rant] Paula Deen a Caucasian celebrity becomes unemployed for using racial slurs. But we have seen this before. Paula is not the ...