In Defense of Sonia Sotomayor

by Yvette D. Carnell There is nothing so demeaning to political discourse as the injection of race as a weapon, so I’ve  become increasingly livid over the past few days while watching right wing hit squads refer to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a...

LeBron James leads ‘core city’ public housing redevelopment.

CLEVELAND - LeBron James traded his basketball jersey for a gray business suit and white hard hat as he announced his involvement in a $4.7 million housing development in one of the city’s roughest neighborhoods.

Insight News - Mexico welcomed fugitive slaves and African American job-seeke...

Mexico welcomed fugitive slaves and African American job-seekers - Pt 2 by Ron Wilkins.Source: http://www.AfricanAmericanOpinion.com MEXICO AS A PROVIDER OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS During the 1890's, hundreds of black migrants fed-up with slave-like...

African-Americans have suffered as a result of immigration.

OK, now Bush prepares to address the nation tonight about immigration. Don't believe the hype!What’s really interesting is a number of Mexican, immigrant, church, and other faith based groups who previously supported Bush are now speaking against him. We...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy and the Cythnia McKinney double standard

OK, Rep. Patrick Kennedy wrecked his car in an early morning accident on Capitol Hill Thursday, now we learn that Capitol Hill Police, (you know the same Police Department who asked for a grand jury investigation of the incident involving  Rep....

Bush's Iraq War is costing $100,000 per minute, but who's counting?

Daily Rant: Well folks, its really getting a little old in Washington. Now The White House plans to ask Congress for an additional $70 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, driving the cost of military operations in the two countries to $120 billion this...