Right-wing puts up billboards to suppress voting by blacks and la

I live near a billboard that until recently had a sign telling people that "vote fraud is a felony". The sign was at 34th and Lincoln Avenue. This is an area with a strong Latino population. The sign, and others like it, are put up in minority areas in the city of Milwaukee...

Woman gets 20 year sentence for defending herself an

Twelve minutes, that is all it took. Just twelve minutes. In twelve minutes the jury had convicted Marissa Alexander of a criminal offense that carried a mandatory 10-20 year term. Frankly, some juries take longer to decide which restaurant they are going order from. The...

How Stop/Frisk in New York City targets blacks

A federal judge has allowed (not ruled but just allowed) a court case to proceed on the clearly unconstitutional practice of stop/frisk in New York City. Technically stop/frisk are two different things. Stop supposedly needs only reasonable suspicion. The frisk part requires...

Why does rightwinger not think women should have ability to vote

Far right-wing political commentator, Jesse Lee Peterson, spoke on the rights of women. Sort of. He was a board member of the California branch of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson's group, by the way. Well, this is what he said about women and voting:"Women cannot...

Judgeship denied because man is gay and woman almost dies

Stories in the News: I. A man named Tracy Thorne-Begland’s was blocked from becoming a judge in Virginia, beause he is gay. Supposedly, anti-gay legislators were worried that he would not be impartial enough if he ruled on anti-gay unconstitutional legislation that might...

North Carolina NAACP fights back against anti-gay/ anti-marriage

I wish I could cast a ballot today in the Tarheal state of North Carolina, against anti-gay discrimination in that state. But alas, being from Wisconsin, I can only hope it fails. Amendment 1 would ban same sex marriages in that state by changing that state's constitution....

Is denial of gays to marry in North Carolina like segreation?

Every1Against1 is a campaign to oppose putting discrimination into the North Carolina state Constitution. Amendment 1 would up the ante and not only ban the ability of gays and lesbians to marry the person they love in that state through state law, but also through the state...

How unions help women in society, along with others

Women in the U.S. make about 78 of what men make in society. When it comes to comparing union women workers v. union male workers, that difference is cut to about 88%. This isn't surprising. Unions, though imperfect, have done a good job in supporting well paying jobs for...

Connections between Trayvon Martin shooting and the War on Drugs

I have chosen, on purpose, not to write any articles on the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman case. I might be the only political based Examiner, who hasn't written on it. It's too emotional at this point, and I am still not sure what happened that day. I reserve though to...

Why would a conservative host not believe Robert E. Lee was a rac

I was listening to conservative talk radio and once again, I heard something incredibly stupid. This was beyond stupid. The host, an apologist for the Southern Confederacy, asked a caller in mocking derision, did he the caller believe that Robert E. Lee was a racist. Um,...

Dr. Laura Goes on a Wild "N-Word" Rant, Apologizes AUDIO

"Dr. Laura Schlessinger has apologized after a shocking rant on her radio show this week during which she said the n-word 11 times over the course of five minutes. In conversation with a black female caller who was complaining about her white husband’s racist friends and...

Are the Blacks and the Arabs the Most Sexually Effective Ones?

I heard from many ladies that Black People (African Descendants) and Arabs are sexually effective. I agree with ladies saying that the Blacks and Arabs are sexually effective.  I have concrete reasons for their assumption and implication. First of all, sex is directly...

Bob Weir: "Will the real racists please stand up!"

Bob Weir, who voted for John McCain, and is a former detective sergeant in the New York City Police Department, Executive Editor of The News Connection in Highland Village, Texas, and contributing author to...

Connoisseur Chocolate from the South Gets a Higher Price

" Like coffee beans, cocoa beans are grown around the world and are a major commodity, highly prized in wealthy countries. West Africa accounts for 70 percent of the world's output, with the rest grown either...

Deaf Handicapped Black Man Tasered for being in Bathroom too long

Forget about President Barack Obama, Cambridge Police Officer Crowley and Professor Louis Gates having a beer over Professor Louis Gate's Ego tomorrow evening. I guess Antonio Love won't be invited. He is not a Harvard Graduate and not part of the "black elite." You see,...

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