Bizarre candidates kick off Philippine election race

Well its official pre-election time here in the Philippines, guns are being oils and bola's sharpend. Already 21 people have been murdered in the name of politics. Mad men and women, and people that just want to...
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Bizarre candidates kick off Philippine election race

Well its official pre-election time here in the Philippines, guns are being oils and bola's sharpend. Already 21 people have been murdered in the name of politics. Mad men and women, and people that just want to...

GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava bows out of NY-23 race

Amid opposition from Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman, GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava has bailed out of the special house election in up-state New York.  The Assemblywoman has seen her poll numbers drop...

10 things you should know about the BNP

Jordan wrote earlier about the protests at the BBC over the appearance of Nick Griffin on Question Time. Nick Griffin is the leader of the BNP, a notoriously right-wing, whites-only political party in Britain. (Yes, it's all very grim.) Here is an piece in the Independent...

NAACP supports Judge Involved in sodomy, sex abuse & assault

A former circuit judge, 48, of Mobile, Alabama has been charged with sodomy and kidnapping , extortion, sex abuse and assault, against 15 current and former prisoners. Now we learn the NAACP the judge and are using the "race card" as a defense. More HERESources: BBC and...

Single black female seeking ... a response!

"With Obama in office, Nobel Peace Prize in hand, America is said to be "post-racial" -- but apparently no one's told that to single men. "This is an interesting piece after the announcement yesterday that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The argument that...

First "Race Card" Nobel Peace Prize?

It seems that U.S. President Barack Obama is receiving America's First "Race Card" Nobel Peace Prize. Get this, as Barack Obama appears to be ready to escalate the War on Afghanistan, he is getting the Nobel Peace Prize? Why? Read More HERE Source: African American political...

From slavery to White House: First Lady Michelle Obama

In  Atlanta and within the family histories of 19th-century slave owners, the hunt  has begun to seek  the identity of a white man who was Michelle Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather. "Clues to...

Race, class and opportunity Pt.4

powell: Van Jones resignation a disappointment, we have conceded the discourse on race to the right

Blacks, Men: Are Racial & Gender Discrimination Not Dead Yet?

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a former...

Who's teaching America's youth how to be racist in 2009?

"The unfortunate thing is that racism is real. Racism does still exist here in America. I've seen it with my own eyes. And every time Nancy Pelosi or David Paterson or David Letterman pretends it lives somewhere...

Race, class and opportunity

john a. powell: Deliberate policies created white suburbs and inner city black poverty

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...

Obama says race not the main reason for criticism

""Are there people out there who don’t like me because of race? I’m sure there are,” Obama said. “That’s not the overriding issue here.”  “I think there are people who are anti-government. I...

Obama does well to distance himself from talk of race

Although there is much truth in former President Jimmy Carter's remarks about residual and covert racism in America,  President Obama does well to distance himself from the race discourse.  In the...

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