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Why is #BlackLivesMatter going after Hillary Clinton, and what must she do? The goal is to make sure that she incorporates racial justice, criminal justice and the agenda of black people into their policy platforms. Being a Democrat simply is not enough, as Hillary—like Bernie Sanders or Martin O’Malley—must prove she believes black lives matter.
Long story short, Sen. Marco Rubio dominated the latest GOP showdown as the clear winner, and Jeb Bush–his low-energy campaign floundering and his message failing to gain traction–was the biggest loser among the 10-person battle…
Can we all just stop comparing things – anything – to slavery? Ben Carson, the apparent frontrunner in the Republican race for president, just couldn’t help himself. He made another slavery comparison, this time comparing abortion to slavery and likening women who terminate their pregnancies to slave owners…
Now that the Benghazi hearing is behind her, Hillary Clinton can rejoice in the fact that she delivered a strong performance and did what she had to do, in what was a purely partisan, presidential election-season exercise designed to bring her down…
After weeks of wavering and deliberation, Vice President Joe Biden has opted out of the 2016 race for President…
Now is the time to put the Republican Party out of its misery. The fractured GOP is turning into a nightmare for the establishment, country club wing of the party. Its all-too-frequent episodes of racial insensitivity is a nightmare for a whole different reason…
October 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, when Minister Louis Farrakhan called on black men to convene on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to atone for their shortcomings…
With the first Democratic presidential debate about to take place in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, attention will begin to shift more from the GOP contenders to the smaller field of candidates on the other side of the aisle…
With Columbus Day once again upon us, America must ask the question, what are we actually celebrating here?
Oh, Ben Carson, what went wrong? He was the pride of the black community back in the day, with his leadership in neurosurgery and his autobiography-turned-film, Gifted Hands…
Gun worshipers don’t want President Obama in Roseburg, Oregon when he visits on Friday in response to the recent massacre at Umpqua Community College, and they do not want him to talk about gun control…
In the wake of the most recent mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, President Obama is angry, as he should be. […]
For those fans of Empire who waited for months to see the premiere of the show’s second season, surely the […]
With his cold and callous attack on Muslim Americans, Ben Carson is competing with Donald Trump for the xenophobic, Islamophobic, white supremacist vote…
Now that Serena Williams has defeated her sister Venus and will advance to the U.S. Open, the number one ranked […]
Gov. Nikki Haley, and all other politicians, take note: It is not your job to tell the #BlackLivesMatter movement what it should or should not do. Black people do not need lectures, they need justice…
Donald Trump–the vocal and divisive current frontrunner in the GOP presidential field–is attacking Jeb Bush by borrowing from the playbook of his rival’s father. Unfair, you say? Welcome to the GOP and the world of race card politics.
Let’s just cut to the chase with these Republicans and ask some blunt questions: Is being Mexican or Mexican-American the new black? […]
Four days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Kanye West stunned TV producers and people across the country when he […]
On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans does not have a reason to celebrate, as the black community has not recovered.