Reagan Education Secretary Bill Bennett: "Want Less Crime, Abort Black Babies"

“The former U.S. education secretary-turned-talk show host said Wednesday that “if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose — you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.” Bennett quickly added that such an idea would be “an impossible, ridiculous and [...]

Quote of the Day: James Baldwin

“It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.“

Rhodes Scholar Randal Pinkett On the New Season of "Apprentice"

Randal, 34, is the founder, president and CEO of his fifth venture “BCT Partners,” a multi-million dollar management, technology and policy consulting firm based in Newark, N.J., that works with corporations, government agencies, philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Hightstown, N.J., he holds five academic degrees in engineering, business and [...]

School Expels Student For Having Gay Parents

In Ontario, California, a private school expelled a 14-year old girl because she had two mommies. According to the school, “Your family does not meet the policies of admission.”
Now the school is private so they can do what they want within the bounds of the law. That’s not a debate. Let’s talk about whether it [...]

Constance Baker Motley Dies at 84

Judge Constance B. Motley was a civil rights pioneer who died on Tuesday at the age of 84. She was the first female African-American federal Judge. During the early part of her career she worked with Thurgood Marshll at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. She assisted in the Brown V. Board of [...]

The State Of . . . The Black Middle Class

According to conservative columnist, David Brooks, the black middle class is not growing. Brooks’ conclusion comes from the testimony of Douglas Besharov, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and professor at University of Maryland School of Public Policy. According to Besharov, although the black middle class has grown [...]

Kanye: Quieter Than a Church Mouse Since Comments on Katrina

It’s now been roughly a month since Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, causing massive flooding and political upheaval. In the days after Katrina, self-appointed firebrand Kanye West said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” For this, he received a healthy mix of front page attention, adoration and hatred. Since that time, he [...]

BBC News: Who Are the Insurgents?

“Diverse groups have been drawn into the ranks of Iraq’s insurgency, with little in common beyond a commitment to attack US forces or their perceived allies. The insurgency has no single spokesman, nor any shared long-term aim. Where some groups, for instance, are fighting for a Sunni Muslim caliphate, others foresee a Shia theocracy for [...]

Lil’ Kim: Her Transition Is Complete.

Need we say more?

Cindy Sheehan Arrested at the White House

“Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who became a leader of the anti- war movement following her son’s death in Iraq, was arrested Monday along with dozens of others protesting outside the White House.
Sheehan, carrying a photo of her son in his Army uniform, was among hundreds of protesters who marched around the White House [...]