Rice Can’t Explain Circumvention of Civil Liberties

On NBC’s Meet The Press (transcript), Dr. Condi Rice stated that the President had powers under the Constitution and statutes to go around judicial review in not requiring warrants for domestic spying. Despite repeated questioning by Tim Russert, Dr. Rice could not point to any constitutional provision or statute that gives the President this [...]

Mary J. Blige: On Family, Crabs in the Bucket and Race

In this wide-ranging article from the UK’s Guardian, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul talks about her tragic upbringing, life in the shady music business and American race relations.

“Of her family, she says, “The environment that I was in - they’ll be mad at me, but it’s the truth - they were angry, hateful, jealous, [...]

Quote of the Day: James Baldwin on Teaching English to Black Children

“The brutal truth is that the bulk of white people in American never had any interest in educating black people, except as this could serve white purposes. It is not the black child’s language that is in question, it is not his language that is despised: It is his experience. A child [...]