The ruling came Thursday from the New York Supreme Court after formal requests were made by civil rights groups, including the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society the city’s public advocate, and the NAACP. “The failure to…
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Below is the complete transcript and video of President Obama’s historic Selma speech. *** It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to…
Things that make you go hmmmmm! What does God look like? Renaissance artists painted God into their own cultures, often giving him the white skin and flowing golden hair of a European aristocrat. But that traditional image has been challenged…
I was getting worried there. The silence coming from the Hillary camp in regards to the nationwide protects going on these days, was deafening. But on Tuesday, Speaking to an audience after receiving an award from The Robert F. Kennedy…
There is a tradition, a history in this country and tonight, with the grand jury’s decision that officer Darren Wilson did absolutely nothing wrong when he chased after and gunned down a fleeing Mike Brown, another chapter was added to…
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful November 5, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli I have been quiet. I let the elections play out without writing inane predictions or coming up with facile “keys to victory” that you see on…
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful July 7, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli There is much controversy and ballyhoo over the headline “A Nigger In The White House” by a paper in Greenwich Village in NYC. It’s actually a…
How can we as a nation move forward, when our leaders are siding with criminals instead of the law as interpreted by our courts. It is okay if Sean Hannity on Fox News insist that Cliven Bundy is correct in…
When you’re a Supreme Court Justice, racism is not something you generally deal with and it is usually not directed to you. So when Justice Clarence Thomas spoke to a group on Tuesday, telling them that racism is more prevalent…
The oppositional party politicians vow to rewrite the “War On Drugs” manifesto in the U.S.! Word is out that U.S. Senator-elect, Newark, N.J., Mayor Corey Booker has extended an invitation to ultra conservative Republican senator Rand Paul to work for…
This is a repost of a short story I wrote in tribute to one of the greatest innovators of musical style and content, Marvin Gaye April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 “There are still times I feel unhappy and…
Remarks of President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery, released by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not…