Let me be the first one to issue an apology. I was wrong and I am big enough to admit that. Apparently, there is one smart Republican in Mississippi, I had no idea. And because he is so wise, he…
I get very tired very quickly when I hear that we need the best and brightest to become classroom teachers in the United States. For one, it’s incredibly insulting because it assumes that the teachers we have now in public…
The fan wrote a very accurate email to the owner of the New York Knicks, criticizing some of the decisions he has made and offering some advice on how he think the Knicks can improve the basketball team. James Dolan…
I’m still waiting for all Congressional Democrats to stand up and join Vice President Joe Biden and members of the Black Caucus in denouncing this Netanyahu mockery of American politics. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to miss Israeli Prime…
They saw something in the young Obama. On February 6, 1990, it announced (in a headline that’s now pretty dated), “First Black Elected to Head Harvard’s Law Review,” and explained that the 28-year-old’s new role was considered the “highest student…
As if things aren’t already messed up in Washington, Republicans and Benjamin Netanyahu plan to mess it up even more with his so-called Congressional Session speech to the United States congress. So naturally, Jon Stewart is the perfect person to…
More jobs added to the U.S economy in January, more people making more money. U.S. employers added a vigorous 257,000 jobs in January, and wages jumped by the most in six years — evidence that the job market is accelerating…
Suge Knight was officially charged with murder and attempted murder earlier this week for an incident in which he allegedly ran over his friend and another man with an SUV. His friend died from the injuries. Now, the 911 audio…
All Democrats in Congress should be preparing to skip this speech. Doing so has nothing to do with Israel or the relationship that country has with America, skipping the speech will however emphasize the blatant disrespect shown by Boehner and…
It has already started. On the right, the talk in the Republican and conservative arena is that President Obama never mentioned Islam, but criticized Christianity in his speech today. On one of these websites, the author wrote… At none other…
Gawker is reporting that Benjamin Cole, Aaron Schock’s senior adviser for policy and communications, resigned this afternoon after a series of racially-charged Facebook posts—including one in which he compares black people to zoo animals—were obtained and published by ThinkProgress. In…
Alexander Bok, the man who was roughed up by New York police when he was caught dancing just feet away from a cop, is filing a $5 million lawsuit against the department. The video of the incident was uploaded to…