Freedom Rider

Today the Huffington Post breathlessly reported what first appeared to be good news. Huffpo said that Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of th...

Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan is an absolute disaster for the democratic party and for democracy itself. The nomination is just t...

Death Unmasked Saw this Leon Kuhn cartoon. Had to post it.

“Had he succeeded, the Civil War would have been started not by the secessionists but by the abolitionists, and the issue from the first sho...

Twin Disasters: Elena Kagan and Oil No, I haven't posted in a long time, three months to be exact. Much has happened in that time, and I...

Wish I'd Said That “Black people gamble. Black people smoke. Black people drink. And so if these companies want to take some of the mone...

Killer Professor You can get away with a lot if you're both white and an Ivy Leaguer. Amy Bishop, the killer professor at the University...

Non-Citizens Have Rights Our constitutional rights benefit anyone in this country, citizen or not. You wouldn't know it because Newt Gin...

Katrina Good for New Orleans Schools "Obama Plots Against Children" or so a sensationalist writer claimed. That write...

Wish I'd Said That "But Obama is not 'failing'; he is doing exactly what he set out to do: be the president. That's it....

"No Donation Without Agitation" Should you give to Haiti relief? To whom? How much? Don't text or write a check until you read...

Worthless Democrats I have been dealing with a family health emergency, so I have not been able to post this week. I would have loved postin...

Michael Eric Dyson Please Shut Up Two years ago Dyson debated Black Agenda Report's Glen Ford on Democracy Now . Their debate took place...

Earthquake in New York Am I the only one who remembers an earthquake taking place near New York City in the early morning hours of Saturday,...

As Glen says, King made a very public break from Lyndon Johnson, the most powerful man on earth. Remember that when you honor King.

Glen keeps it real. Thanks Glen.

Uganda, Fundamentalists and Money "While it is largely U.S. evangelical money displacing mainline funds supporting African churches, re...

Thanks to Znet and to The World Can't Wait I always appreciate a shout out from a good publication. Znet and World Can't Wait bot...

Yours truly on Russia Today. Big thanks to host Marina Portnaya.