Freedom Rider

Read my take on the story here in Black Agenda Report. Sherrod’s story has already been diminished. She had every right to be angry and I e...

Those are the words of Kit Bond, republican senator from Missouri. I just saw him on the Today Show, commenting on the Wikileaks release of...

Glen Ford at Albany NY Peace Conference I haven't posted in soooo long. I will take the easy way out and let Glen Ford speak for me. I t...

Gen. Stanley McChrystal may resign or be fired this week because of critical comments he and his staff made about their commander in chief ...

Better late than never I guess. As I pointed out in my Black Agenda Report column back in February, professor Amy Bishop should have been c...

Rangel Sucks I have reached my limit. Last week one of my senators, Charles Schumer, proudly said that Gaza should be "strangled."...

There are unconfirmed news reports of a seven year old child being hung by the Taliban in Helmand province Afghanistan. According to these ...

Finally we have some good news for reproductive rights. We certainly need some. Politicians who live in fear and loathing of female sexualit...

“Okay, I admit it. In fact, I proclaim it from the housetops: I hate Israel . I hate it worse than Kosovo or Croatia or any other nasty litt...

“During Israel’s massacre in Gaza … afterwards Israeli officials were saying that they wanted to show the Arab world that they were capable ...

Israel Murders (Again) Israel is no longer content to just ram ships and injure human beings attempting to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza....

I hope my Black Agenda Report colleague Bruce Dixon will forgive this title. He rightly points out “… There are no such people as ‘illegals...

“So far, Mr. Obama has deferred to Congress. Some farmers have speculated that the president is shying away from the issue because it involv...

Drill Barack Drill I just had to post this Mike Flugennock cartoon.

Obama Continues Oil Drilling Approvals "Salazar is playing a cynical shell game, making the public think he stopped issuing the faulty ...

"There is no question about what happened because it's in the videotape. It's not an accident. It's not a mistake. There wa...

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.