"Shooting some b-ball outside of school when a couple of cops they were up to no good.. trying to start making trouble in my neighborhood."
21-year-old Samir Hill is a point guard at Allegany College of...
A debate between conservative Ben Ferguson and former Republican strategist Ana Navarro got heated Thursday morning on CNN during a discussion of women and the two main American political parties.
It began when Ferguson complained that...
In addition to tensions being high in the aftermath of the Dallas shooting that resulted in the loss of five officers, there is another issue coming to the forefront. Many are struggling with finding an...
Stacey Dash has been outspoken against things like black history, affirmative action, and equal pay for women. Yes, against those things. As you could predict, she was against the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, and is even against...
For all their sturm und drang about "big government," republicans really don't have a problem with government intervention as long it helps boost their wealthy campaign contributors' profits, prevents voters they don't want to include...
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) shared an Instagram selfie this week featuring over 100 Capitol Hill interns. In the caption, Ryan claims he has set a record for the most Capitol Hill interns...
The New York Times opinion writer, Charles Blow, had some harsh words regarding Trump's attempt at Black outreach. In an appearance on CNN, he said what he really thinks of the Orange Menace.
'It's An Outreach...
When GQ released their interview with the "Duck Dynasty" clan they had to know it would be controversial. Heck, they titled it "What the Duck". It wasn't long before social media erupted in faux and...
An 18 year old that was involved in riots in Baltimore faces a $500,000 bail. You may be asking yourself why it matters, it matters because his bail is more than the cops involved in...
I have to admit that I've always been a big fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I consider him to be one of the best basketball players of all time. He is also a very intelligent man...
Bernie Sanders gave a brief yet dramatic answer when he was asked if he would apologize for slavery if elected president stating simply, "Yes."
Sanders made his remarks at an event held by the Tindley Temple United Methodist...
As a proud graduate of Detroit Public Schools, I take the recent sick outs personally. I stand with Detroit teachers in fighting against work environments that are counter-productive to student achievement. I learned early on...
A 9-year-old girl named Zianna Oliphant has won the hearts of the entire country with her moving testimony to the City Council in Charlotte, North Carolina. Zianna spoke at the first city council meeting after Keith...
The "blue wave" cometh!
Tuesday's mid-term election results were historic, to say the least.
Hopefully they are a harbinger of the progressive direction the nation is heading as we look ahead now to unseating Trump and company...
Speaking in Chicago yesterday, President Obama told a room of some 14,000 police chiefs from around the country that he has nothing but respect and admiration for what police officers do, but added that he...
When the Senate was debating the nomination of then-Alabama Senator to be Attorney General of the United States, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren attempted to read a letter from the late Coretta Scott King into the...
YouTube personality Laci Green made a very provocative video about systematic racism in America.
The video was very well done and her "Flo"-like persona from the Progressive Insurance commercials really brought humor to such a contentious...
Dear Dr. Watkins,
First let me just say how much I admire your work for the Black community both in America and abroad. You're a role model for millions of Black people, including myself, and I...
By a margin of 5-3, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that police officers can still arrest someone for an outstanding warrant, even if the officer unlawfully stopped that person in the...
Former North Carolina NAACP president, H.K Edgerton wants us to know that we've got this Confederate?flag issue all wrong.
You see, for years many Americans have associated the?Confederate flag with racism. Edgerton finds this misconception to...
