Party Favors: The Jesse Jackson-Bernie Sanders Diss-Connection Four days to the Democratic Party’s fourth primary—this one in South Carolina—and all eyes are on the state’s…

I've been watching so closely, I am now able to tell Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio apart almost 50 per cent of the time, though it’s…

he future of American democracy depends on our response to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. And that legacy is not just about defending…

Election Primaries 2016: The Republicans’ Offensive Counteroffensive to the Democrats' Shenanigans The presidential race is at full throttle. Skirmishes earlier this month in Iowa and…

Hillary Clinton loves black people. And black people love Hillary—or so it seems. Black politicians have lined up in droves to endorse her, eager to…

Artful Dodgers: City of Cleveland, Cops, Flout $19 Million in Judgments The Presidential Follies: Is This the Year to Just Say No? Cleveland, Ohio, home…

Fade to Blacks: Clinton, Sanders Troll for Black Votes in Early Primaries As the 2016 presidential race kicks into gear with early primaries, so does…

After Republican, Democratic ‘Debates,’ A Political Roundup Five Republican and three Democratic “debates” have winnowed the ranks of 2016 presidential contenders but sharpened political differences…

Fact: too many Republican candidates are clogging the political scene. Perhaps what’s needed is an American Hunger Games to cut the field to size. Each…

Make no mistake. A Clinton presidency would be disastrous – the worst of all possible deplorable choices, none worthy or any public office, all aspirants…

Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he will introduce legislation to abolish private prisons, one piece of his comprehensive racial justice…

Having grown up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Reverend James Stern is an African American pastor and civil rights activist devoted to racial…