Washington Informer
Councilmember Vincent Orange (D) has spent the past two decades trying to convince District voters that he is the "best man for the job." Since his political career began in 1993 when he ran an unsuccessful bid for the Ward…
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville coined the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid." Now in the midst of the economic recession that began in 2007, the mantra for the 2012 presidential election is once again,…
The most conservative Supreme Court in the past four decades is poised to overturn the already limited affirmative action provisions in the next term, which begins in October, unless good sense visits one or two of them and they vote…
Even before there was a divisive Tea Party movement in this country, Black and White Americans remain far, far apart regarding the aftermath of slavery. But long, long before there was a modern Tea Party movement, there was "Juneteenth." Black…
Why Oprah Is No Longer Part of the Big "O" Finally we are entering a part of the primary season where it is so blatantly obvious that Mitt Romney will win the nomination that we can start being concerned…
Last week, legislators led by my son Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (I write with some pride) called on the Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, back to the levels it reached in 1968, and index…
When it comes to national elections, no state makes a bigger fool of itself than Florida. The Sunshine state was at the center of an 1876 controversy over the presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel…
Congress is on fire to balance the federal budget, and they don't care who they take as prisoners in the process. There are at least two proposals to freeze federal salaries for yet another year (they have been frozen…
When D.C. voters believe the scandals with local politicians are over, another shoe drops leaving them disappointed, angry and numb. After two decades, voters are still reliving the dreadful night in 1990 when then-Mayor Marion Barry was carried away…
With Europe – led by Spain, Greece, and Ireland – teetering on the precipice of financial disaster, can the United States be far behind? "We can't wait," Republicans in this country seem to be snickering in their covens. And…
The latest edition of UNICEF's report on child poverty showed the United States ranks second out of 35 developed countries on the scale of what economists call "relative child poverty," with 23.1 percent of its children living in poverty.…
D.C. has finally gotten a handle on its teenage pregnancy rate with the numbers of teens getting pregnant at the lowest rate the city has seen in recent years. As a result, the D.C. Department of Health has also reported…
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