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Four years ago, Tavis Smiley said he watched with amazement as Republican and Democratic candidates crisscrossed the country in search of the presidential nomination and not once did he hear anyone talk about poverty. Now, in the midst of another…
In an effort to spur activism and create a political tipping point on the issue, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are joining forces with National Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton, against voter suppression. Rev. Sharpton will lead a…
"You must have been born in Pearl Harbor 'cause, baby, you da bomb!" probably won't get you very far in the dating world. But then again that doesn't mean everyone around you is single and ready to mingle anyway. That's…
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (D) is back in the news these days. Unfortunately, he's riding in on headlines of corruption, serving to cast a negative light on who was once a widely recognized politician. A federal grand jury…
WASHINGTON — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting…
IOWA CITY, Iowa– A judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices throughout Iowa's state government they say have disadvantaged them for decades. Experts say the case is the…
Politicians need to strengthen Social Security's protections, especially for lower-income women, youth and ethnic elders and stop focusing on reducing Social Security already modest benefits to make up for projected shortfalls for the program decades from now, according to members…
Detroit is nearly two years away from its next mayoral election, but one candidate feels that now is as good a time as ever to make her candidacy known. State Rep. Lisa Howze (D-Detroit) officially threw her name in the…
Settlement is Punishment for Banks' Abusive and Illegal Practices After more than a year of negotiations, five of the nation's largest mortgage providers agreed last week to pay $25 billion after investigations by the Department of Justice, state attorneys-general and…
During his State of the Union address to the joint houses of Congress in January, President Barack Obama placed himself squarely on the side of the middle class that has been decimated since the economic meltdown of 2008 and a…
A white grandfather says he wound up in cuffs after being accosted by police, all for walking home with his black granddaughter. Scott Henson, a former journalist who now researches for and blogs about the criminal justice system, wrote about…
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