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Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Re-emerges to Take Part in Panel On Aliens

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Re-emerges to Take Part in Panel On Aliens

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of beleaguered former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has been largely out of the spotlight since  losing her bid for reelection in 2010, but…

Dr. Michael Fauntroy Explains How to Leverage Growing Black Political Power the Right Way

Dr. Michael Fauntroy Explains How to Leverage Growing Black Political Power the Right Way

by Dr. Michael Fauntroy President Barack Obama’s reelection confirmed many of the long-seen demographic changes occurring in the United States. The 2012 electorate was younger, more educated, and more…

8 Year Old Follows Legislator Around Capitol Until He Drops Welfare Bill

8 Year Old Follows Legislator Around Capitol Until He Drops Welfare Bill

If you want something done right, then you have to do it yourself, so when an 8  year old girl decided she wanted a Tennessee state lawmaker to drop a…

Pascal Robert: Barack Obama – Wall Street’s Perfect Manchurian Candidate

Pascal Robert: Barack Obama – Wall Street’s Perfect Manchurian Candidate

by Pascal Robert In the video above from April 5, 2006 Barack Obama, less than two years in Congress as a pure neophyte was the only U.S. Senator to attend…

Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn In As Kenya’s President After Controversial Election

Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn In As Kenya’s President After Controversial Election

By Victor Trammell Kenya swore in its new president Tuesday before a large crowd, which included numerous heads of state from around the world and American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson. Uhuru Kenyatta…

“Black women who look like me don’t engage in relationships like that” – Former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Discusses Her Fall from Grace

“Black women who look like me don’t engage in relationships like that” – Former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Discusses Her Fall from Grace

Jennifer Carroll was once flying high in the world of right wing politics.  She’d earned the respect of those who don’t get much black support, and was clearly aiming…

Australian Foreign Minister Says Margaret Thatcher Was a Racist

Australian Foreign Minister Says Margaret Thatcher Was a Racist

Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr has gotten international attention after telling the public exactly how he feels about recently-deceased leader Margaret Thatcher.  Carr says that Thatcher made  ”unabashedly racist”…

Yvette Carnell: Howard Univ. Student Asks For Gov’t Help and the Entire World Gets Amnesia

Yvette Carnell: Howard Univ. Student Asks For Gov’t Help and the Entire World Gets Amnesia

by Yvette Carnell The right wing is having a field day with the Howard University student who said to Sen. Rand Paul,  “I want a government that is going to…

During Howard Univ. Speech, GOP Sen. Rand Paul Lies and Says He Always Supported Civil Rights Act

During Howard Univ. Speech, GOP Sen. Rand Paul Lies and Says He Always Supported Civil Rights Act

by Yvette Carnell During an episode of The Rachel Maddow show, Sen. Rand Paul made it clear that he didn’t fully support the Civil Rights Act, but now that Paul’s…

It’s Official: Robin Kelly to Replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress

It’s Official: Robin Kelly to Replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress

Democrat Robin Kelly won the Illinois 2nd Congressional District race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. Kelly won 71 percent of the vote to Republican Paul McKinley’s 22 percent.…