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Cornel West Says Ta-Nehisi Coates ‘Cowardly Silent’ on New Militancy

*The often controversial and outspoken Cornel West is back at sippin’ tea and serving shade to melenated folks who remain silent on racial bias...

NFLer Demaryius Thomas’ Mother Gets 2nd Chance From Obama

*Last Monday, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 drug offenders, saying that the men and women were not "hardened criminals" and...

50th Anniversary of Watts Revolt Commemoration Successfully Defended

*(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) successfully defended a resolution commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Watts Revolt against criticism by several members...

Obama to Visit ‘Daily Show’ Under Jon Stewart One Last Time

*Jon Stewart will get his seventh and final visit from President Barack Obama next week at “The Daily Show.” The comedian hosts his final episode...

Sea of Confederate Flags Wave Outside Obama’s Oklahoma City Hotel

*Dozens of Confederate flag fans stood outside of President Obama’s hotel room in Oklahoma City Wednesday night and waved them in protest of the...

POTUS is ‘Monkey Man,’ FLOTUS is ‘Gorilla Face’: Mayor Patrick Rushing

*We guess there's something to said for an a-hole admitting he's an a-hole. We guess. That's the case of Patrick Rushing, mayor of Airway Heights...

Major Garrett Gets ‘Scolding’ from Obama for ‘Nonsense’ Question (WATCH)

*CBS News’ Major Garrett was on the receiving end of a public scolding from President Barack Obama during a press corps gathering at the...

Obama on Bill Cosby: If You Drug A Woman to Have Sex Without Consent, ‘That’s Rape’ (Watch)

*President Obama just spoke publicly for the first time about the multitude of sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby. During a press conference that largely...

President Obama Took Another Big Step Toward Ending Grotesque Drug Sentencing Laws

*A week before Christmas in 2013, President Obama sent a modest shot across the bow of the harmful, wasteful, and grotesquely racially biased drug...

President Obama Speaks to NAACP; Announces Push for Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform

*The president is taking his attacks on racism that has effected African Americans disproportionately one step further. President Obama spoke at the NAACP convention...

Removal of Confederate Flag Means End of 15 Year Boycott of South Carolina by NAACP

*On Saturday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced the end to its 15-year economic boycott of the state of...

Turner’s Two Cents: Empty Grace in Confederate Flag Vote (WATCH)

*I’m thrilled that the Confederate battle flag has been removed from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse.  But I feel disappointed and insulted...

Jenny Horne, S. C. Republican, Cried a River in Speech to Remove C-Flag (Videos)

*Yes, the Confederate Flag has come down. Hooray! But it's important to reveal that there are some people, Republications of all things, that passionately...

Eric Garner’s Widow Accepts Slightly Higher ($5.9M) Settlement from NYC

*As we reported earlier, Esaw Garner, the widow of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was killed by NYPD officers with an illegal...

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Trump is GOP’s Trump Card

*Donald Trump is again the GOP’s go to guy to breathe life into a swatch of disconnected and alienated GOP hard right faithful. Here’s...

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