Gloria Browne-Marshall

As the nation marks the one year anniversary of the Newtown shootings in Connecticut, it is no closer to Federal gun control legislation.

Even before President Barack Obama entered the White House, Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio personality, hoped the President would fail.

I squirmed in my seat. It was painful to watch the recent Affirmative Action argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. Michigan’s smoothly persuasive call to end Affirmative Action was met by…

Get ready for a front row view into the U.S. Supreme Court. This year the High Court will rule on issues as diverse as campaign finance and abortion, affirmative action, prayer, and poisoning a false friend. Their decisions could further a conservative agenda limiting civil rights protections for African-Americans.

President Barack Obama placed his presidency on the line for national healthcare, known as Obama-care. Conservative Republicans shut down America’s national government over it. Here are five reasons why Obamacare scares people.

If President Barack Obama enters Syria alone he will be branded a war-monger. All of his earlier feats of greatness – ending two wars, national healthcare, saving the economy –…

The issue is beyond race and Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law. George Zimmerman’s fear of Trayvon Martin led to murder and his acquittal. Since fear for his life, even if unreasonable, allowed Zimmerman to walk free. Then, what of other fear-based prejudices?

Not very long ago people of color were murdered with impunity. Schools were segregated by law. Voting resulted in death threats. And, then, we changed America. We can do it…

Gloria Browne-Marshall explained the Supreme Court ruling in [Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin], which challenged the school’s use of race in its undergraduate selection process.

On his long march for voting rights Dr. Martin Luther King said, “the arc of the moral universe is long. But, it bends toward justice.” Years later, justice hovers along that bend; but, beyond the reach of too many African-Americans.