The mass media have suddenly discovered Jeffrey Sterling — after his conviction Monday afternoon as a CIA whistleblower.

Open Letter from Alabama Senator Hank Sanders: Dear President Obama: We love you. We respect you. We support you. We strongly supported your becoming President and have continued to support…

Last year saw a number of high- profile and tragic killings of African-Americans by police. The globally-publicised shooting of the 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August was followed in September by the killing of 22-year-old John Crawford III, in Beavercreek, Ohio…

Speaking of urban India, sociologist Saskia Sassen aptly describes the emerging segregation pattern of metropolitan Atlanta: “Our cities will, in good part, become two cities: one for the privileged (and we will see more green space in these areas) and the other for the poor who have no gated community to go to.”
2014 was a year filled with pain and promise in the African world, from the continual brutality of Boka Haram, to the inspiring movement for racial justice in the United…

President Obama kicked off what he refers to as “the fourth quarter” of his presidency with a State of the Union address that detailed a pragmatic progressive agenda with the potential to influence much of this year’s DC wrangling and all of next year’s presidential race.
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in US history. It also has marked a renewed push by the proponents of corporate education reform to dismantle public education in what they persist in referring to as the great “civil rights issue of our time.”

If you want a better idea about what Ben Carson sees as the driving force behind his presidential campaign-in-waiting…

Warren Buffett explained the secret to addressing a lot of the economic challenges facing the United States during President Obama’s first term.

Martin Luther King Jr. had more than “a dream,” but you might not notice that on Monday during observances for his birthday.
Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice.
As he is rightly honored every year, it’s easy to forget that Dr. King was once reviled as a Communist and a threat to America. John Avlon on why the old attacks are a warning for today’s politicians.