The National Collaborative for Health Equity joins many other racial justice organizations around the nation in decrying the failure of the Grand Jury

Nearly every night in Ferguson, a group of protesters gathers in front of the police department demanding justice for Michael Brown.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, China was considered the sick man of Asia. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has emerged as a global power on the world stage.
In a recent encounter between Fox’s Bill O’Reilly and Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, the two men discussed “white privilege.”
With all the pos-telection buzz about historic firsts and trailblazing black Republicans crashing Congress, you’d think this was the first time conservatives of color would be stepping foot on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Now that the political pundits, analysts and campaign consultants have had their say, I thought it was time to offer a perspective on the debacle suffered by the Democrats during the recent mid-term elections. Let’s get right to it. In the face of a calculated and relentless assault by Republicans on Barack Obama, a President with a dismal approval rating, Democratic candidates panicked and frantically ran away from the President and his/their “record” over the past six years.

The following is a transcript of a TED talk by Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

The problems in Ferguson, Missouri, will continue long after the grand jury’s decision is announced.

The nomination of Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general of the United States perhaps displays as much presidential deftness as it does defiance. Clearly, in the wake of last week’s election, President Barack Obama wants to show some.

The American electorate have been angry with the political directorate in Congress and the White House.

The Republican Party’s takeover of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s midterm election is the tip of rather sizeable iceberg that saw the GOP win governorships in the blue states of Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts.
The Obama era represents a peak in black voters’ identification with the Democratic Party, which will have to fight to retain their loyalty.