Society

On this day of tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, a consideration of how a new campaign for social and economic justice is greatly needed today.

Time Out For O/T Vol. 15

The so-called Jasmine Revolution went unnoticed by the Western media for weeks. Before I could write about it, the government fell! This should help fill in the gaps of what our MSM was MIA on. You are invited, nay encouraged, to post your own links as this was hastily written on my part. Even more so if the story develops further.

Can we not propose that a jumbled mind is expressed through incoherent speech? When we take up arms, we’re talking about our vote.

Posted by First Lady Michelle Obama on January 13, 2011 at 06:07 PM EST The White House Blog

Dazed, I turned only to see said chorus approaching, grinning, with one of them rapping the words "Slam Slam Cinderella.” To add to the surreal quality of the event: I didn't feel humiliated.

The tragic shooting of Gabrielle Gifford and others today must be the final straw in the proliferation of violence and hatred as legitimate political and social discourse in our nation.

Just for the heck of it, I took a completely unscientific study and looked at how the major news outlets cover the federal deficit.

White folks who remarkably continue to claim (or ignore) racism isn’t alive and well, that circumstances have markedly improved for black folks are either...

On my last full day in D.C. I had to catch the National Museum of Art. Again. This is part two of my last full day. So join me in cramming a full-day activity into a few hours. Feel the panicked rush to try to take it all in one last time. Did I mention there's nudity?