Because there is little to no coverage and to give an idea of what is going on with the Wall Street Protests, we've shared a You Tube video (below) of Lawrence O'Donnell's analysis describing how police brutality continues to thrive well beyond the days of Rodney King. In addition…
There is a war currently being waged in a predominately Black and poverty stricken neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois named West Washington Park. The battle grounds are located between 56th and 65th street from Cottage Grove to Martin Luther King Drive. This war has not garnered much media attention except…
By Jim Hoover The repugnant, the brain-dead, the mediocre, and the ugly seem to be accepted parts of our Republican political scene. Just witness what is euphemistically called the Republican debates. Each debate seems to be speaking for developmentally disabled, gradually working toward repulsive, and scoring a crescendo in…
From: Daily Graphic/Ghana Shared by: Myjoyonline.com The Head Pastor of African Faith Tabernacle, Rev. Paul Nkansah, has been arrested for allegedly raping five sisters at Akyem Akiase in the Eastern Region. Rev. Nkansah, who was alleged to have confessed to having affair with the five sisters, said he committed…
By Jim Hoover It is hard to see Rick Perry as either rational or serious about anything but gaining power. By all appearances he is an anti-federalist who wants to lead what he deems is a tyrannical union. Maybe he wants to declare himself a tyrant for Texas. Does…
By: Chaz Valenza @ OpEdnews.com Shared from Alternet.org Editor's note: Today is the fifth day demonstrators have staged an "occupation" of Wall St. and other parts of lower Manhattan in protest of America's staggering economic inequality and the influence of big finance on our politics. As of Tuesday night,…
By Jim Hoover Paul Krugman’s “The Bleeding Cure” oped this week in the NY Times provided the comparison of the Middle Age practice of bleeding the patient to make them healthy, to the mistaken notion that our recession can be cured with reduced deficits. The problem with this analogy…
By: Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America This morning, the President proposed the "Buffett Rule," which would require those earning more than $1 million a year to pay the same share of their income in taxes as middle-class families do. This proposal makes sure millionaires and billionaires share…
Living in the inner-city will suck the joy out of life if you have the misfortune to live there. Who wouldn’t be depressed about being surrounded by ignorant male youth lounging aimlessly on the corners bragging about the women they used to have, foul-mouthed, uncouth young women fighting over…
Gender inequality has maintained the suppression of women worldwide and unfortunately has impacted Sub-Saharan Africa with the greatest magnitude. Everyday in these countries are countless occurrences of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse that must be acknowledged as a primary concern for governments across the world. A prime example of…