George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin during a confrontation in February, must continue to wear a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. Zimmerman is accused of second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting of the 17-year-old in a gated Sanford, Florida community where he was on [...]
Conservatives Offended By Jamie Foxx Killing White People Joke
December 11, 2012 | Posted by
Self-righteous Conservatives are up in arms, again charging the media with a double-standard when it comes to racist jokes. The latest allegations stem from weekend monologues by celebrities Jamie Foxx and Bill Maher, both of whom have been ardent supporters of President Barack Obama. Fox News host Sean Hannity says he took offense at Foxx’s [...]
Detroit Struggling To Avoid State Financial Takeover
December 11, 2012 | Posted by
The state of Michigan is poised to take over the city of Detroit’s struggling finances if the mayor and City Council can’t find a way to work together in devising a plan to reduce the city’s budget deficit on Tuesday. The state is poised to assume total control of the city’s finances if they can’t [...]
Jamaica Debates Legalizing Marijuana
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
The fallout from the recent ballot initiatives passed in both Washington and Colorado to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana is being felt well beyond the borders of the two U.S. states. Like a number of other nations trying to corral a lucrative drug trade, Jamaicans have taken notice as they debate whether [...]
Obesity Rates Highest Among African-American Women
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
It’s as much a cultural challenge as it is an individual one. African-American women appear to be unmoved by the growing obesity epidemic among their ranks, with little regard to the serious health dangers it poses. They have the highest obesity rate of any group of Americans, with four out of five black women having a [...]
Affirmative Action’s Uncertain Future
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
It was retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor who first predicted the demise of affirmative action in 2003. Writing for the majority in a 5-4 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger in which the nation’s highest court upheld a limited use of racial preferences by the University of Michigan Law School, O’Connor ruled that the school [...]
President Obama, John Boehner Meet To Discuss ‘Financial Cliff’
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
The political version of “Chicken” continues in Washington even as President Barack Obama and his chief protagonist, House Speaker John Boehner, met face-to-face on Sunday for the first time in weeks to discuss the upcoming “financial cliff” that threatens the nation’s economic well-being. There was no evidence of any change in the negotiations impasse that [...]
Davis Says Voices Made Him Push NYC Man In Front Of Subway Train
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
Naeem Davis, the homeless man charged with fatally shoving a Queens father into the path of an oncoming subway train last week, claims that it was voices inside his head that made him do it. “I heard, ‘Naeem he’s coming again. He’s coming again. You got to do something.’ I kept hearing voices like that,” [...]
Herring Becomes First African-American To Head Major Political Party In Virginia
December 9, 2012 | Posted by
The state that was home to the capital of the Confederacy and initially defied the inception of the Dr. Martin Luther King federal holiday in 1982 by simultaneously honoring Southern generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson took a major step forward with Saturday’s news that Charniele Herring has been elected chairwoman of the Virginia’s Democratic [...]
Supreme Court Could Force President Obama’s Hand On Gay Marriage
December 8, 2012 | Posted by
The days of hedging his bets and standing along the sidelines while the issue of same-sex marriage plays out in America could soon be over for President Barack Obama. The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to hear two same-sex marriage cases this spring means the administration will be forced to take a stand on the [...]
