Commentary

The name is the Congressional Black Caucus, not the Congressional Black Democratic Caucus. CBC chair Barbara Lee unhesitatingly tossed out the olive branch of membership and said West and Scott are more than welcome to join.

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South Carolina GOP Senator Jim DeMint gloating in the aftermath of the GOP House wipeout crowed that the election sent a message that the country rejected Obama’s policies. The message was not a message but a warning that Obama must toe the GOP line or…

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If there will be any real economic reform in the next two years, it will come through the president using his administrative authority and bully pulpit. And if he fails to wield that power, his own job will likely be on the line in 2012.

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The case and the grounds for impeachment proceedings against him are virtually iron-clad. The evidence is compelling that Thomas perjured himself in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his court confirmation hearings in 1991.

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President Obama will play the race card when he needs to play it. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. He shouted to a crowd at Bowie State University in Maryland not to make him look bad. The pitch to black voters is to get out in November and vote like your life depends on it.

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The report comes a few days after the NAACP board ratified a resolution calling on the Tea Party to repudiate racist elements within its ranks along with a resolution calling for civility in the political discourse. Those resolutions are part of nearly 80 others on jobs, education and climate change.

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As city council prepares to address the burning issues facing the city, number one on the hit parade seem to be the future of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, otherwise known as DROP.

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Many registered adults in the seventh congressional district are still undecided about their choices for US senate (22 percent) and governor (32 percent).

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From the moment that Republican presidential candidate John McCain plopped her on his ticket, the supreme article of political faith from all pundits, much of the press, most Democrats, and the GOP establishment has been that Sarah Palin is a…

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Socially marginalized young Blacks buoyed by the election of the nation’s first Black president would supposedly begin to see themselves as newly politically empowered and engaged.

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