More than forty years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr., is still remembered as one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind. He had a vision for a better future for his people. Despite some basic rights and the election of the first man of color as president of the United States, [...]

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The wretched of the earth, Haiti still is at the center of the news after its tragic earthquake. Sometimes, bad things are good things in the long run. The world is responding to the suffering of the Haitian people. For the first time in its history, Haiti is about to receive millions, maybe billions, of [...]

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It’s hard to believe your own ears when Pat Robertson uses insensitive words such as “cursed” and “made a pact with the devil” to blame the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Likewise, Rush Limbaugh is working to discourage aid to Haiti. They have a total disregard for human life. Poverty is not a choice. Slavery and [...]

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For all of us who consider ourselves humanists and citizens of the world, the situation in Haiti is heart breaking. An earthquake is the last thing that this country should endure. The country is already suffering with poverty. Life is not fair. For those who believe in God, the question is why? To all of [...]

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Being Black and Republican is culturally bizarre. Being Black and chairman of the Republican National Committee is even more bizarre. For someone who observes American politics, Michael Steele‘s election as chairman of the Republican Party was more an answer to the Democrats that they can “have their Obama” and that the GOP is now a [...]

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The attitude of people of color who do not feel offended by Senator Harry Reid‘s racist comments about President Obama is incomprehensible. Clearly, there is a double standard. When a racist comment comes from the GOP, the media makes it a big deal, whereas when a Democrat makes a racist comment, an apology is enough to [...]

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Rudy Giuliani, the GOP ” leading expert” on terrorism and national security, seems to be making a lot of gaffes lately. Most notable is his claim that “We had no domestic terror attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama” (referring to November’s shootings at Fort Hood). The former New York mayor forgot 9/11 and [...]

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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, like the chief of a village, is taking responsibility himself for the failure of the agencies that should have stopped the 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding Northwest Airlines Flight 253 despite numerous warning signs. The agencies failed to stop Richard Reid, the “shoe bomber” and [...]

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The populist and controversial South African president Jacob Zuma married his third wife on Monday in a traditional Zulu ceremony. This is his fifth marriage. He has 19 children. Polygamy is legal in South Africa but also a controversial subject. As head of state, he didn’t show any sign of shame for setting a bad [...]

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The finger pointing after the failed terrorist attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day continues. Some politicians are seeing this “failure” as an opportunity to score a political point. The American political class is very divided at exactly time they should not be. Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security is under [...]

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