For being generally mean-spirited, small-minded, closed-hearted, inhumane, selfish, and for perpetrating emotional violence on the American people and the world, these folks and institutions have made it to the Hall of Famous Regressives.
French President Sarkozy will visit Haiti on Wednesday. He will be the first French President to visit the Island since Haiti, a former French slave colony, became the first Black Republic in 1804. Haiti has the unique historical background to be the only slave revolt leading to the creation of an independent state. Before the [...]
On the eve of the one year anniversary of passage of the $787 billion stimulus, an analysis of funding shows that people of color and women have yet to benefit. A new report by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University said the stimulus has failed to reach [...]
Today, the authorities in Dubai have issued an international arrest warrant for 11 suspects which Dubai police claims were the 11-persons hit squad responsible for the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room on January 20. Among the 11-strong hit squad, nine were passport holders from various European countries such as [...]
In his President’s Day special comment on Monday’s “Countdown,” Keith Olbermann eloquently tackles our national albatross: racism. Apologists for the Tea Partiers always discount the racist undercurrent that pervades this movement. But as Olbermann points out, fear and an uneasy inherited racism fuels the anger and paranoia. He says what I always say: not everyone [...]
