The Mainstream Media — MSM as they are known on the Internet. One of the main reasons I began blogging in the first place was to vent my frustration that the American MSM did not report on issues I cared about or felt newsworthy. During the Iraq war, I had to turn to [...]

The city and police force that Giuliani built has done it again. They’ve acquitted the shooters of another unarmed black man. Looking to outdo the travesty from 1999 against Amadou Diallo when 41 shots were fired, the police fired 50 shots at the unarmed man, Sean Bell and his companions, who were at Bell’s [...]

I just caught an interesting analysis by Matthew Yglesias over at the Atlantic Monthly. His analysis suggests that we are hugely misreading the class issue in voting patterns by confusing class and race. His point is simple: if you take ALL voters who made less than $50,000, John Kerry won that group [...]

I think Bill Cosby is on to something. In this month’s issue of the Atlantic, you will find a terrific article chronicling Bill Cosby’s transformation from America’s dad to the 21st century Booker T. Washington. The most interesting thing about Cosby is that his legacy comes from Malcolm X more than Martin Luther [...]

I came across a very interesting article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which highlights how race has really evolved as an issue in the last 20-odd years. The article is about Michelle Obama’s first college roommate. She roomed with a white girl from New Orleans, whose racist mother wanted to have her room assignment [...]