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Newts Race Card

It if seemed as though Newt Gingrich — veteran of pitched partisan battles, and no-holds-barred ideological cage matches — had been off his game of late, he came roaring back during the GOP debate in South Carolina. After flip-flopping on his attacks on Mitt Romney's...

Romney On The Side Of Disenfranchising Black Voters

In the fight over what little soul is left of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney has shown his willingness to double down on racial injustice. Romney did so in his support for the expansion of laws that deny people convicted of felonies the right to vote after they...

Newtie Hates So Good

Here's some video of an arrogant white man lecturing a black man about what black people have a right to be offend by --- on Martin Luther King day: I especially liked the laughter at his nasty, sarcastic "well, first of all, Juan..." Those dogwhistles were so loud...

From Resurrection City To The Occupy Movement

"We could use a massive, dramatic confrontation on behalf of the more than 27 million who are unemployed or underemployed today," I wrote one year ago. "The spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. would certainly be in its midst." Little did I know when I wrote those words...

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