Writing at the Washington Post, Jamelle Bouie predicts that reaction to the Internal Revenue Service's reported targeting of conservative groups is more likely to result in a "scandal circus" than in a serious look at the 501(c)4 designation. 

Brentin Mock writes at Colorlines about journalist and documentarian Deborah "Big Red" Cotton, who has expressed both her concern about New Orleans violence and her compassion and love for black men in the city.

The Philadelphia abortion doctor has been convicted on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter.

Simpson will argue that he was inadequately represented at his 2008 trial for armed robbery and kidnapping.