Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most formidable Democratic presidential candidate, who could “vanquish” the Tea Party in 2016, Sen. Charles E. Schumer said Saturday, according the Washington Post. Although Election Day is more than three years away, Schumer is the most senior Democratic lawmaker yet to call on Clinton to run for…

If he behaves himself, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) could be released from federal prison Dec. 31, 2015. The Associated Press reports that the release date is listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. The calculation is based on whether he receives the maximum reduction of 54 days a year for good…

In an opinion piece at the New York Post, author Charlotte Hays laments the apparent rise and glorification of so-called “white trash” behavior in popular culture, particularly on television shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Asking if the depictions are the new normal, the author of the newly released, When Did White Trash Become…

Before Kerry Washington’s portrayal of Michelle Obama on Saturday Night Live last night, no one had played the first lady during her husband’s presidency, Buzzfeed reports. The last time Michelle Obama was portrayed on the show was in 2007, when she was played by regular Maya Rudolph. “I feel like it’s been years since I’ve…

American shoppers spend about 18 percent of all food stamp dollars at Walmart, one of the nation’s most profitable companies, the Huffington Post reports. That adds up to an estimated $14 billion of the $80 billion Congress set aside for food stamps last year, the site says. The company’s total profits for 2013 were $17 billion. The…

Actor Kevin Hart has found his raison d’être. The Philadelphia native recently donated $250,000 to the city’s struggling school system, according to Hello Beautiful. “I found my lane, helping my city,” the site quotes Hart as saying. “That’s my lane, trying to put my city on my back, uplift it and showing these kids that…

On the eve of Kerry Washington’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, founding producer Lorne Michaels responded to rising complaints about the dearth of black female comedians on the show, the Associated Press reports. Currently no black women are among the 16 repertory or featured players on the show. The most recent, and most prominent, woman…

Ladies in Opa-locka, Fla., are going to have to pull their pants up after lawmakers voted recently to extend a six-year-old sagging pants ban to women, the Miami Herald reports. City commissioners, the Herald reports, tentatively approved the ordinance authorizing police to issue citations to women for wearing pants that expose any underwear or undergarments.…

Saturday Live tried to poke fun at 12 Years a Slave, the movie chronicling the brutal era of slavery in the United States. The sketch, “12 Days Not a Slave,” features Jay Pharoah, a regular, and Edward Norton, the guest host of the evening. While visiting with his friend, Norton, at an all-white saloon, Pharoah,…

The world of social media erupted in outrage this weekend when white Twitter users posted a picture of themselves dressed as Trayvon Martin, complete with blackface and a hoodie, and George Zimmerman, Global Grind reports. The scandalous photo features a man pointing his fingers like a gun at the individual dressed to look like Trayvon.…