Troy Davis went to his death bed proclaiming his innocence and asking God for mercy on the souls of those who were about to take his life, according to a report at the Huffington Post about his chilling last words, which the Georgia Department of Corrections released this week. He urged people to continue the…

Corey Williams of the Associated Press is reporting that a Detroit police officer was charged on Tuesday in the death of a 7-year-old girl who was shot during a midnight raid on her home by a special unit that was being shadowed by a reality-television crew.  Officer Joseph Weekley, a member of the Detroit Police…

Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post writes an interesting retrospective on the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearings, which occurred 20 years ago. Hill’s sexual-harassment allegation threatened to derail Thomas’ confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Marcus points out that the tawdry revelations that surfaced during the weekend-long marathon hearings paved the way for lewd…

With an increasing number of state governments creating new barriers to voting, now comes this story by Ansley Haman at the Chattanooga Times Free Press about Dorothy Cooper. The 96-year-old retired domestic worker — who can recall only one election she was eligible to vote in but didn’t — was recently denied a free voter…

Derek Kravitz of the Associated Press is reporting that Fannie Mae knew about allegations of improper foreclosure practices by law firms but did nothing — or at least not enough — to stop those practices. Similar allegations are the subject of a probe by state attorneys general into how lenders and law firms ignored proper…

During a discussion about GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s “Niggerhead camp” controversy on The View on Monday, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters ended up in a heated discussion over the use of the n-word. “When I heard you say it,” she said to Walters, “I didn’t like the way you said it.” The discussion evolved…