Straight from our “Kicked While Down” file, jobless benefits for 2 million Americans will expire as the holidays arrive. The benefits, which have been at the center of a tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans, are up for extension again. Most Democrats fought hard to get them extended, while Republicans and some conservative Democrats want to…

It seems that voters in Arkansas have sent someone who is a former head and current active member of a hate group to its state house. GOP candidate Loy Mauch was elected to represent the 26th State House District near Hot Springs. According to an article on the Democratic Legislative Campaigning Committee’s website, Mauch is…

In an article of the same title in the Atlantic, John Hudson asks, “In Middle Earth, Must All Hobbits be White?” Hudson raised this question after the casting director for the film The Hobbit was fired after turning away a woman of Pakistani descent for being too dark to play a Hobbit and openly advertising…

The Palm Beach Post is reporting that President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to act to overturn the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on openly gay people serving in the military. In a statement Tuesday, Obama said a new Pentagon survey confirms that most in the military don’t have a problem with serving…

The Kardashian card is done. After selling only 250 cards, the Kardashians have pulled the controversial card off the market. The card’s launch less than a month ago was followed by a wave of publicity over what a bad deal the card was for consumers. The publicity caused the Kardashian sisters to end their relationship…

ColorLines is reporting that Keep a Child Alive, an organization co-founded by Alicia Keys that provides support services to families affected by HIV/AIDS, has launched a campaign called Buy Life. Keys has organized a group of entertainers to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and commit a digital-life sacrifice on Wednesday,…

The Associated Press is reporting that home prices are falling faster in the nation’s largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index fell 0.6 percent in September from August. Eighteen of the cities recorded monthly price declines.…

You may recall an article written by Jason Riley for the Wall Street Journal questioning the relevance of HBCUs in today’s society. In the article, he admonished President Obama for going along with the status quo as it relates to the funding of HBCUs and how they are run. He stated that black colleges need…

The country is up in arms over WikiLeaks’ release of 250,000 classified “cables” from U.S. ambassadors. Some congresspeople want criminal charges brought against WikiLeaks. Well, espionage and treason aren’t the only things that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may have to face. It seems that people have forgotten that Sweden issued an arrest warrant for Assange…