Arguing that America’s so-called war on drugs has contributed to the disintegration of black communities, destroyed families and bloated the prison system, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, at the Hutchinson Report News, applauds Attorney Gen. Eric Holder for planning to end America’s so-called war on drugs. A frank admission that the laws are biased and unfair, and…

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk-show host, hit a new low Friday. He said on his radio program that Oprah Winfrey’s widely publicized encounter with racism at a Swiss boutique was perhaps because the clerk thought she was “fat,” not because she was black, according to Salon. Oprah has said in recent interviews that a clerk…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has a plan to help integrate communities across the nation as housing policies have been ineffective at creating “the kind of communities the agency had hoped for,” according to U.S. News & World Report. Many neighborhoods are racially imbalanced or lean too much toward the rich or…

Bloomberg provides a video tour of the first family’s spectacular $7.6 million Martha’s Vineyard vacation spot. The 4-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home sits on 9.5 acres, boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the Atlantic Ocean and has an infinity-edge pool. Click here to watch the video. Read more at Bloomberg.

The Washington Post is reporting that on Sunday the State Department plans to reopen 18 of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa that were closed last week in the wake of terrorist threats.  It said Friday that the embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, would remain closed “because of ongoing concerns…