On the heels of the Republican push to suppress the vote in states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Arizona, writes New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, the GOP has a new plan, gerrymandering.  Thanks in part to gerrymandering, many states already have — and will continue to have in the near future — Republican-controlled legislatures.…

(The Root) — The NAACP’s New York State chapter surprised some in the health community on Wednesday when the group filed a joint petition to block New York City’s upcoming soda ban. In partnership with the Latino Federation, American Beverage Association, New York Korean-American Grocers Association and the Association of Theater Owners of New York…

As many celebrate the recent pardon of the Wilmington 10, Racialicious guest contributor Lamont Lilly draws a link between their struggle and the city’s history of Ku Klux Klan economic and racial violence. The experiences of The Wilmington Ten actually date back to the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot, to a time of overt racial oppression and forced…

Samara Azam-Yu writes at Colorlines that she learned quite a bit as a women’s health advocate, despite beliefs she held from her conservative upbringing. While volunteering, I had the honor of meeting incredible, resilient women who chose to terminate their pregnancies. The most striking part of this experience was when I realized that despite how seemingly…

Twenty-one defendants on trial for a bloody 2012 football riot that killed scores of people were sentenced to death on Saturday. This decision created a new riot, during which 30 people were killed as onlookers protested the verdict, reports Al Jazeera. At least 74 people were killed in the riot on February 1, 2012, which began…

In 2012, when Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed an anti-abortion law, he instituted a sort of catch-22 for physicians who perform abortions. In order to work in a clinic, doctors are required to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, but many hospitals don’t want to be involved in the state’s fierce women’s health battle…

On Friday, the POTUS announced David Plouffe, his head political strategist, is stepping down, and Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough will step in as chief of staff, according to the Washington Post. McDonough, 43, replaced Jack Lew, whom Obama has nominated to run the Treasury Department. White House officials said Tony Blinken, a national security…

Writing at BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner gives his take on the criticism of President Obama’s use of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible at his swearing-in.                                                                                          Tavis’s commentary on CBS News Sunday Morning was both, a tribute to his hero Dr. King and a slam at his nemesis President Barack Obama. This is nothing new. In the…