As the country braces for a bruising general election fight between John McCain and Barack Obama, I can’t help but wonder whether young black voters are going to matter at all. Four years ago, you couldn’t even think about the presidential election without having someone toss you a “VOTE OR

Just when I thought the unsavory litany of insults, absurdities and hypocrisies that defined the race for the Democratic presidential nomination could not possibly get any longer, the long goodbye of Hillary Clinton proved me wrong. The Grief Narrative that led up to the New York senator’s grin-and-bear-it endorsement of

All across Harlem USA, it’s known as the ‘Memorial Day Shootout.’ And no one wants to remember it.As families, friends and acquaintances celebrated the season’s most picturesque evening late that Monday, a scene erupted on the borders of Marcus Garvey Park that could have come right out of a frightening

For much of her musical career and indeed her life, Lalah Hathaway’s legendary last name likely mattered most to the people who encountered her. There was a novelty to Hathaway’s debut recording in 1990­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­—the daughter of a legendary soul singer makes good—though 18 years and four recordings later—Hathaway is a

There’s a conservative joke poking fun at liberal media that predicts coverage of an impending apocalypse would have the headline “World to End: Poor and Minorities Hardest Hit.”Despite his tenure as a Republican congressman, it seems J.C. Watts never heard that joke. Then again, maybe he did and just didn’t

The Democrats appear to be quickly moving to unity after a delayed but, in the end, very powerful concession speech from Senator Hillary Clinton. She endorsed Obama with stentorian clarity. She also pledged a committed fight to secure victory for the Democratic ticket in the fall. Bravo!One cannot have watched