Politics
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The White House Puts Russia on Notice
On Sunday, the White House issued a stern warning to Russia to stay out of Ukrainian affairs and stated that if Russia chooses to send troops into the violence-torn Eastern European nation, it “would be a grave mistake,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “It’s not in the interests of…
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Detroit Bankruptcy Plan to Hit City Workers
In an effort to exit the largest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S., Detroit officials on Friday released a financial recovery plan that calls for cutting pensions for non-uniformed retirees by nearly one-third and repaying bondholders just $1 of every $5 owed to them by the city, the Washington Post reports. The proposal, filed in federal…
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Porn Charges Against Ex-Illinois Congressman Dropped in Africa
Zimbabwe officials reportedly plan to release former Illinois Rep. Mel Reynolds from prison, after he was arrested on charges of pornography and an immigration violation. Officials dropped pornography charges Friday, and he pleaded guilty to a visa violation, the Chicago Tribune reports. He could be freed and deported as early as Tuesday. The 62-year-old disgraced…
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Michelle Obama Offers Kale Chips to Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell in Tonight Show Skit
Michelle Obama may always be a fun and down-to-earth guest to have on your show, but the first lady is also one who never forgets her message of healthy eating and daily exercise. In an “Ew!” sketch with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and entertainer Will Ferrell, the first lady, while talking about the Olympics…
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NYC Mayor’s SUV Videotaped Breaking Traffic Laws
Days after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presented a sweeping traffic-safety plan that included harsh restrictions on reckless drivers, his official vehicles were recorded breaking several traffic laws on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. The SUV with de Blasio in the front passenger seat was captured on video, speeding, running through stop signs…
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Shocking Number of Americans Still Doubt President’s Birth
Forget Chicago. Don’t even think about Hawaii. Twelve percent of the American populace, according to a recent YouGov-Economist poll, thinks that President Obama’s future library should end up in Kenya, somewhere in Africa or “someplace else.” What started off as a fairly standard national gut check on the location of the Obama collection wound up…
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Racist Emails Create New Headaches for GOP
The Republican National Committee has spent much of February highlighting the party’s efforts to be more inclusive. Earlier this month the organization hosted its second annual Trailblazer Awards Luncheon honoring black Republicans such as former Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan. The party also launched its first-ever Black History Month ad campaign, with…
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Disgraced Former US Congressman Arrested in Zimbabwe
Former Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds (D-Ill.) was arrested Monday in Zimbabwe on suspicion of pornography possession and an immigration charge, the Associated Press reports. Police detectives and immigration officers arrested Reynolds at a hotel, and he is currently being detained and will appear in court soon, immigration official Ario Mabika told the AP. According to…
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Ugandans Defend Criminalizing Gay People and Tell Obama to Back Off
The call from the BBC in London came at 7:30 Monday morning. They wanted to know if I could be a guest on the BBC World Service News radio talk show World Have Your Say to discuss Barack Obama’s public and pointed condemnation of a proposed Ugandan measure that would harden the African nation’s already…
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Civil Rights Groups React to Michael Dunn Mistrial
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund “The shooting of seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis marked yet another tragic and senseless death of an unarmed, innocent, African-American teenager. Rather than seeing Jordan or his friends for what they were—ordinary teenagers—Mr. Dunn saw a threat and recklessly acted with lethal force. “We will never know exactly what Mr.…