Politics

Don Lemon discusses black women and being gay on Black Voices: Don Lemon stands by his words in a new interview with Black Voices after being criticized for saying that being gay is “about the worst thing you can be in black culture.” Only about two weeks after coming out, Lemon discusses being “overwhelmingly surprised”…

Almost seven months after Republicans took control of the House, pollsters, politicians and advisers from both parties tell the Associated Press that President Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012 is likely. On the heels of launching his re-election campaign, Obama’s hopes of returning to the Oval Office have gained some footing amid slow, yet optimistic economic…

As many a would-be prophet can attest, predicting the future is one surefire way of making yourself look ridiculous. When your prognostication goes wrong, the only ones who look sillier than you are those who believed in the forecast. Take, for example, radio Bible thumper Harold Camping, who whipped legions of evangelical Christians into a…

Donna Cassata of the Associated Press is reporting that “war-weary” lawmakers have sent a strong message to President Obama about ending the war in Afghanistan, as the commander-in-chief prepares to determine how many U.S. troops to withdraw this summer. A measure requiring an accelerated timetable for pulling out the 100,000 troops from Afghanistan and an…

On March 11, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tolu Olubunmi came out publicly as an undocumented immigrant for the first time. “It’s been nerve-racking because it puts me at a risk,” the 30-year-old told The Root about her speech supporting Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) reintroduction of the DREAM Act. The bill, which…

I’m about as disgusted with Cornel West’s political and personal attacks on President Obama and the ensuing back and forth among the academic punditocracy as I am with hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fornication, everything to do with any Kardashian and Oprah’s never-ending farewell. Frankly, it’s both boring and appalling that this verbal battle has taken…

Reuters is reporting that President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Libya’s  Muammar Qaddafi on Wednesday that there would be no letup in pressure on him to go but said it will require a slow and steady campaign. The two leaders, at a joint news conference, predicted that Qaddafi will ultimately leave…

Antoney Jones, a gay African-American man imprisoned in Idaho, needed protection from other inmates who thrived on assaulting vulnerable prisoners, especially those who were black and gay, his lawyers said. He especially needed protection after testifying against a criminal defendant for California prosecutors in an undisclosed case. Not only was he black and gay, but…

Reuters is reporting that President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he will visit a devastated section of Missouri on Sunday where 116 people were killed by a monster tornado. Obama, making a statement from the U.S. ambassador’s residence in London as he begins a state visit to Britain, said his message to those affected…

What is it about Barack Obama’s race that makes some people act crazy, if not downright vicious? The latest sign of unchecked insanity turned up in the recent anti-Obama diatribe of Princeton professor Cornel West. The president of the United States, said West, is “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet…