Politics

President Barack Obama and his family are on vacation and, for a while anyway, the angry, disfigured faces of the health care town halls have faded from the news. But we know what’s waiting for him when he gets back—more of the same—and so far he hasn’t been handling it well. Supporters are urging him…

The latest on the Michael Jackson saga from CNN: Singer Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his blood when he died, according to court documents. Los Angeles’ coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson’s blood, according to an affidavit. The drug Diprivan,…

As the first family heads to Martha’s Vineyard for their first first-family vacation, the island is still all aflutter over cultural critic Touré’s New York magazine feature characterizing black Vineyarders as a bunch of self-segregating snobs. Blacks who make the island off the coast of Cape Cod their summer home have not felt this misunderstood…

Since they have such a low profile in the Black community, McDonald’s has decided to go all ‘Black in America’ on us and launch 365Black.com. Replete with references to pictures of Black nuclear families and eager college grads clutching their diplomas in celebration, the site wants to be a focal point of Black web interaction.…

A 2004 report from the CIA inspector general details coercion tactics employed when the CIA really, really wanted information. From CNN: The gun and drill were used in two separate interrogation sessions against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, one of the sources said. Al-Nashiri is accused of plotting the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, which left…

Can’t get enough MJ? Well, September 27th, tickets will go on sale for “Michael Jackson: This Is It”, a film documenting Jackson’s final three months of rehearsal prep scheduled for a two-week release on October 27th. From CNN: “Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, and genius…

Mr. President, when you say one thing and backpedal because some people might get their feelings hurt, the people who bought into your hope and change thing are going to put their shoe in you the fastest way they know how: A Twitter hashtag from your faithful constituents. Root pal Elon James White decided to…

After years of heartbreak and disappointment, Troy Davis is finally getting a chance to have evidence heard in his case after being denied a fair trial since he was arrested almost two decades ago. It should never have taken the American justice system this long to act. Troy Davis was unjustly convicted and sentenced to…

From the Washington Post: Acknowledging that the Middle East peace process is in a “rut,” President Obama nonetheless voiced confidence Tuesday that a breakthrough can be achieved — and he thanked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom he hosted for meetings at the White House, for playing a constructive role. “There has been movement in the…

Troy Davis, whose death row case has won the support of international luminaries from Susan Sarandon to Jimmy Carter to Desmond Tutu, has faced near-execution many times. And each time he’s been granted a last-minute delay—last fall’s stay came just two hours before Davis was scheduled to die. On Monday, the Georgia man was granted…