Politics

Renaissance 2010 shuts down underperforming Chicago schools and turns them around through contract or charter school. In the turnaround process, lots of experienced teachers get the pink slip. Many of those slipped are Black women. This was Secretary of Education Duncan’s baby when he was CEO of Chicago public schools. He’s trying to take this…

Barack Obama still does not support gay marriage, but he supports benefits for gay federal employees and their partners. Today, the president will sign a memorandum granting health care and other benefits to the partners of federal employees CNN reports. This move comes after criticism over Obama’s support for the Defense of Marriage Act, which…

As Father’s Day approaches, we often reflect on the male role models, father figures and patriarchs who are instrumental in our lives. We hold them in high regard because they possess qualities we admire: courage and strength, perseverance and determination, humility and grace. To DeJuan Correira, his “Uncle Troy” embodies all of these attributes. A…

It has to be tough being president. Not just the responsibility and constant stress, but also having to remain cool when you clearly want to snap.

Two major strides were made recently in the world of debt management. President Barack Obama signed the Credit CARD Act of 2009 into law. That same week, I mailed a check for the remaining balance of my First Premier credit card. These two actions are related not just because they deal with credit cards, but…

Like just about everyone else last week, I read “What Single Women Can Learn From Michelle”—Jenée Desmond-Harris’ sista grrl power manifesto—with keen interest. After all, I’m just as concerned as the next guy with staying up on what “successful black women, with college degrees, ambitious careers and five-year plans” are really thinking.  I ought to…

“From the moment I took office as President, the central challenge we have confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since World War II. In recent months, we have taken a series of extraordinary steps, not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy, but…

Facing opposition over his proposed public health insurance alternative, President Obama is trying to maintain some leverage in the discussion by considering lessening the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits. Attempting to woo doctors and conservatives alike, the president feels that lowering the number of malpractice suits could have a positive effect on driving down health…

Rusty DePass, former South Carolina state senator candidate and budding comedian, likes to make funnies. Commenting on a gorilla that escaped from South Carolina’s Red Banks Zoo Friday night, DePass noted on Facebook that the animal was probably a relative of Michelle Obama’s and thus, harmless. As you might imagine, that comment went over like…

There’s a famous photograph, taken by Charles Moore, of Martin Luther King Jr. being shuffled off to jail by two Montgomery, Ala., police officers. King had been loitering, meaning he sat down for a meal at a segregated restaurant. The image of the crime’s aftermath is striking for a number of reasons: the cops’ stone-faced…