Judge Martin ruled yesterday in favor of Christopher Smitherman regarding the lawsuit filed against the City of Cincinnati. The lawsuit dealt with City Council stripping the City Manager of his appointment power to the Board of Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA). The CMHA Board is very...

In your philosophical Friday media column: arm-twisting at the San Francisco Chronicle, intellectual thuggery at the NAACP, body-slamming of college papers, and death and rebirth of reporters: Even as it's busy shutting down the Seattle paper and (maybe) combining some papers in Texas, Hearst has fo...

The California Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday for and against overturning Proposition 8, which would bar same-sex marriages in the state. Last May, the Court ruled 4-3 in a landmark decision that equality under the law required that gays and lesbians could not be discriminated against by for...

Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz profiled ABC White House reporter Jake Tapper on Monday, who has stood out a bit for suggesting his colleagues are too soft: Tapper, who has already clashed publicly with press secretary Robert Gibbs, has been outspoken in his view that many in the media h...

“Oh, God,� why did he have to use that word? According to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, the GOP “outsourced� the Republican response to a young, successful Indian-American governor who “had nothing to do with Congress.� They had to outsource the response tonight, the Republican party. They h...

As the Nation has stood by and watch this $787 Billion dollar stimulus money bill be signed.....the question to the governors of the states is.....how much of this money will go to the African American Community? How much of this money will go to pet projects?, How much of this will be spent frivolo...

Photo courtesy of here. Check out the photo to your right.  That’s a homeless man and his pit bull, riding the Portland streetcar, for free, to avoid the Winter cold.  The same thing can happen in the Summer, as the homeless look for a place to cool off.  The hour long streetcar...

During Black History month, it's unfortunate to note the continued decline of the NAACP. The civil rights organization that did so much to battle injustice and inequality in this country now wastes much of its time on petty squabbles and perceived slights, conveniently recast as racism. The latest e...

She’s a longtime veteran of awards shows, and last night (February 12) Halle Berry was a seasoned pro at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards. The “Monster’s Ball” mama played co-host of the night, alongside the multitalented Tyler Perry, both entertainers showing off their fantastic ...

New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work -- Fiction, and of the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. His books include Boss Lady, Diary of a Groupie, Leslie, Just Say No!, For the Love of...