A nation built with African slaves inaugurates an African-American President. A nation driven by culture wars born out of the Vietnam era moves into hope for more pragmatic, if still partisan, politics. A nation fallen into the darkness of torture, of "collateral damage" of hundreds of thousands of ...

The issue of Black folk and class has come up several times in the past few months. I admit, I've been curious, but asked for folks to give me an angle. Give me a jumping off point. Trumystique has done that today: The pearl/bead comments just reminded me of something. You know those super upper cru...

Private Kerry Hylton, 33, a chef with the Welsh Guards who was nicknamed ‘Paris Hilton’ is suing the Army for racial discrimination. Initial rumours suggested that Private Hylton earned the nickname after donning a blonde wig, a wonky eye and a Chihuahua for a video he made of himself giving ora...

Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest Toledo, Ohio 2000 copyright © 2007 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org On the first day of the New Year, a banner headline screamed to elite readers of The Wall Street Journal, "What Kucinich Saw: Witnesses Described His Close Encounter." Murdoch News Corporation ...

Take a good look at that photo right above this sentence. Chris Brown and T-Pain are physically and sexually objectifying this young black woman, and thus, reduce her to eye candy and perpetuating stereotypes about black women. To prove everything is mutual, the video director even had this woman sm...