Month: July 2006

Many people have asked me why I do all the volunteer work, civil rights work, and political work that seem to consume my every waking moment.  Most times I say “I do it because someone has to and it might as well be...

Greg Palast spoke at the Harlem Book fair and there are two great YouTube vids that have already come out of it. One, he bitch slaps Black Republican John McWhorter…I mean, you have to see it. I thought the crowd was going...

Everything looks bad for the Republicans and there is not much they can do in the few short months before November to turn things around. But there is one thing that they can seize on that will divide the left and cause it it to...

(cross-posted at Deny My Freedom and Daily Kos) Some people are deservedly shocked at Senator Barbara Boxer’s apparent betrayal of her liberal roots (and her conscience) in campaigning for Joe Lieberman today. Even more...

The Washington Post this morning ran an article,  “Bellwethers, Eight Issues That Will Shape The 2006 Elections” or one of a series of articles which is indicative of a coming surf tide of newsprint, virtual and...