Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Issue: 522

Jun 27, 2013

Commentary

Hillary’s Next Run: It’s a Race for the Masses

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Populist movements occur when there is a total rejection of elite politics.

The race for the 2016 Presidential Elections hasn’t “officially” begun yet. Nobody has “officially” announced. But unofficially, the race has begun. How do you know? Well,…

Continue reading 7 min

Domestic Spying

Cartoon

Domestic Spying

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

Continue reading 1 min

Reparations

Cartoon

Reparations

By Chuck Siler

Continue reading 1 min

Color of Law

Supreme Court Throws Voting Rights Act Under the Bus – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

And so the crooks have changed the law to justify their own theft.

It is no understatement to say that the U.S. Supreme Court committed a crime of the highest proportion when it decided to gut the Voting Rights…

Continue reading 9 min

Commentary

With Exodus International Closing, What Next?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

“Conversion” therapies are acts of rhetorical violence

To my surprise, I didn’t know - especially when the Supreme Court rules DOMA unconstitutional - my sexual orientation was still up for debate. But in…

Continue reading 6 min

Commentary

‘Blackula’ Obama, Whistleblowers, & Betrayal by the Media

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

has, in all but name, ushered in the largest and most perilous de facto police and surveillance state in the history of this nation.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” -…

Continue reading 6 min

Commentary

Romanticizing Mandela

By Perry Redd Columnist

what’s missing is the significance of the wrongs committed by the whites that thought the apartheid form of governance was acceptable.

The watch is on as former South African President Nelson Mandela reaches his twilight. Mandela is now in critical condition and the end is near. Mandela’s…

Continue reading 4 min

$ $ Contribute $ $