Alcohol ranks “most harmful” among a list of 20 drugs — beating out crack and heroin — according to study results released by a British medical journal.
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Originally posted 10/27/2010 In our long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality, there have always been attempts to make some of us believe that there are just too many obstacles in our path or life journey and, as such, we should just throw in the towel, give up, and […]
Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” on Saturday started out as a spoof of Glenn Beck’s “Rally to Restore Honor,” but the parody proved bigger than the real thing.
At the request of sheriff Rick Walter, Scott County homeowner Rick Hoskins removed a Halloween display in front of his home Wednesday that’s the subject of much controversy in the Sikeston area. The display, which featured a Ku Klux Klan figure alongside an effigy of a black man hanging from a noose, could be seen […]
When New York State Democrats gathered at their nominating convention in May, they chose an all-white ticket of statewide candidates headed by a standard-bearer, Andrew Cuomo, who has put forward a program that would balance the state’s $9 billion-plus budget deficit at the expense of working-class people.
President Barack Obama got a hometown welcome Saturday night as he continued to make his case against voting Republican in a last-ditch effort to try to save his former Senate seat, advising any wavering supporters: “Don’t let them get you down.”
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, exuding new confidence after a 48-state “Fire Pelosi” bus tour, said he may seek reelection as chairman in January despite criticism by those who think he has been weak on money, management and message.
Six years ago, Illinois sent to the Senate an untainted young star generally regarded inside his party as the greatest orator since Demosthenes. This year, Illinois voters are faced with a more traditional choice between, as it’s been presented to them, a liar and a thief.
McDonalds employees in Canton, Ohio were given a recent paycheck that had a letter in it encouraging them to vote for Republican candidates or not receive raises or benefits. The Huffington Post reports: “As the election season is here we wanted you to know which candidates will help our business grow in the future,” reads […]
Two years after Florida helped elect the nation’s first black president, Charlie Crist’s unrelenting drive to win a Senate seat at the expense of a black Democrat and a Hispanic Republican has forced tender racial sensitivities back to the surface of Sunshine State politics.