Tea Party

JULIAN BOND SERVED OUR COMMUNITY BY KAI EL’ ZABAR Julian Bond, tall, handsome, smart  and  charismatic could have been a movie star but chose to be a change agent. He was a leader in the 1960s civil rights movement, a powerful voice of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and warrior for equal rights.  He served Black people well […]

JULIAN BOND SERVED OUR COMMUNITY BY KAI EL’ ZABAR Julian Bond, tall, handsome, smart  and  charismatic could have been a movie star but chose to…

*I am still recovering from the midterm election results, but I hope two years of a Republican-run Congress will convince voters to get off their asses and put a Democrat in the White House. I often find it hard to take Republicans seriously, because so many of their arguments fall apart under close scrutiny. Republicans […]

Hoyt Sparks says he has no use for liberal Democrats and their “socialistic, Marxist, communist” ways. Toni Lewis suspects tea party Republicans are “a bunch…

I read a very sad article in the Washington Post on Oct. 29. It concerned the base of the Tea Party movement, and specifically...

I keep hoping that I can stop writing about the federal government shutdown/lockout. Hopefully, when you read this, it will all be over....

  Dear Speaker Boehner: It’s hard to know whether to feel pity or disgust for you as we watch you whine, bellow, threaten...

As these words are being written, the Obama administration is trying to end a shutdown of the United States government forced by the...

Watching my Twitter timeline Sunday night as the BET Awards drew to a close, the anticipation was building for what was to be an...

By GEORGE E. CURRYIt is becoming increasingly clear that President Obama and Democrats need pressure from within the party to force them to stand...