Over the summer, we heard about the tragic losses many American families have endured as a result of our broken health care system. There are too many stories of folks who lost a loved one because their insurance didn't cover a life-saving treatment, or lost their homes because they were socked with huge medical bills ...

How many Black Americans are actually buying into rants against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now? By now most Blacks have heard of ACORN and some are involved in bogus babble defaming an organization that has demonstrated positive intent toward communities where we live. Before Blacks join chattering classes against ACORN, its work on our behalf should be considered...

I'm deeply disturbed that after a decade of decline, the number of firearm deaths among children and youth has increased for the second year in a row. Our 2009 Protect Children, Not Guns report released in September reveals that almost nine children and teens die from gunfire every day—one child death every two hours and 45 minutes...

Yes, it is the foreclosure victims that have been left to fend for themselves. They were the ones marked by the mortgage brokers participating with the Hedge Funds. The Hedge Fund operators have disappeared with their take and the banks/mortgage brokers have been bailed out with about $1 trillion in tax funds. The victims are left with bad credit, financial failure and serious marital and societal ailments that will haunt them for a lifetime...

With President Barack Obama's election last November, the Republican Party was left rudderless and adrift at sea, unsure which direction to turn or whom to turn for direction. The crushing defeat of Republicans across the board in 2008 was a resounding rejection of the party's policies under former President George W. Bush.

The root of the American Dream is home ownership. That concept came after World War II when we rewarded our courageous veterans with the Veteran Administration home mortgage program and the rest of the GI Bill of Rights (education, healthcare, etc.)...

Today's debate over legislative issues such as health care, education, and energy boil down to whether public interests or private interests will benefit. I am partial to public.The word public is an adjective pertaining to, or affecting the people of a community, state, or nation...

One of the major criticisms of civil rights leaders for years has been that too many decent Whites choose to remain silent on the issue of race, ceding the spotlight to mean-spirited Caucasians who are insensitive to the suffering of African Americans...

Nationally, one in three Black boys and one in six Latino boys born in 2001 are at risk of going to prison during their lifetimes. Although boys are more than five times as likely to be incarcerated as girls, the number of girls in the juvenile justice system is significant and growing. This shamefully high incarceration rate of Black youths is endangering our children at younger and younger ages and poses a huge threat to our nation's future.

This past June, a handful of wise and brave U.S. Representatives submitted legislation that would decriminalize "personal possession of up to 100 grams" of marijuana.
While The Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act (H.B. 2943) has no chance of being reported out of committee, its chief sponsor; Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, believes the legislation's introduction will lead to a "rational discussion" of the issue, and perhaps ultimately a more sane federal marijuana policy.