Nelson Mandela: A Symbol of Compassion and Equality

Bandphoto / Uppa.co.uk/UPPA/Photoshot/Newscom Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first democratic president of post-apartheid South Africa, has passed away at his home in Johannesburg after months of battling a recurring lung infection. Current South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation this evening announcing Mandela’s death and honoring his legacy, by stating, “Nelson Mandela was a hero […]

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Sowell: A Very Dangerous Game

New York City police authorities are investigating a series of unprovoked physical attacks in public places on people who are Jewish, in the form of what is called “the knockout game.” The way the game is played, one of a number of young blacks decides to show that he can knock down some stranger on […]

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Holder Wants to Change Justice System and Provide Preferential Treatment for Minorities

It was a most unusual scene for a federal courtroom. Seventeen former convicts, some dressed in hoodies and weary from pulling all-night shifts, took turns updating U.S. District Judge Felipe Respreto last week on their progress toward finding their way back from societal exile, some after serving more than a decade in prison. Many spoke […]

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Outrageous Things Happening in this Country

Civil rights attorney says Hispanic officers targeted ‘white boy’ because they ‘don’t like him living in their community. Hispanic Police officers forced New Mexico man David Eckert to undergo two digital anal probes, three enema insertions and ultimately a colonoscopy after officers accused him of concealing drugs, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District […]

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The Reality of ENDA

Newscom/UPI/Kevin Dietsch President Obama urged Congress to pass the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in a blog post published late last night. All Americans should oppose unjust discrimination, but ENDA does not advance that goal. In fact, it moves us in the wrong direction, as a new Heritage Backgrounder explains. President Obama asks in his blog […]

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Potential Settlement in Supreme Court Housing Discrimination Case

Hillside Studio Image Source/Newscom The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the parties in the Fair Housing Act case pending before the Supreme Court have reached a tentative settlement deal. The case, Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, involves the township of Mount Holly, New Jersey’s attempt to redevelop a crime-ridden, blighted […]

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Barack Obama’s Racist Roots

The morning after Election Day in 2008, The New York Times proclaimed that Barack Obama’s victory had swept “away the last racial barrier in American politics.” However, as the President’s first term draws to a close, a case can be made that the historic election was anything but post-racial; rather, it has been the most […]

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