No, it’s not the brutal, hate-twisted racism of the old days. Today’s Republicans are capable of adoring select right-wing...

Tavis Smiley – PBS talk show host, PRI radio host Posted: 09/07/2012 8:58 am Now that the conventions are over, time to prepare for the...

Charles Dickens came to mind again this week -p his opening to A Tale of Two Cities — his intriguing contrast between “the best of...

The Huffington Post  |  By Bonnie Kavoussi  – Posted: 09/06/2012 12:25 pm Updated: 09/06/2012 2:11 pm Former U.S. President Bill Clinton...

Tavis Smiley: PBS talk show host, PRI radio host – Posted: 09/05/2012 12:00 am There’s been a lot of talk about “freedom” lately. There...

Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 08/31/2012 5:39 pm I often say to people who come to the Schomburg...

Ryan Grim  – ryan@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/30/2012 12:29 am Updated: 08/30/2012 11:19 am TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday...

By MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI / Politico / May 30, 2012  4:34 AM EDT Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose...

Curtis Roosevelt – Author Posted: 05/09/2012 8:33 pm What if the president proposed something big — something that really focused on a...

Trevor Burrus – Legal Associate, Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies Posted: 04/19/2012 4:55 pm The sordid history of...

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Author and political analyst – Posted: 04/19/2012 3:47 pm Guitar-strumming iconoclastic Ted Nugent got an...

“The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when...

Robert Creamer – Political Organizer, Strategist, Author; Partner Democracy Partners Posted: 04/10/2012 10:04 am It’s not rocket science....

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Author and political analyst Posted: 04/ 2/2012 1:36 pm There was never much doubt that if the Supreme Court ever...

Robert Reich – Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy,  University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Aftershock’ Posted: 04/ 4/2012...

John Feffer – Co-director, Foreign Policy In Focus; Posted: 04/ 3/2012 7:30 pm Elections are decided by economics. Voters respond to...

America is a land of liberty and opportunity, and has admirably served as “a city upon a hill” in the words of Puritan John Winthrop, who...

By KENNETH P. VOGEL – POLITICOPro 3/29/12 2:02 PM EDT The group launching a $3.6 million ad campaign hitting President Barack Obama on...

D.L. Hughley –Actor and Stand-Up Comedian Posted: 03/26/2012 12:21 pm When we were kids, we all feared the boogeyman. He’d be waiting...

Ben Cohen – Editor, The Daily Banter.com Posted: 03/27/2012 5:04 pm Nobody knows what really happened during the tragic shooting of black...