The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor are stirring up battle lines that formed earlier this year when announced, battle lines that injected racism into a debate over who would be the next Supreme Court justice. A lot of ink…
The Robert’s court has handed down its fair share of conservative-leaning rulings as of late, but nothing seems stranger than one just recently handed down that says that if someone is wrongfully convicted they can still remain jailed. The case…
Republican Newt Gingrich is recanting his intial Tweets earlier this week that labeled Sonia Sotomayer as a racist. Gingrich said that the tweeting was an initial reaction to the now infamous statement about Latina women ruling “better” than white men. …
The vitriol continues to flow this week over Obama’s Supreme Court nomination, Sonia Sotomayor. In what has become a three ring circus of racial politics, Senate Republicans have scrambled to try to appease its far right allies while presenting a…
Did you know June is LGBT Pride Month? Sure, you’re on the Activism Channel so maybe you do. But, you would hardly know it was the case. Nevertheless, Barack Obama has written an official White House memo declaring it such. …
Newt Gingrich is back and is trying to appear as if he’s a moderate. Now let me me clarify before everyone goes Rove on me — Newt would probably proudly disagree with my assessment and proudly trot out his right…
Activism is a tricky business. Whenever I mention the term to friends, it usually conjures up images of grassroots movements for civil rights or something that looks green. That’s because activism is so often associated with what are popularly labeled “liberal” causes. But,…
