By Lee A. Daniels
It only takes one.

It only takes one black American who has done something wrong – or has been accused of doing something wrong – and that special group of people comes charging out of the woodwork.

You know who I mean: those people – be they white, black or other – who seize on the flimsiest of straws to make wholesale negative ethnic-based generalizations about black people, black culture, black institutions.

By The Editors
On Friday, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell said he would declare April 2011 as “Civil War in Virginia Month” in keeping with the state’s effort to “remember [its] past with candor, courage and conciliation.” McDonnell’s designation last winter of April as “Confederate History Month” provoked an intense national controversy.

By The Editors
How many canaries can a mine hold?

By now, the U.S. economy must have enough of those early-warning sentinels of impending disaster to make up a symphony orchestra – with more joining the ensemble seemingly every day.

But the tune they’re tweeting sounds ominously like a dirge.

By Lee A. Daniels Both mayoral candidates in Washington D.C.’s Democratic primary earlier this month were black. But that didn’t prevent the contest from becoming a heated referendum on race relations and racial politics at the local level of the nation’s capitol. And when the vote-counting ended, Adrian Fenty, the erstwhile wunderkind who four years [...]

By Doug Miller Payday lenders – neighborhood operations where cash-strapped borrowers can go for small, short-term loans – contend they shouldn’t be facing the same kind of financial reform regulations as full-service banks. But critics who call high-interest payday transactions “legalized loan-sharking” say they disproportionately target minorities and need to be reined in along with [...]

On Wednesday the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an injunction protecting funds from the Road Home Program so that displaced homeowners can have an opportunity to show that Louisiana and HUD have distributed recovery funds in a discriminatory manner.

The changing face of America raises important questions, especially in electoral politics. Are minorities fairly represented at all levels of politics? Do we have an equal voice, and an equal opportunity to elect representatives who consider our needs and interests?

By Lee A. Daniels
There’s been a considerable stir in the last week over the findings of a recent study that shows a remarkable narrowing of what its authors call the “happiness” gap between blacks and whites.

By The Editors
“I have often been asked how a white lawyer from the Bronx came to a career devoted to the rights of black people, a career where he would work mostly with black lawyers and leaders. There is one simple answer and another, deeper one.”

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund will argue in an appeals court in San Francisco today that the state of Washington’s denial of voting rights to convicted felons is rooted in discrimination. By John Payton The most fundamental political right in our society is the right to vote. Today (Sept. 21) the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]