Social Issues

A South Carolina Senator is making headlines after being pictured dressed as a confederate soldier and posing with two Black men dressed as slaves.A Republican women's conference took place last weekend in Char...

Were you offended by Will.i.am’s Blackface performance during Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show? According to the Black Eyed Peas frontman, you shouldn’t be. The Black Eyed Peas star prov...

Terry Jones, the controversial pastor, said on Saturday that neither he nor his church would follow through on plans to burn copies of the Koran. In an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Jones sai...

Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the major investors in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque. ...

Prisoners in the San Francisco County Jail have received some news so good that will have them jumping on top of each other-no pause intended.According to published reports, officials in the San Francisco Count...

Joining many ignorant and intolerant right-wingers, Donald Trump has taken the position that all Muslims were responsible for the World Trade Center terrorist attack. Appearing on The Late Show with David Let...

Bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness are causing a stir at school districts across the country, leading some educators to ban them from classrooms for a message that some say is in poor taste.Printed on ...

The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to new federal figures underscoring the impact of widespread reforms.The...

Rick Sanchez referred to Barack Obama as the "cotton picking president" on CNN Monday (h/t Mediaite).Sanchez made the comment in a discussion with CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin on "Rick's List" about the man...

 The real meaning of this day historically will always be the profound and transformative address delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to a quarter of a million Americans who had been denied the Ameri...