The man who shot and killed Michael Brown has resigned, but that’s unlikely to satisfy protesters who still seem to be demanding criminal charges that are never going to come.
Regardless of the outcome of the Michael Brown investigation, there are legitimate problems that need to be addressed.
Not surprisingly, last night’s announcement that there would be no state court indictment in the Michael Brown shooting led to violence and confrontations with police. That’s not going to solve any of the real problems that face Ferguson, or any other community in the United States.
A not unexpected decision from the Grand Jury that investigated the Michael Brown shooting.
Top Republicans worry that their party’s response to the President’s executive action will alienate Latinos. However, there’s little they can do about that.
In the end, there appears to be very little, if anything, the GOP can do to stop or roll back the executive actions the President will announce Thursday evening.
Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.
All the warnings of violence in the wake of an expected imminent announcement from the Grand Jury in the Michael brown case could become self-fulfilling prophecy.
We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.
Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.
Reports from the Justice Department seem to be laying the groundwork for more disappointment for those hoping for charges against Officer Darren Wilson.
Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.
What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.
Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.
Another pre-election stay ruling from the Supreme Court.
Everything old is new again.
Opponents of Voter ID laws should not get too excited over the fact that the Supreme Court has stayed Wisconsin’s law from going into effect for now.
A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.
It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.
The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.
The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.
The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.
These segments are usually unfair; they outdid themselves this time.
The Army brass is worried about its diversity in critical mid-level posts.
A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.
The capital’s paper has issued a partial ban on the controversial nickname of the local NFL franchise.
There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?
What you think about the events in Ferguson depends quite a lot on whether you’re black or white.
The situation in Ferguson, Missouri isn’t calming down.
The shooting of Michael Brown is just another example of an ongoing problem.
There are plenty of other factors that help our two major parties retain power.
A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.
Viet Xuan Luong pins on a brigadier general’s star today, becoming the first Vietnamese-American officer to achieve that rank.
Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016
The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.
The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.
Native American names are everywhere.
A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.
However you feel about the Redskins name, the decision to retroactively repeal their trademarks is troubling on many levels.
Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.
The US Government has deemed the nickname of the capital’s NFL club racially offensive.
TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.
A debunking of the origin story actually aids the case that the motivation was not racist. It doesn’t matter.
Once again, Washington politicians are pontificating about the Washington Redskins.
