Why We Should Pay for Inmates to Go to School
How does that headline resonate with you? If you’re like most folks who haven’t paid much attention to America’s incarceration problem—namely, that more people are locked up in the United States than anywhere More...
Tennessee approves plan to dig up, remove the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest
A city council Memphis, Tennessee unanimously approved the plan to dig up the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest grave from under his statue at the Health Sciences Park on Union Avenue. The More...
Former Clinton aide Robert Reich calls out Hillary Clinton on secrecy, email scandal
Sunday on ABC’s ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” former Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich said Hillary Clinton’s lack of “disclosure” is a “key vulnerability.” “She’s running a general More...
Bernie Sanders raises more cash than Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton still silent
While Hillary Clinton is still silent on her fundraising, Bernie Sanders has made a splash, raising more in the first 24 hours that his GOP rivals Rand Paul, Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. While Ted Cruz and Rand Paul More...
Bernie Sanders talks 2016 Presidential race, attack Koch Brothers, Clinton Foundation
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont socialist, seem to announce his bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination by declaring war on the “billionaire class” that he contends runs the political system. In More...
North Carolina man, Larry Upright, warns against Hillary Clinton in his obituary
After a North Carolina man died, his family thought it best to include his passionate political views in his obituary. Larry Upright, who died at 81 on April 13, passed along a warning to not to cast their ballot More...
Senate Democrats move away from Obama as Congress passes bill on Iran
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would give Congress an up-or-down vote on whatever final agreement emerges from international negotiations to contain Iran’s nuclear program. The More...
Sen Bob Menendez pleads not guilty on criminal charges
Sen. Robert Menendez pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 14 criminal counts, which include eight counts of bribery. At the top of the questions is Menendez’s deals, arrangements with Salomon Melgen, a Florida More...
Jimmy Williams on MSNBC: ‘Old white people’ will die and Democrats can get a chance
Liberal MSNBC contributor Jimmy Williams said the “old white people” in the South who vote Republican are “going to die someday” and hopefully usher in a new era of Democratic rule in the region. Host Krystal More...
UK Liberal Democrats call for sex education at age 7 to make ‘informed choices’
The movement grows in England to begin sex education at the age of seven. The proposed curriculum would be made “age appropriate” for the children says “Liberal Democrats” in the new Guardian More...
Rev James Meeks explains why he’s supporting GOP candidate Bruce Rauner
Many may assume the black man, especially from Chicago, is an automatic supporter of the Democratic Party. Reverend James Meeks has even spoken alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson and Democratic leaders in the state, but More...
Terry McAuliffe appoints Dwight Jones Democrat head in Virginia, gay activist unhappy
Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic leader of Virginia announced Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones to be his nominee to head the Democrat Party in Virginia, but gay rights supporters are unhappy. Photo/donkeyhotey More...
This Day in History: 25 years ago Ron Brown becomes first black to chair Democratic Party
Ron Brown made history on February 10, 1989 when he was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the first black to lead a political party. “I think it says a lot about the Democratic Party. More...
GOP consultant says Libertarian won debate in ’15 minutes of fame’
Just days after bashing the Tampa Tribune on their coverage of the Florida special election debate for the House of Representatives, District 13, The Dispatch discovered a GOP consultant (Chris Ingram) has a separate “Other More...
Are you a Democrat or Republican: Mississippi school teaching students political stereotypes
Common Core has become a hot topic for parents, teachers and students, especially since Education Secretary Arne Duncan targeted critics using race. Now a political “quiz” for 6th graders asks students More...
Charlie Crist leads Rick Scott in Florida Governor race, Libertarian Adrian Wyllie left out of poll
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has a 7-point lead over incumbent Governor Rick Scott (R) in the 2014 Florida gubernatorial race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. No other third More...
Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell talk Obamacare negotiations with Democrats on ‘hot mic’ VIDEO
A local Kentucky TV news station caught Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul Wednesday morning discussing some congressional Republican messaging strategy regarding the showdown with Democrats More...
Pew Poll confirms most illegal immigrants favor Democrat party by nearly 3-to-1
Illegal immigrants strongly favor the Democrat Party, according to a new Pew poll, a finding that suggests the illegal immigration form plan could hurt the Republican Party. According to data from the Pew Research More...
New poll shows President Obama losing young voters, more Americans disapprove than disapprove
CNN released a new poll showing a dramatic nine-point drop in President Obama’s approval ratings fueled primarily by the shocking 17 point decline by Americans under age 30. donkeyhotey [email protected] This More...
Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory leaves Democrats, joins GOP as a ‘Frederick Douglas Republican’
Louisiana Democratic State Senator Elbert L. Guillory who represents Louisiana’s Senate District 24, announced that he is no longer a Democrat and has become a Republican. NewsNinja2012 reported Friday from More...
