ZIMMERMAN'S BOND REVOKED

John S. Wilson, 06/01/12

Mayor Michael Bloomberg may think he's helping to curb obesity in New York City with his new proposal to ban sugary drinks over 16 ounces. In actuality all he is doing is providing fodder for conservatives who have long warned against government encroachment in the healthcare arena.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, 05/31/12

CEO, Green for All

Right now, I'm thinking about all those little kids -- especially in poor neighborhoods -- who want to play outside this summer, but can't, because the air is too dirty or their lungs are too weak. And I just can't make sense of a country that would trade children's lives for corporate profits.

Oneika Raymond, 06/01/12

Traveller. Teacher. Thrill-Seeker.

People will tell you that you need a lot of money and a lot of time to do Paris. Not so. My partner and I went to Paris for less than 48 hours in January, saw all the highlights, and best of all, didn't break the bank. Here's how!

Valerie Jarrett, 05/31/12

Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

The outcome of the debates between the president and Republicans in Congress matters. The direction we choose will affect the lives of poor children in the Bronx and throughout our country. We owe it to them to be clear about the choices we face.

Rev. Al Sharpton, 05/31/12

President, National Action Network

As the nation continues to diversify, and the GOP continues to fail to appeal to racial minorities and young people, they have resorted to their next best option: calculated efforts to block the vote. It's our job to ensure that they don't succeed.

Bob Edgar, 05/31/12

President and CEO, Common Cause

Despite a dearth of evidence that voter fraud is anything more than negligible -- so rare that it would not change the outcome of elections even in closely-contested Florida -- the governor is investing tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to harass thousands of his constituents.

Brian J. Siebel, 05/30/12

Blogger at OpposeMitt.com

On every front Mitt Romney and the Republican Party support policies that would exacerbate our inequality. Consider the following ten areas.  Mitt Romney's policies would increase inequality in every case.

Jarrett L. Carter, 05/30/12

Founding Editor, HBCUDigest.com

The NCAA can be an active participant in changing the landscape of how we view, educate and position for success athletes of the future. It all depends on if athletic inequity is a matter of acknowledgement, or improvement.

Josh Horwitz, 05/29/12

Executive Director, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

Like George Zimmerman, Marissa Alexander discharged her weapon in Florida. Unlike Zimmerman, she was immediately arrested, despite that she did not kill or injure anyone. Moreover, a judge and jury rejected Alexander's "Stand Your Ground" defense, while Zimmerman might never see trial because of it.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 05/29/12

Civil rights activist

Making our neighborhoods safe won't be easy. We need to provide the young with the best, not the worst, educational opportunities. We need the police to make protecting the citizens of those streets a greater priority.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 05/29/12

Author and political analyst

Romney would have to soften his stance on these issues to make even marginal headway with black voters. That would trigger screams of betrayal from ultra-conservatives. The risk is far too great and the rewards to little for him to take that chance.

Jarrett L. Carter, 05/29/12

Founding Editor, HBCUDigest.com

HBCUs are broke. Students know it, alumni know it, corporations know it and the government knows it. Until now, HBCUs have prepared their students to be leaders in a range of industries.
But they haven't yet taught, with consistency, how to own these industries.

André David Halston, 05/29/12

Executive Chef, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club

Have you ever heard that saying "yesterday's soup always tastes better the next day?" That may be true in some cases, but in this case great things come to those who wait. This white chicken chili recipe is one of my favorites.

Marian Wright Edelman, 05/25/12

President, Children's Defense Fund

The silent Father's Day March will be a chance for people of all backgrounds to walk silently down New York's Fifth Avenue together to convey to New York City leaders that it is time to stop treating hundreds of thousands of our young people of color like criminals when they have done nothing wrong.

Rep. Stacey Abrams, 05/25/12

Georgia House Minority Leader

As the firestorm dies down about Bain Capital, the core of the debate must remain. What ethic will guide our next president? Will he have a profit-motive or a people-motive?

Russell Simmons, 05/24/12

Founder, GlobalGrind.com

This is a new America. An America that believes that drug addiction is a disease and not a crime. We will no longer subject ourselves to the old ways of destruction. We will fight for a fair justice system that uplifts our people from the drug war devastation of the past 39 years.

Darnell L. Moore, 05/24/12

Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York University

Whose bodies and lives will this grand social vision of a post-racial world benefit especially when considering the counter-investment in notions of "blackness" that post-racial propagandists seem to maintain?