Midway through Women's History Month, black women from 10 states came to Washington, D.C., and converged on the nation's capitol to meet with Democratic and Republican representatives of Congress and to assert their political power, as part of the Black Women's Roundtable ("BWR") Summit on March 14-16. They came to...

A recent Time article titled "The Pay Gap Is Not as Bad as You (and Sheryl Sandberg) Think" suggests that women are either somehow at fault or to blame for earning less than a male for the same job with the same skills, citing that women make poor...

As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, it is important now more than ever to pass new federal laws to protect the right to vote. We need to establish uniform voting standards for federal elections to...

Every February, we celebrate Black History Month. It started in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson as Negro History week. In 1976, it became Black History month. And in 2013, some wonder why we still celebrate it. After all, we have Barack Obama, our first African...

Republicans' motto in the war against women must be, if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again to control a woman's birth control choices and defund Planned Parenthood. Last year, the GOP waged an all-out war and assault against women and Planned Parenthood. This year, the GOP...

For the life of me, I can't see why President Obama met with Mitt Romney on Thursday. Even the Republican Party is distancing itself from Mitt Romney. Romney, even after losing the election, continued to say that he lost because of all the gifts that President Obama gave...

Desperation causes people to act and do desperate things. A desperate man will do anything. And we're seeing that with Mitt Romney in the final days leading up to the election. Desperation is causing Mitt Romney to act, do and say desperate things. And why is Mr. Romney acting so...

President Obama rode into office in 2008 on the slogan of "Yes we can." In 2012, Mitt Romney is campaigning on a slogan of "No we can't." Governor Romney criticizes President Obama for his message of hope, change and moving the country forward. Romney's replacement message is one of negativity....

Everyone hates a cheater. That's what I thought before the 2012 election. In Republican circles, targeting Democrat voters to cheat them out of the right to vote has become the new norm. Instead of being vilified, many Republicans are applauding the efforts -- saying it will give them...

Middle class Americans will be an extinct or dying population along with Big Bird under a Mitt Romney presidency. From children, college students, the disabled to senior citizens, middle class America will be at risk under Romney's plan. The presidential debate should be a wake- up call for the 99...

There are no poll tax laws or literacy tests to take away voting rights in the 21st century. Republicans have a much more sophisticated method this time, called voter ID laws. The result is the same. Many blacks and minorities will be systemically denied the right to vote under the...

Donald Trump joined the birthers and demanded that President Obama show his birth certificate to prove his U.S. citizenship. Trump repeatedly called on the president to produce his papers. Where's Donald Trump when you need him to demand that Mitt Romney produce a sufficient number of past tax returns? So...

Democratic lawmakers say party politics, in an election year, is the reason that the Republican controlled Congress found U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. On June 28, Attorney General Holder became the first Attorney General and the first sitting cabinet member, in U.S. history, to be found in contempt....

Mitt Romney plans to move America forward by taking us backwards to decrease teachers, police and firefighters. And he's got the experience and action to back up his words. Romney claims we don't need "more firemen, more policemen or more teachers." Firing or eliminating more public servants will...

Black clergy from the Conference of National Black Churches ("CNBC") joined forces with the Congressional Black Caucus ("CBC") in Washington, DC for a first ever summit last week to discuss new voting laws, voting registration strategy and empowerment of the black vote. What Republicans call voter protection to...

CNN's suspension of Roland Martin following GLAAD's demand that he be fired for his Super Bowl offensive rants on Twitter shows two wrongs don't make a right. If this were a football game, Roland Martin and GLAAD deserve a penalty for the way each handled the matter. But, Roland Martin...

Republican-led photo voter ID laws enacted in fourteen states now make it harder to vote than to get through security screening at airports. Voter ID laws in over half the states require voters to present some form of identification and fourteen states require a government-issued photo ID. Voters...

The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) in an attempt to discredit a NAACP report this week on the lack of voter fraud evidence has bolstered the view that there is no need for voter ID laws, imposed by many states. The RNLA produced data showing 46 states and...

Following the 40 count indictment of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky for child sex abuse and Athletic Director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, Vice President of Finance and Business, for sex child abuse cover up and perjury, many state legislators are now playing Monday morning football and focusing...

It was a beautiful sunny day fitting for the speeches, songs and spirit of the celebration to dedicate the Martin Luther King monument. From family members, friends, civil rights fighters, clergy, choirs, entertainers and a host of people from all over the country, the dedication of the Martin Luther King...