With resistance to President Obama's health care law culminating with the Supreme Court deciding the fate of the most important social policy since enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the failure to win popular support for health care will be studied for many years to come. Racism has clearly...

As we all remember, passing the Affordable Care Act was no easy feat. The legislative and political battle over health reform was sharply drawn along ideological lines. After months of political wrangling and Tea Party protests that underscored fundamental differences on the role of government, the public option was off...

Steve Jobs dramatically changed the media landscape with pioneering products that will forever change the way news is consumed and distributed. As I prepare to moderate a panel next week on news and media trends at the National Press Club, I'm pondering the disruptive changes to the field,...

Joblessness in the black community combined with the oft-heard sentiment that the president has "dissed" his most loyal base has been the subject of heated public discussion, most notably the Cornel West/Al Sharpton debate on MSNBC back in April. But rather than focus on this issue, the Doing...

During his State of the Union address President Obama placed special emphasis on technology as an underlying force driving change in our economy. Early in his speech the president juxtaposed the "good old days" of "when finding a job meant showing up at a nearby factory or a business downtown"...

Haiti's magnitude 7.0 earthquake brought more misery than one nation should ever have to bear. The one-year anniversary will no doubt bring sobering reports that paint a bleak picture of Haiti's future. But for many young Haitian Americans, the hope for a better, stronger Haiti remains. For some, the tremblement...

The lack of diversity in the media has long been a source of frustration for media watchers. Turn on network or cable television and its clear that the value of racial, ethnic and gender diversity continues to be ignored by decision makers at mainstream television broadcast outlets. The result of...

In an increasingly unpredictable midterm election cycle, young voter turnout could make a difference in highly contested races around the country. With President Obama on the campaign trail and new efforts to reach targeted demographic groups including millennials, there is still time to turn out the vote among...

In the wake of the election of President Obama, the mainstream media posited the false notion that America was now in a 'post-racial' era in which the civil rights battles of the past were no longer relevant.

In this fantasy, having an African American in the Oval...