July 20th is the 35th commemoration of the Turkish invasion and division of the island of Cyprus. On July 15, 1974 the military junta in Greece staged a coup against then Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios III, a move perceived as provocative enough by Turkey to invade the island under...

Imagine yourself as an African American and resident of the State of Alabama in 1964, the year that President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the historic Civil Rights Act. And again imagine in 1964 that Alabama Governor George Wallace, in an act of defiance that not even he considered, introduced...

Don Imus is only the latest of a growing list of celebrities who have been called on the carpet for making bigoted and sexist statements. But I doubt this is the last time we have seen or heard from Mr. Imus. The vast majority of public figures who fall from...

Senator Barack Obama's first public appearance in Los Angeles since he announced his candidacy for President is both symbolic and inspirational. Symbolic in that he held his Los Angeles rally at the predominantly African American Dorsey High School, also my alma mater. Inspirational because he is a fresh face and...

In a remarkable reversal of policy and precedent, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month rejected its own staff report that concluded mercury amalgam fillings used by millions of Americans are safe. The panel of FDA advisors said the report did not objectively and clearly present all current...

Today President Bush held a press conference on the heels of North Korea's apparent detonation of a nuclear device. A press conference is a rare event for this administration. It appeared to be a tortuous event for Mr. Bush. More than any other President in recent memory, his inability...

The Federal Communications Commission has reinitiated its effort to further loosen media ownership rules. The last time the FCC tried this, in 2003, I, and nearly three million Americans, objected. We wanted to make sure that the media worked in the public interest, not to the benefit of a few....

The U.S. House of Representatives voted late last week to expel Representative William J. Jefferson (D-LA) - the unindicted but widely reported subject of an FBI bribery investigation - from the powerful Ways and Means Committee. The action is unprecedented.

Mr. Jefferson represents a congressional district in New Orleans...

As befitted the first lady of the civil rights movement, a host of political and civil rights leaders - including four American Presidents, poets, three plane loads of members of Congress, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and personalities from the entertainment world - filled the hall of mourners at Coretta Scott...

The indictment of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, in the CIA leak case says a lot about the integrity of the Bush Administration and its false portrayal of the threat that Iraq posed to the U.S. and the world. Unlike Watergate, Plamegate has significantly contributed...

President Bush's presidency is in free-fall. Recent poll numbers confirm it. Bush's job approval rating is at 39%. 68% of Americans now want the nation to move in a significantly different direction than President Bush, and 44% say that they have simply lost confidence in the President.

On almost every...

William Bennett believes that you can reduce the crime rate in the United States by aborting every black baby. In his mind this is a truism if crime reduction is your only goal.

Mr. Bennett's chilling statement, made during a syndicated broadcast on the Salem Radio Network, indicates a political...

Despite the Republican congressional leadership's best efforts to the contrary, funding has been restored for public broadcasting. But there is still much damage to undo and ill winds to deflect from our national debate on the future of public media.

First and foremost, the public must understand that Republican attacks...

In his address to the nation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush committed the vast resources of our nation to rebuild the shattered Gulf Coast region. But I am not convinced that he understands the depth of the problem or the level of sustained commitment needed to rebuild...

For the first time in the sixty-year history of the United Nations, the United States has sent an unconfirmed ambassador to the United Nations. John Bolton's recess appointment demonstrates the President's contempt for Congress, particularly when you consider that Bolton had not been confirmed because the administration refused to provide...

So far we have spent over $200 billion on the war in Iraq. According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2010 our expenses may be as much as $600 billion. The $200 billion we've spent would be enough money to provide health care for the 45 million Americans without health...