Janis Ware, the Publisher of The Atlanta Voice newspaper, a local Black newspaper, was a partner in the Atlanta Housing Authority’s redevelopment of the McDaniel-Glen public housing community.

I am feeling excited and optimistic. I have friends who are really depressed – and there is plenty to be depressed about, particularly after seeing the Congress bow low again at the feet of the President as he vetoes children’s health.

Senator Chris Dodd on Thursday single-handedly blocked a bill to legalize unconstitutional spying and immunize criminals who have engaged in it.

Women's health advocates and members of Congress joined together this week to denounce Bush's appointment of anti-choice hardliner Susan Orr to oversee federal family planning programs as the deputy assistant secretary for population affairs in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Do you recall those days in August and September of 2005 when Mother Nature sent a storm that devastated the city of New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast?

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Congressional Republicans have now delayed a bill proposed by the Democratic leadership in the US House Committees on the Judiciary and Intelligence to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an act which governs domestic warrantless wiretapping.

"Have no doubt." The United States government has zero tolerance when it comes to illegal drug use and the peddling of drugs.

The gap between United States richest and poorest is at its widest in 25 years with the wealthiest taking home a record share of the nation's income that exceeds even the previous high in 2000, according to recent data from the Internal Revenue Service, IRS.

About 5,000 registered nurses at 15 Northern California hospitals struck this week to improve patient care.

At the last moment John Howard has been forced to call an election. He has procrastinated for months hoping that something will turn up to alter the long string of negative public opinion polls.

The Friday New York Times (10-12-07) has an interesting article by David M. Herszenhorn (“Party’s Liberal Base Proves Trying to Democrats Back in Power’).

Sooner or later, a country that spies on its neighbors will turn on its own people, violating their privacy, stealing their liberties.

National chair of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Webb spoke to a standing-room-only audience of 90‑plus students and faculty on September 26. The theme of the meeting was "Last Dance for Bush: Peace, Justice and the 2008 Elections, A Communist Viewpoint."

Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) appears as a candidate for President in the State of California’s Primary Election for 2008

Choice of vehicle may well be the biggest factor in determining the environmental impact of your automobile-based travels.

The US House approved legislation Wednesday, October 11, 2007, with broad bipartisan support that is considered a dramatic victory for the homeless and low-income populations of the United States.

The stark contrast between conditions in union and non-union coal mines showed up on Capitol Hill--again--in Oct. 3 testimony on the fatal Utah mine disasters in August.

Now that the unusually lengthy presidential campaign is starting to close in on the first primary contests, one would hope the national press corps would focus on the candidates' policies pertaining to the issues that Americans are most concerned about.

Imagine a Black officer who was caught beating and choking a white male and a white female officer attempts to intervene by pulling the male cop’s arm from around the man’s neck.