Politics. On Point.

So, the last time Paul Ryan visited an "inner city" was when?   The last time Paul Ryan talked to a group of African American men, in any "inner city" was when? Long line in a Sodexho food service job fair. Photo/ John Spink of the AC Journal. We'll have to assume Paul Ryan doesn't spend a lot of time in inner cities, since he is a part of a crowd that does everything it can to disenfranchise residents of inner cities. Yes, the unemployment rate in inner cities across the country is high.  But it isn't because men of color don't want to work, as Ryan suggests when he stated the following on a a conservative talk radio show. Said Ryan, “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work, so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with.” Veterans crowd the "Hiring Our Heroes...

U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH LEE COUNTY, ALA., SCHOOL DISTRICT ON EQUAL ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES, HIGH–LEVEL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS   The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that it has entered into a first-of-its-kind resolution agreement in Alabama.  The Lee County School District entered into an agreement to ensure that all students, including African American students, are provided an equal opportunity and equal access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses and other higher-level learning opportunities that will provide students with the skills necessary for success in college and careers.     Under the agreement, the district will:   ·         Develop a comprehensive district-wide plan for addressing the underrepresentation of African American students in AP and higher level courses; ·  ...

Tracy Martin, the father of young, murder victim, Trayvon Martin testified on Capitol Hill pledging to not give up on getting justice for his son. "I think, to a man, the greatest gift from a woman is son. And to have that son taken away from you when you've molded him into becoming an upstanding citizen of this country, it's heart wrenching and something that you can never get over." Mr. Martin said his son was his hero. Mr. Martin spoke on Capitol Hill as part of a forum titled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men", created by the Congressional Black Caucus. The forum was lead by Sen. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and included Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL), author and professor Micheal Eric Dyson, and former NAACP president Kwiesi Mfume. Said Ms. Norton, “ The issues are spread across the spectrum of the life of Black males in America today – clothed in stereotypes from their years as boys, as youths, and as men.  We...