We've all heard of some pretty asinine American laws – like the ones that used to be on the books legislating Jim Crow, interracial marriage and even spitting on the sidewalk. But check out...

The passage of U.S. health-care reform should mean the year-long fight is officially over, but the lawsuit Louisiana and other states are waging about the constitutionality of the law means we now are...

In a crime-ridden neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago (my hometown), where some people are scared to even let their children play outside, one public high school has done what many people probably...

In a six-month span, I lost two male friends, Michael and Cody, because of senseless violence.Michael was a loving father and recent college graduate. Cody was a college student with a lust for life. Two...

Drink it all in, Who Dat Nation. Drink it all in.Do not adjust your TV set. Do not pinch yourself. You have not entered "The Twilight Zone." This is not a Stanley Kubrick movie. You are not dreaming. The...

I'm sure we were all stunned – especially those who actually survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and/or lost loved ones and possessions – by the devastation of Haiti by two major earthquakes...