The corruption scandal washing through New York is making headlines, but serious efforts to reform the system are not making headway. That's because the people responsible for the corruption--politicians of both major parties--are also in charge of reforming it.

New York politics has been rocked by back-to-back bribery scandals. State Senator Malcolm Smith and several New York City Republican Party leaders have been indicted and charged with a scheme to enable Smith, a Democrat, to enter the Republican Party primary for Mayor. And Eric Stevenson...

Music legend Roy Ayers was a guest at Dr. Lenora Fulani's "Interviews by a Black Independent" at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building on Thursday, Dec. 13. Fulani and

The Obama campaign team did everything right. That’s the consensus among journalists, consultants, and the political class. I’ve watched some of them literally swoon over maps of the 50 states showing how the President’s campaign surgically...