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It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

O’Reilly’s View: Too Blind to See
August 15, 2013

I was on a plane two weeks ago headed to California to visit my daughter when I first heard Bill O’Reilly’s televised rant justifying the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.

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Clean Up the Pig Stuy: Let’s do Something to End Corruption
May 16, 2013

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.

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Corruption, Democracy and Political Reform
May 1, 2013

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...

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Interviews by a Black Independent
December 20, 2012

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

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