The latest CBS News/New York Times poll is bullshit. (Sorry, Mom!) No, seriously it is. That’s the latest national poll of women voters which puts Romney ahead of President Obama by 3 points. Excuse me while I go and laugh uncontrollably. Confession: I’ve long thought national tracking polls for presidential races were totally stupid and pointless. Why do they [...]

I certainly think last week’s announcement by President Obama is a sea change. Yes, it was a symbolic gesture, but I think it’s important and allows many more public figures to speak out in support of marriage equality. The latest public figure to do so is the hip hop mogul Jay-Z. When asked about President Obama’s [...]

HLN Anchor Richelle Carey asks a very important question over on her new video series on The Frisky : Why do professional athletes get special treatment in domestic violence cases?   This past weekend was the big fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Miguel Cotto on Pay Per View.  Mayweather earned a guaranteed $32 million dollars for the fight, [...]

The Washington Post has a rather lengthy report up today on Mitt Romney’s time at the prestigious prep school Cranbrook.  The report details Romney’s years as a high school senior in 1965 and his reaction to a new student, John Lauber, who Romney felt looked too gay.

Mitt Romney  returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies [...]

Yesterday’s announcement by President Obama that he personally believes that same sex couples have a legal right to get married was a watershed moment. It will go down as one of the great days in civil rights history.  As Rachel Maddow said last night , policy-wise, the Obama administration’s legacy on the issue of gay rights was already [...]

We are at a ridiculous point in modern political history where Republicans are opposed to anything and everything if a Democrat supports it.  It appears that this even applies to the idea that victims of domestic violence need support. No, seriously –  we’ve said here already : the modern GOP is opposed to the re-authorization of the Violence Against [...]

Over on her new website, CNN HLN anchor Richelle Carey asks a very interesting question: Does ‘Stand Your Ground’ apply to domestic abuse? The ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws that have become well-known in the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin.  The laws are supposed to allow an individual to use lethal force if they reasonably [...]

If you happened to be away from your computer or CNN last night then you missed Hilary Rosen’s now controversial comment about Ann Romney.  Mitt has used his wife Ann to strategically deflect criticism from his problematic positions and comments on women’s rights.  Ann, the more likeable Romney, and the one which doesn’t appear to be [...]

Over at EBONY, I explain what the second degree murder charge in the Trayvon Martin case means and what happens next.  Yesterday, George Zimmerman was finally arrested and charged for the killing of Trayvon Martin.  Zimmerman is in custody and will have a standard bond hearing today which will be televised.  The special prosecutor Angela Corey in a [...]

On her new Tumblr , Beyonce posted a handwritten letter to First Lady Michelle Obama.  In the letter, Beyonce gushes about how proud she is of the First Lady for being the “ultimate example of a truly strong African American woman” and how FLOTUS is a perfect role model for her own daughter. Beyonce isn’t alone in her love of [...]

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) really sucks.  Apparently, when he’s not ranting about Muslims, he’s suggesting a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” approach for the workplace.  Because you know that worked out great for the military (eyeroll). Currently, there is no federal protection for LGBT employees to prevent being terminated from their job because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. [...]

The right wing funded group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and it’s generic sounding name has been connected to two recent and wholly unrelated stories.  You may have heard of ALEC recently for lobbying with the NRA for the horrific “Stand Your Ground” law in Florida which allowed George Zimmerman to walk out of a Sanford [...]

Over at EBONY , I wrote about a recent article from TIME Magazine which suggested that women will overtake men as breadwinners in the next generation.  As a result of this change, according to the article’s author Liza Mundy, traditional cisgender, straight relationship dynamics could potentially shift.  What TIME doesn’t necessarily consider is the fact that this dynamic has already [...]

Surprise! The National Organization of Marriage uses race as a strategic wedge issue in the debate over marriage equality. A confidential memo obtained by the Human Rights Campaign outlines the strategy to divide along racial lines stating ( Via The Daily Beast ):

“The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks—two [...]

After an unprecedented 6 hours of oral arguments , the Supreme Court wrapped up their consideration of Obamacare yesterday.  The Court’s five conservatives asked probing questions and seemed very skeptical of the individual mandate throughout the week.  After three days, it seems that President Obama’s signature achievement might be in jeopardy of a partisan ruling by the Roberts [...]

ABC News obtained the police surveillence video recorded right after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin.  Zimmerman through his attorney and his “black friend” Joe Oliver claims that he and Trayvon got into a fight on the night that Trayvon was killed. The police leaked Zimmerman’s account of the shooting to the Orlando Sentinel which claimed [...]

Last night I threw on my hoodie and attended the #MillionHoodies march for Trayvon Martin in New York City.  The turnout was strong (although there is a bit of debate over whether that was because of Occupy Wall Street or not) and Trayvon’s parents were there to speak to supporters.  This senseless tragedy has capture the [...]

I recently interviewed Professor Melissa Harris-Perry for Loop21.com and she dished on everything from intersectionality to Beyonce.   Melissa Harris-Perry ‘s show (by the same name) has been such a breath of fresh air on the cable news landscape.  They’ve had a wide array of segments that will surely attract different swaths of viewing audiences. It’s important for us [...]

Yesterday, in typical “post-primary step all over my victory with a gaffe” Mitt Romney fashion, Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney’s campaign spokesman told CNN  that by the general election Romney will be able to “hit a reset button” and stated that it’s “almost like an etch-a-sketch you can kind of shake it up and start all over again.” Uh… So [...]

Over at Salon, Irin Carmon examines the “white nerd male culture” after this week’s #SXSW attempt to diversify led to sometimes awkward results:

On Monday, an enthusiastic white man congratulated film blogger and software development manager Malaika Paquiot-Mose for how well she’d done on the South by Southwest panel that had just ended. Inconveniently, Paquiot-Mose hadn’t been [...]