Right now as I'm writing this, folks around the country are participating in service projects, going to ecumenical services, or doing other things to benefit their communities as part of the observance of the 83rd birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

It was only a matter of time before the enshrined celebrity tabloid obsession would ensnare the Obama family. They have been ripe for the pickings of a media that for the past two decades has successfully parlayed gossip, innuendo, rumor, half-truths and outright lies...

When I first became active in the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager in Youngstown, Ohio, January 1st was always a very important day in the Black community -- not because it was the first day of a new year, but it was Emancipation Day.

The New York Times entitled "Black and Female: The Marriage Question" written by researcher Angela Stanley, used Census data and other actual numbers to show that the commonly repeated statistic that 70 percent of Black women never marry isn't altogether true.

Black voters will again give President Obama a sky high percentage of their vote in 2012. That was never in doubt. What is in doubt is how many will make up that percentage. It is the number, not percentage of black voters that turn out that will again ease the President's path back to the White House...

It was truly a pleasure listening to your economic speech this past Wednesday in Osawatomie, Kansas. You were clear, strong, and on point. The values of hard work do pay off; responsibility should be rewarded; and American workers have and still can produce the best products on Earth.