Delivered on March 18th, at the Philadelphia Constitution Center. It's just over 37 minutes long and worth every single second. If you haven't watched it yet, consider it mandatory viewing.
It is probably one of the most important and beautiful speeches in recent memory, on race, political divisiveness and broader issues Americans face today. With this single speech, Barack Obama has dwarfed all competition and laid the groundwork for a brighter, more united future.
All I can say in response is "Hello, Mr, President!"
In this clip from last night's show, Stephen Colbert tells the story of the Charleston Hospital workers union strike of 1969, and how it's all about Stephen...
Stephen interviews Ambassador Andrew Young, who settled the Charleston union strike.
And, finally, in this clip, Stephen leads the Harlem Gospel Choir in a musical tribute to all of those involved in the WGA strike.
Season 2 of the brilliant animated series The Boondocks is FINALLY on it's way. Rumor has it, the new season begins in October. New characters and old favorites are expected, as well as an interesting development for Uncle Rukus that is just too yummy to spoil here. I CANNOT WAIT!!!
Six black high school students in Jena, Louisiana are facing long term prison sentences for a school fight that broke out after nooses were hung from a "whites only" tree. Apparently the white students that hung the nooses were upset that a black student had gotten permission from the school authorities to sit under their tree...
(Can you believe that this level of racism and stupidity still exists in this country?!?!)
Anyway, here's a short documentary report with the full details of the case.
And here's an update from Democracy Now. Seems that the tree in question has been cut down.
Edited to add a special thanks to Knuckles for sending in the top video!
Chris Matthews took a look at the rather interesting careers of the four republicans who performed as The Singing Senators in the mid-1990s: John Ashcroft, Jim Jeffords, Trent Lott & Larry Craig.
