Behind the outbreak of violence in the United States is a lethal cocktail of psychosis, easy access to firearms and hateful ideologies (racism, misogyny, homophobia), that the killer has thrown together himself.
To those who describe the act of killing American soldiers as brutal, we say: was the treatment and rape of men, women and children in Abu Ghraib humane?
Although, systematic discrimination against blacks has been eradicated, from a socio-economic perspective, they have been left far behind...Will President Obama be able to handle and address the fundamental issues facing the black community in the U.S.?