Famous Hollywood words: It’s Showtime!  In the NBA, it is exactly that time for the defending world champion Miami Heat, who are battling the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Finals.   Indiana took the champs to OT in Game 1,  then flexed  their muscle to win Game 2 and steal the home court advantage from the Heat.  Sunday […]

Freedom fighters Carl Dix (pictured above right) and Cornel West (pictured above center) held an intense dialogue about mass incarceration on the Upper West Side Monday evening.…

President Barack Obama is squarely in the epicenter of a political storm – a mounting controversy that Republicans hope will tarnish Obama’s legacy as America’s…