It's Dr. King's birthday, and I see my people not much better off now than they were almost 40 years ago. I see black men incarcerated at a rate higher than the rest of the country, black families ravaged by poverty, cities assaulted by lack of oppurtunity. What has our country become? Empty. That is what it is becoming.

Yesterday, presidential hopeful John Edwards (my #1 choice for US President) spoke at the famous Riverside Church in Manhattan. And from what I have heard ad read, gave a speech that was infused with the legacy of the Dr. King and what he stood for. And I see a Democratic party willing to work for the people, as Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are passing legislation to raise the minimum wage to $7.50/hr., push for stem-cell research, a security bill that incorporate the recommendation of the 9-11 commission, cutting the interest rates of student loans, and a new law that would allow the federal government and Medicare to negotiate for lower prices. Amazing. They did more in 100 hours than the 109th Congress had done all of last year.