Rams players enter field with hands up  —  You can read the full statement below:

Heed the Warnings: Why We're on the Brink of Mass Extinction  —  Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll, executive producer of the doc Mass Extinction: Life At the Brink, on why mankind's days are numbered.  —  “How strange it is that the past is so little understood and so quickly forgotten …

Tampa homeless program uses unpaid, destitute residents as steady labor force, revenue source  —  TAMPA — Before every Tampa Bay Buccaneers home game, dozens of men gather in the yard at New Beginnings of Tampa, one of the city's largest homeless programs.  —  The men — many of them …

Not working for the working class: Column  —  The key to Obama's struggle with white working class voters is not ‘white,’ but ‘working.’  —  Working class white people don't like President Obama much.  According to the latest Gallup poll, only 27% approve of him.

David Brooks: White People ‘Need to Acknowledge Legacy of Racism’ in Police Issues  —  New York Times columnist David Brooks told Meet the Press Sunday morning that the legacy of racism had to be confronted when discussing matters of white police forces and black communities …

Democrats assail Wall Street ties in Obama administration  —  President Obama's nomination of Antonio Weiss to serve as the Treasury Department's top domestic finance official is drawing fire from an unusual sector: his fellow Democrats.  —  Liberal lawmakers like Sens. Elizabeth Warren …

Sisi regime shows confidence as ‘deep state’ returns to Egypt's political landscape  —  Egyptian court dismisses murder charges against Mubar...  Mubarak verdict leads to widespread unrest in Egypt  —  Amnesty: Egypt forcibly evicted 1,165 families from R...  Expert: 'The court's decision pours oil on the fire of this struggle.'

The Retreat to Identity  —  LAST summer, around the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, I wrote a column making — gingerly — a case for optimism about race and politics in America.  —  My argument was basically this: As much as racial controversy has marked …

Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence  —  Reuters 2 hrs ago  —  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.

Heartland Brewery receives backlash for ‘racist’ slogan  —  The beerhouse is drawing criticism for its Bavarian Black Lager, which promises customers will become ‘a slave to the flavor.’ Several people, including Kristen John Foy of the National Action Network, say the slogan is racist and inappropriate.