March 4 is the 224th anniversary of the United States operating under its Constitution. Created in 1787, the document endured without legal standing for a year and a half as the different states sought to ratify it. The republic started functioning on the basis of the document on March 4, 1789. On that date the first Congress convened. Two years later, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were added in 1791. These additions gave the new republic a strong Bill of Rights that protected the

In a statement to the Harvard Gazette, Harvard president Drew Faust said that Oprah's journey is one of the "great American success stories." She added, "She has used her extraordinary influence and reach as a force for good in the world, with a constant focus on the importance of educational opportunity and the virtues of serving others."

Winfrey a

When I wrote earlier this week that, for NFL teams in Indianapolis, the elephant in the roomwhen interviewing linebacker Manti Te'o's was his sexuality, some thought that I was speculating on his sexuality or doing anything other than passing along the information I was given:  Teams want to know if Te'o is gay.

A judge sentenced a member of gospel music's Winans family to nearly 14 years in prison Wednesday for an $8 million financial scam that was promoted in church pulpits.

Two of Michael Winans Jr.'s victims spoke in federal court, telling a judge that the scheme to sell Saudi Arabian oil bonds robbed some people of their life savings, caused divorces and fractured many families.

"I want to apologize to everyone. ... These were decisions that were negligent and irresponsible," said Winans, of Jes

RapGenius has posted the entire King James Bible. Because according to its founder Mahbod Moghadam, "the Bible is hip hop." Sure, yeah, why not?

After you look up the lyrics to Drake's "Started from the Bottom," you can take a stroll through any book from Genesis all the way to Revelation. It's weird, but also kind of cool because you can search through the good book for cross references to songs and other pieces of pop culture.

Of course, there are plenty of non-hip hop entrieson RapGenius, w

Just this past Sunday The New York Post's Phil Mushnick penned a rather self-righteous article condemning President Barack Obama's highly visible friendship with the rapper Jay-Z.

The

A bronze statue of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday (Feb. 27), a day for members of her African Methodist Episcopal Church to celebrate one of their own.

President Obama, capping an hourlong ceremony in Statuary Hall, recalled the

Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at the First Baptist Church of Dallas says God has used the Tebow speaking controversy as a springboard for spreading the Gospel.

Pastor Jeffress came under fire for his traditional evangelical stance after it was announced that the openly-Christian NFL quarterback Tim Tebow would speak at the grand opening of the new campus for the Dallas megachurch on April 28.

Both Jeffress and Tebow received pressure from national media outlets and sports commentators fo

Saturday Night Live aired a violent and gory segment mocking Jesus Christ just four days into Lent.

The segment was a fake movie trailer depicting a Quentin Tarantino-style Jesus returning to get revenge. It's called, "Djesus Uncrossed."

"Critics are calling it a less violent 'Passion of the Christ,'" the announcer said. "I never knew how much Jesus used the N-word."

The trailer featured Jesus and the Apostles gunning down scores of Romans. At one point the Jesus character slices a man's head

Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was charged with murder Thursday after his girlfriend was shot dead at his South African home.

South African Police spokeswoman Denise Beukes said that Pistorius, 26, and the victim were the only people present when the shooting took place. The woman had been shot at least t

Actress Stacey Dash, who has starred in everything from the 90′s hit Clueless to CSI, prompted a firestorm on Twitter after publicly endorsing Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and then standing by her opinion.

President Barack Obama says Washington "feels as broken as it did four years ago," when he took office.

He says he's most frustrated by the inability "to change the atmosphere" in the nation's capital "to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people" who want their leaders to solve problems.

"There's enough blame to

Fred Luter and Barack Obama share historical distinctions as African Americans' first Southern Baptist Convention and U.S. presidents, respectively, but on the major political-moral issue of gay marriage they are on opposite sides - a disagreement driven by Luter's commitment to the Bible.

"I believe that nothing, nothing can be politically right if it's biblically wrong," Luter said July 10 in an interview with Florida Baptist Witness.

"The Word of God says marriage is between one man an