Donald Trump is busy playing to the right-wing base of Republican Party by seeking to undermine the President in the vilest manner. It is time to turn from Celebrity Apprentice in a show of solidarity with our troops and the President of the United States of American. No matter how much we like watching NeeNee, […]
Commentary
Sharpton-West Circus Show
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – Two wrongs make it worse! Much has been said, broadcasted and printed about the heated debate between Re. Al Sharpton and Professor Cornell West regarding the performance of President Barack Obama. On a MSNBC television show, both men raised their voices and sought to convince viewers that their […]
PAY ATTENTION: Redistricting Strategies Impact Local and National Elections
By Kirk Clay and Madura Wijewardena – State houses, city councils and many other institutions across America are now engaged in an endeavor that has occurred every decade since the nation’s founding — they will decide how electoral boundaries will be drawn based on where people live. These decisions will have a major impact on […]
Black Jobs, Unemployment and Answers to these Pressing Problems
By Lazone Grays – It has been some time since I wrote about this issue and after watching clips of recent Black leaders I find it necessary to weigh in on this very important and pressing issue. I mean, there is the national perspective, but what about the local and state discussion on this very […]
A Stronger America: The Black Agenda
By Curtis R. Monday (TBTNewsService.com) – AMERICA. For some the word personifies opportunity, advancement and achievement. For others, America represents disparities, classism and systemic segregation. America remains the perennial world super power – as America goes so does the rest of the world. However, our country’s position of dominance is being challenged by other nations. […]
The Root: We Can’t Afford To Not Fix Justice System
By Benjamin Todd Jealous and Lateefah Simon (NPR.com) – Reforming the nation’s criminal-justice system is one of the most urgent civil rights issues of our time. One shocking fact illustrates why: More African-American men are entangled in the criminal-justice system today than were enslaved in 1850. How did we get here? The rise in America’s […]
Congressional Budget Crisis
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – Whether you support or despise the loose coalition of groups collectively known as the Tea Party, you have to admit that, if nothing else, the rise of this movement has coincided with a greater awareness of politics and the practicality of decisions made by political leaders. When considering the looming […]
Unemployment down, Black unemployment up
By Julianne Malveaux – More than 200,000 jobs were created last month, 216,000 to be exact. Coming after the February lift of more than 200,000 jobs, there are those who are saying that economic recovery is around the corner. I don’t know what corner they are standing on, but the African-American corner took a hit […]
The State of Black America: Washington Are you Listening?
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #14) – “Welcome to America in the second decade of the 21st century. An army of long-term unemployed workers is spread across the land, the human fallout from the Great Recession and long years of misguided economic policies.” From Bob Herbert’s final column for the New York Times […]