Coming soon to a presidency near you: Deep State 2025 autocracy. Or maybe not
If there can be humor in the destructive politics of today, it must surely be in the way in which several Republican presidential candidates are …
Presidential politics, skin color and the art of racial sleight-of-hand
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has an intriguing, seductive background. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to immigrant parents who are Tamil-speaking Brahmins – members …
Reality catching up with the ‘verbal jiu-jitsu’ warriors over ‘wokeness’ scam
“Republicans,” author John Blake wrote in a CNN column, “are masters of verbal jiu-jitsu. It’s a form of linguistic combat in which the practitioner takes …
World powers tiptoe cautiously around intervention as gangs create hell in Haiti
For many people in Haiti, home has mostly been a place called hell. So it was, starting in 1625, when France used enslaved Africans for …
Dramatic though it may sound, democracy could truly be on the line in the 2024 elections
It is a sign of the times, of course, that former President Donald Trump is able to boast that his numerous legal problems, including indictments …
Slavery’s abolition did not mean the end to plots by foreign nations to keep Africans in bondage
State Rep. Kimberly Daniels of Jacksonville PHOTO COURTESY OF MYFLORIDAHOUSE.GOV The lie that slavery benefited the enslaved reflects the centuries-old propaganda that, along with colonialism, …
Despite recent favorable rulings, the current Supreme Court remains hostile to progressive policies
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued three surprise rulings which could ease voter suppression but much more remains to be done to fully restore the …
May Day, Juneteenth, July 4: Milestones of a still imperfect union
It should be widely known by now that, in Texas, enslaved Africans were denied freedom long after the date when President Abraham Lincoln, as commander-inchief …
In another reality, Cornel West would be a formidable presidential candidate
When Cornel West announced his entry into the 2024 presidential campaign on June 5 as the People’s Party candidate, he became the latest African American …
The U.S. must join other nations laying to rest the specter of their slave past that haunts their present
This Saturday, May 6, Britain’s new monarch, Charles III, will be crowned king in Westminster Abbey in London. Amid the expected pomp and pageantry, little …