The emboldened hounds of racism have been let loose
There are still many good Americans, bless their souls, who were offended that the nation’s white leader dared to call a black woman, Omorosa Manigault …
Keep a wary eye on the push for a constitutional convention
At their annual meeting last weekend, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization that brings together Republican lawmakers and corporate lobbyists for common causes, …
More wealthy blacks must invest in their communities and in politics
Basketball superstar LeBron James and his Family Foundation broke new ground in charitable giving by athletes with the July 30 opening of the I Promise …
Proof positive: Kaepernick is correct!
Colin Kaepernick began the “take a knee” protest by NFL players as a stance against the gross injustice of police killing black men. By MOHAMED …
Maxine Waters is among a long list of courageous black women
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., stepped firmly into the controversy that arose after Stephanie Wilkinson, a coowner of a Red Robbin restaurant in Lexington, Va., …
A history ignored, a debt unpaid and the barbarians at the gate
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May joined more than 2,000 others at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday to recognize the contributions to the country by …
Don’t underestimate the importance of the Trump-Kim Korea summit
This January 25, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its Doomsday Clock at two minutes to midnight, meaning that the world is on the …
Democratic leaders proving woefully inadequate in the age of Trump
As the mid-term elections loom, control of at least the Senate is crucial to what will happen to America for at least the next generation …
NFL anthem rule cynically mocks reason for player protest
There is no indication of a wink-wink when National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced a rule from team owners — 31 super-rich white men …
Meaningful prison reform requires vastly more attention than mere tokenism
Some 2,300,000 Americans are locked up in federal, state and local prisons and jails, meaning the U.S with five percent of the world’s population has …