Category: The Other Side of the Tracks

[This commentary was written for submission prior to Tuesday’s election results.] What we have here is a battle between corporate profits versus household wages Another election has come and gone, yet not without controversy. In the future, I predict, elections will be even more controversial. As long as there are resources for the pillaging, elections…

Moral compasses, intestinal fortitude and American honor have no place in the conversationI get sad and melancholy when I hear my people express intense apathy when it comes to voting. Hell, I get sad when I hear anybody give an excuse not to vote. “Man, it’s an electoral college that decides; my vote won’t count…

Remember just months ago, we lambasted anyone who supported unions. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker showed support for the unionized referees, but ignored, ridiculed, and then lambasted the unionized public servants of his state.

Police are the protectors of the purveyors of America’s wealth inequality. Look Man, there need not be any more award giving to police. Period. In Conservatives’ efforts to thwart and destroy labor unions, I see them passing over one unionized group of civil servants – police unions. I see all deference given to these people…

Bogus re-writes of history are dark marks on our supposed American values I see this as a “boo-game” that Republicans are playing with the American public, without telling the whole story. You see, in politics, there’s a negotiation tactic known as compromise, about which the Republicans act as if they have no knowledge. Known as…

Yet, even with a firm understanding of the causes of this act of desperation, fury, and hatred of US imperialism, turning to terrorism to fight global oppression and exploitation is not an acceptable strategy. In retrospect, I can say with confidence that I was right. The imperialist strategy hasn’t worked for us – especially, the…

The country witnessed a miracle short of the burning bush. The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa was just another dry cheerleading event with the same old talking points and disenfranchising positions. Conservative Republicans received their awakening at just the right moment. Eastwood’s gesture and remarks were vulgar and degrading toward the President and the…

I’ve spent years and years watching mothers grieve over the shooting deaths of their sons. That type of grief is commonplace in my community – the Black community. That grief is multiplied to unfathomable levels when the authority figures – the police – are the shooters. I will show him how to appropriately and legally…

I’ve said it more often than not: “Don’t become the thing you hate.” Americans are growing up and reaching a political fork in the road: whether to lean left or to lean right. Young people are frequently presented with ugly examples of bad sportsmanship, disloyalty and blatant lying that borders on “un-Americanism.” The Supreme Court’s…

I’ve grown to say in years past, that if anyone ever tells you “I know how you feel,” you know that they’re a liar. No one can ever know how you feel. Sure, we may share similar situations and circumstances, but how we respond is unique within itself. I had the opportunity to interview a…