Category: View from the Battlefield

There’s an African proverb that predicts “When elephants fight, the grass suffers.” I thought about the proverb as the gridlock on the debt ceiling issue continues in Congress and decided to change it up for the situation: When the elephant and donkey fight, the grassroots suffers. The showdown between the Democrats and the Republicans is…

As President Obama was presenting the comprehensive vision of his Middle East policy, a contingent of St. Louis activists were landing in Tel-Aviv. The St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) is composed of Jewish-Americans, Palestinian-Americans and other concerned Americans focused on bringing peace to the peoples of both countries. For the last several months, northern…

Billboards criminalizing black women started popping up in cities like New York and Atlanta. A few weeks ago, one of those billboards caught the eye of some politically conscious women in St. Louis, MO. A precious little brown face with big almond eyes is the first to catch your attention. Your eyes then move to…

Donald Trump has pandered to the most racist, backward sector of this country for the last few weeks. His eagerness to question the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate underscored that being a birther transcends class and education; some believe that birthers are just white and uneducated. The Donald was relentless in his challenge of…

Note: Ms. Rogers column “A View from the Battlefield” will appear in BC on a regular basis. The Japanese people got hit with a double whammy of somewhat natural origins. I say somewhat natural because I believe these catastrophes are directly linked to global warming. As Japan was reeling from an earthquake and tsunami, it…