362 – Black Commentator

Cover Story

Black History Month – Put Your Game-Face On – The Gambit

By Nathaniel Turner Editorial Board

Buried in the annals of Black History is a game that may help alleviate the education crisis troubling Black America today. You’re familiar with the grim statistics. While nationwide the so-called “achievement gap” has narrowed at both the fourth- and eighth-grade level in mathematics and reading, white students still score, on average, at least 26…

Buried in the annals of Black History is a game that may help alleviate the education crisis troubling Black America today. You’re familiar with the grim…

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Cartoon

Cartoon: Hard lesson for Obama

By Carlos Latuff

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Commentary

Black History Month – What the Black Man Wants – A Speech

By Malcolm X

(This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn about the evolution of the thinking of Malcolm.) Imam Benjamin Karim edited this speech and provided the following note: The speech was delivered before Malcolm left the Nation of Islam and accepted true Islam – so his…

(This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn about the evolution of the thinking of Malcolm.)…

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Commentary

Tea Party Racism – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

Following the Tea Party phenomenon and watching its recent convention, it was interesting to see media folks and Tea Party representatives struggle with the question of why so few blacks were there. This is not a new thing, since the philosophical base of the Republican party has been the Conservative movement for some time and…

Following the Tea Party phenomenon and watching its recent convention, it was interesting to see media folks and Tea Party representatives struggle with the question of…

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Commentary

Brownbaggers Not Teabaggers – Leftward Ho!

By Peter Gamble Publisher

When I began writing this column the intent was to focus on action. There’s been enough complaining. Action speaks loud and clear to the Pigs of the Power Structure (POPs). Here’s how you can support or join a vigil for healthcare and oppose war funding. Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has begun organizing “brownbag” lunch…

When I began writing this column the intent was to focus on action. There’s been enough complaining. Action speaks loud and clear to the Pigs of…

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Commentary

Capitalism: Obstructionist of Freedom

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-Langston Hughes, “Dream Variations” Peace Man’s State of the Union speech, his first, was hailed as another historical speech. It’s rhythmic; it repeats jobs, jobs, and jobs and notes that U.S. children deserve a better education. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Thousands will be put to work building solar panels. Others can work on creating high-speed rail…

-Langston Hughes, “Dream Variations” Peace Man’s State of the Union speech, his first, was hailed as another historical speech. It’s rhythmic; it repeats jobs, jobs, and…

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The African World

Trashing Danny Glover, or the Politics of Disinformation & Ridicule

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It all started sometime after the second Haitian earthquake. I was meeting with a long-time friend who asked me whether I had heard some remark that Danny Glover was alleged to have made. She had not heard the exact wording but she had been watching something on TV and heard a commentator speak of an…

It all started sometime after the second Haitian earthquake. I was meeting with a long-time friend who asked me whether I had heard some remark that…

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Color of Law

Missionaries Doing What Missionaries Always Did – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

When I heard that ten American missionaries are on trial for kidnapping 33 Haitian children and attempting to take them to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, I, like most other people, was outraged. But I can’t say I was surprised. To be sure, the thought that some people, whether missionaries or traffickers, would take…

When I heard that ten American missionaries are on trial for kidnapping 33 Haitian children and attempting to take them to an orphanage in the Dominican…

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Commentary

Time to Take Back the People’s Political Narrative

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

When one permits another to define who and what you are, which includes the historical circumstances that made you who and what you are, then you have lost control of your own narrative, as a thinking, reasoning, human being. You have given up your very humanity, as a tool to be manipulated, abused, and ultimately…

When one permits another to define who and what you are, which includes the historical circumstances that made you who and what you are, then you…

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Commentary

Honoring Notorious Gladys Bentley

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

In celebrating Black History Month, I want to personally celebrate the courage and strength of sistah-warrior Gladys Bentley (1907-1960). Bentley, a 250-pound African-American lesbian (who today we would consider transgender), was known as “America’s Greatest Sepia Piano Player” and the “Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs.” Her fall from the entertainment spotlight, however, is a cautionary…

In celebrating Black History Month, I want to personally celebrate the courage and strength of sistah-warrior Gladys Bentley (1907-1960). Bentley, a 250-pound African-American lesbian (who today…

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Issue: 362