697 – Black Commentator

Color of Law

Is Trump Throwing the Game to Escape Impeachment or Prison Time?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

This most unfortunate occupant of the White House wants war with North Korea, but then again thinks its leader is a “smart cookie” and would consider meeting with him. Trump also blames the constitutional checks and balances for his first 100 disastrous days in office, and wants to abolish the First Amendment.

Is Donald Trump a madman like Kim Jong Un or does he just play one on TV? To put it another way, is the president dumb,…

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Cartoon

Trump Ignored

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

Where’s the Justice in Our Criminal Justice System?

By Sharon Kyle, JD Editorial Board

One contributing factor that doesn't get discussed enough is the public's naive belief in the fairness of our justice system. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that the United States has a legal system that dwarfs that of every other nation—but calling it a justice system seems to be a stretch.

I‘ve been listening to a podcast I wish I could have heard while in high school—I probably would have gone to law school earlier than I…

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Commentary

Who’s Afraid of a Shrill Conservative?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Universities are supposed to be places where minds are opened and ideas are exchanged. If provocative speakers can’t visit a university, who can? And where better to hear ideas, no matter how offensive, than at a university lecture or forum.

The shrill conservative Ann Coulter has made headlines because the University of California, Berkeley, wouldn’t let her speak at the end of April. Invited by college…

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Commentary

DeVos’s HBCU Minstrels and New Public School Segregation Plans

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

Trump’s ability to co-opt his erstwhile adversaries into working with and/or supporting him, such as HBCU and grassroots leaders, minority social justice organizations, and clergy has positioned him to oppress the citizens they allegedly represent.

The alumni, students, and my colleagues in the online Barbershop Discussion Group, are in an uproar over Bethune-Cookman University’s (B-CU), one of the nation’s historically black…

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Commentary

May Day Takes On a Different Flavor – Unity

By John Funiciello Columnist

Participants were in many cities, sometimes in great numbers, from many groups and sectors. After generations, they seem to be in the process of learning that they must have unity, solidarity, if they are to assert the right of the people to determine their own destiny.

This past Monday, May Day, there were marches and rallies across the U.S., with participants proclaiming opposition to the politics of the day and, especially, against…

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Guest Commentary

The Most Important May Day of All

By Bill Gallegos Guest Commentator

May 1st, International Workers Day has traditionally been a holiday for the international working class, to celebrate its struggles and its vision of a new world based upon the complete emancipation and freedom of all who labor.

Note: BC Editorial Board Member Bill Fletcher, Jr. submitted this commentary with the following remark: “My long-time friend, Bill Gallegos, wrote this powerful piece focusing on…

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Commentary

Remembering Jitu K. Weusi

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Jitu Weusi was one of the great, unsung activist, organizer, educator, and thinker that came out of our movement in the 1960s.

My long time friend for over forty years and comrade in the struggle for African Liberation worldwide, Jitu Weusi, made his transition on Wednesday, May 23,…

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Issue: 697