November 16, 2017
Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Only when snakes have hips and chickens have lips will we see these Confederates put country in front of their Anglo-Saxon tribe.
Is the assualt of numerous teen girls enough to brand Land of Dixie Grand Pooh Bah Roy Moore unsuitable to hold office? Or, will the bloody…
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Commentary
Columnist
It is important that we understand that the idea of Reparations has caught on with the masses of African people worldwide, in spite of the opposition of the forces of white supremacy.
Our great historian and departed ancestor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke described in his classic book, Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution, that, “The idea of…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
has been the vile, hateful, white racist reaction to Obama. He rose to prominence through gutter politics, by making fun of people and degrading them because of their race, religion, gender or disability.
What a difference a year makes. What a painful difference. Trump won the 2016 election one year ago today with a promise to “Make America Great…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
Protests abound because injustice abounds. In the U.S. when people of African descent rise up to resist the never-ending onslaught of racist attitudes, practices and laws, the last thing we want to hear is a critique by those of European descent as to how we should protest our own oppression.
One thing that will get a black person in a huff is when white folks try to dictate how we should suffer with our racial oppression.…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
I call it tax deform, not tax reform, because many of the proposals are just deforming outcomes for people in the middle and at the bottom. For example, eliminating the personal deduction works against families who have three or more children.
Desperate for a policy win, Republicans have proposed “tax reform”, which is really an attempt to reward their base at the expense of the rest of…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
'Hacks' has two narrative strands: one story of the Russians relentless hacking into DNC computers. And, the other story about the colossal missteps of the Clinton campaign and her tight-fisted one-sided financial control of the party a year before her nomination revealing sadly how the process was rigged against Sanders.
Since the election of Donald Trump, most Americans on both sides of the political aisle feel American democracy is under siege. The infighting going on in…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Simply being a member of a certain ethnic group does not automatically embody a person with ample knowledge about the experiences, struggles and history of that particular group. While one could expect (or even tolerate) a certain degree of ignorance from young, undergraduate college students or even some non-Blacks for that matter, it is much more disappointing to hear such bloviated rhetoric espoused by fellow Black academics.
To the acute observer of higher education, these are no doubt heady times for academia. From rising tuition, intense student protests, debates over trigger warnings and…
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