730 – Black Commentator

Guest Commentary

Black History Month – The distinct, complex and vibrant history of Black People

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Black History Month explores and exposes the ample diversity and plethora of talent that has always existed in the Black community. This diverse exposure dispels the largely held myth by many (particularly White America) that Black America is a one note monolith.

Another year, another February and we are deep into another Black History Month. As has pretty much always been the case, various institutions and individuals from…

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Commentary

Mass Murder Is Right On Cue

By Perry Redd Columnist

mental health professionals welcome more resources and attention, but I continue to scream and they agree that this Administration is ignoring the real problem, which is, easy access to guns, particularly the kind of high-powered, lethal assault weapons used in many of these mass shootings. This simple truth is simply apparent, and now, this message from the medical profession is knocking conservatives off cue.

I cannot begin to tell you how many times I’ve written about this topic…for all intents and purposes, it appears this won’t be the last time…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

America: Live by the Gun . . . Die by the Gun

By Desi Cortez Columnist

weapon manufacturers are never, ever happy nor content with their sales and profits, and of course this nation’s “investor class”

As a starving wordsmith I pound-out this poignant point each and every time the cocktail conversation stops upon “mass murders” and gun safety; you’ll never take-away…

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Cartoon

Trump Lawyers

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Color of Law

Black Incarceration Rates Are Dropping While White Rates Rise, But What’s Really Behind This Surprising Trend?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Despite the substantial changes, the disparities by race and ethnicity remained, as “African Americans and Latinos constituted more than 60% of imprisoned offenders. African American males were incarcerated in state and federal prisons at 6.4 times the rate of non-Hispanic white males, and Hispanic males at 2.4 times the rate of non-Hispanic whites,”

Criminal justice observers are making note of a trend in incarceration that goes against conventional wisdom and deserves attention. The rates of Black incarceration have dropped,…

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Commentary

Teachers and Women Can Prevent Trump from Leading Democrats down another Rabbit Hole

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

Teachers and women make up the majority of the electorate at every level of government. Although, a majority of white women went for Trump in 2016, he has steadily lost their support in the aftermath of #MeToo and the nineteen women who have accused him of sexual harassment and assault.

Trump is at it again as he attempts to lead Democrats down a rabbit hole during the 2018 midterms. With his continuing war on women, minorities,…

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Cover Story

What Does It Mean to Celebrate Black History Month?

By Dr. Lenore Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Oprah is evidence of the profitability for all of assimilation. Resistance is futile. Give up the fight and go with the flow.

Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. The…

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Cartoon

Zuma: “I Resign as President of South Africa.”

By Zapiro

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Commentary

A Statue for Marion, and for Us

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Washington, DC has built a bronze commemorative statue of Mayor for Life Marion Barry, but it is really a statue for all of us, especially since African Americans are so underrepresented in the nation’s statuary. It is a tribute to an amazing man whose life of service transformed a city and uplifted a people.

Marion Barry, Jr. was the longest-serving mayor of Washington, D.C. The people and the pundits of DC gave him the moniker “Mayor for Life” because, after…

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Commentary

Ideas and Reparations

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

It is important for African People to understand and internalize these brief historical facts. Just as the Jews, or any other group of people in the world, internalize their holocaust, and act on it, African People must come to the collective reality of our African Holocaust and act on it also.

At this current stage of history in the Black Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and re-discussed in our continued efforts to…

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