756 – Black Commentator

Color of Law

The State Department’s Silence on Racism is Deafening

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Since President Trump once said that there were "some very fine people on both sides" when referring to violent white supremacists and Nazis marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, why would he downplay racism on the world stage?

(CNN)The way in which America -- for years a self-proclaimed role model for human rights -- projects its values to the rest of the world has…

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Cartoon

Puerto Trumpo

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

The Miseducation of Betsey Devoid

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

the Devos woman who is devoid, absent, of good sense. She may have even been placed in her position as payback for whatever support her wealthy family provided to the certified public liar of a leader.

Even her boss, the 45th President of the United States, is derisive of Education Secretary Betsy DeVoid, the Devos woman who is devoid, absent, of good…

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Commentary

Black Women, the Photojournalism Industry, and #Me Too

By Dr. Lenore Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

I wanted to shoot images that were not quite typical of the black photography I had seen up to then. To be the photographer and not the object of the image - that in itself would be different! To show that black women see too!

It was early Sunday morning when I heard this: 85 to 90 percent of the news imagery we see is created by men. Lulu Garcia-Navarro and…

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Commentary

Why Can’t Bert and Ernie Be Gay?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Sesame Street" has a long history of teaching children about diversity and acceptance; so, why should the issues impacting our LGBTQ children be excluded? Moreover, many of the children watching the show are not only LGBTQ, but so, too, are their parents and households.

"Sesame Street’s" most famous duo Bert and Ernie first appeared in 1969, the same year as the Stonewall Riots, which to the nation’s surprise catapulted the…

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Commentary

Will Sexual Assault Charge Against Kavanaugh, Etc. Help Dems in the Midterms?

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

In this age of #MeToo, there is an incandescent anger among women over the sexual harassment and assaults that they have been subjected to over the years, and they are preparing to strike back at the voting booths.

Recent polls show increased enthusiasm among Democrats as we approach the midterms, and they are being motivated to vote in high numbers based on the chaos…

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Commentary

The Endangered Species Act – A Continuation of Noah’s Ark

By John Funiciello Columnist

It has been pointed out over many years, there is so much to learn about the millions of plant and animal species, so many of which hold the key to cures for illnesses and disease, that it should be a crime that the habitats are being destroyed before we know the importance of them to all humanity.

The biblical story of Noah's ark is today more relevant than it has been for hundreds of years. Remember it? All of the animals are shepherded…

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Guest Commentary

Aretha Franklin: Soul, Phenomenal Passion, Womanist, and Activist All in One

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

While not overtly political, Franklin was astute to the power of her platform and used her voice for more than just belting out songs and entertaining audiences. She was a proud and strong advocate for the Black community, in particular, Black women.

It has been a little over a month since the world lost one of the greatest singers of all time. On August 16, 2018, Aretha Louise…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Most Dangerous Place for a Black Person To Live . . . Is in a White Person’s Mind

By Desi Cortez Columnist

White Americans, when they see the raw video footage of the LAPD beating Rodney King damn near to death . . . they see, in their minds a giant unarmed black man meanencing, threatening well-armed police, and that mentatility, that mental picture in their minds serves to rationalize, minimize and ultimately, pathetically justify virtually every police beating this nation’s witnesses on a weekly basis.

This pointiant observation is one I’ve heard highly acclaimed comedian DL hughley employe a few times, and I’ve come to the rock-solid conclusion it’s accurate, precise…

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Commentary

We Must Revisit the Garvey Economic Model

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Without economic independence tied to the acquisition of political power, African people in America and African people everywhere will continue to be the subjects of the whims of other people.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. The organization he founded, the Universal Negro Improvement Association, in Kingston, Jamaica, 1914,…

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Issue: 756