Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD

As traditional black leaders try to upend, this November, the highjacking of America by the Republican Party, they find themselves facing a formidable opponent unlike no other they’ve faced before—themselves in the mirror. The most vocal mouthpieces for what Black America wants (or needs)—one self-anointed, Rev. Al Sharpton, and one self-appointed (but long since embraced),…

I got word about 90 minutes after it happened. It seemed too crazy to be real, that my friend, Melanie Lomax, had backed her Jaguar over a cliff. I got the call from a firefighter friend who was on the scene. And if something crazy like that had happened, the Melanie Lomax I knew would…

This week represents the five-year mark since the worse domestic attack in the nation’s history. The September 11th attack of 2001 changed America’s political reality forever. It changed how we see the world, but also changed how the world sees us. I don’t want to call it an anniversary, because anniversaries are something you celebrate—or…

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently got his reform plan, or what many are calling his “control plan”, passed through the state legislature. AB 1381, gives the Mayor some control of the nation’s second largest, and most dysfunctional school district. It is on the Governor’s desk and the Mayor has promised a more aggressive success…

One Year ago this week, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans head on (August 29th), and two days later (August 31st), the 17th Street Canel levee breached causing the 9th Ward and 80% of the city of New Orleans to flood. Some 1,800 people died. Surely, some from the force of the hurricane—but most from waiting…

America is talking about race again. With Crash winning the Oscars and Ice Cube co-producing a series on race called Black/White on FX, race dialogue is back! But did racism ever go away? Or did it just change forms and go underground? It has been well documented over the past five years (since the turn…

On Saturday, Minister Louis Farrakhan will attempt to replicate the modern day miracle of ten years ago, by convening millions in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Million Man March. Known as the Millions More Movement, this will be open to all races, men, women, gays, lesbians, transgender and bi-sexuals of good…

Former Education Secretary, William Bennett’s comments last week, tying the crime rate dropping to giving every black woman an abortion (his quote exactly; “But I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that was your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and…