Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD

The election night results brought forth a much expected outcome, a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and some “slippage” in Democrat seats held in the Senate. The reasons were several for the outcome, but it is not the end of the world. The Democrats (and everybody else) need to stop their snivelin’. Wipe…

With two weeks left in the national campaign season and the political balance of Congress on the line, voters are going to have to make some gut-wrenching, nose-holding choices this November. Including myself. Now that the President Obama is out on the campaign trail, and the issues become more clear as the spotlight is put…

Dr. Ron Walters was one of the most brilliant political theorist of our generation. Twenty five years ago, he helped legitimized an African American candidacy in Jesse Jackson, a candidacy that represented a consolidation of power for African Americans in which to make a difference in American’s political landscape. When America didn’t honor the contribution…

California’s on the brink of economic collapse, and we’re having a statewide election in less than three months. The major party candidates, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, and former Ebay CEO, Meg Whitman, are moving around the state campaigning for votes. Yet, the only time I’m hearing what either of them are going to do is…

The conservative right continued its deafening drum beat to a return to yesterday with a rally this past weekend on the 47 anniversary of the most celebrated march date of the 20th Century Civil Rights movement. Called the “Restoring America’s Honor” rally, it was led by conservative talk show host, Glenn Beck, and featured him…

The hyperbole around election time has reached a fever pitch as Republican candidates for the mid-term elections focus on the source of the Democratic Party revival. Centering on the low poll numbers of President Barack Obama, ideologues are now trying to frame the Obama presidency as change the country can no longer afford. President Obama’s…

A community icon passed away last week. Dr. Dolores Nehemiah was a very celebrated person in the Los Angeles black community. She wasn’t a preacher, or a politician, or an athlete, or an entertainer, people we commonly associate with “everybody knows my name” celebrity. But those who know L.A., knew Dolores Nehemiah, particularly, if you…

Tea Party Chairman, Mark Williams, was kicked out of his post over the weekend, after he posted a racist blog in response to calling on the Tea Party to purge its ranks of racists. Without going into what Williams said, understand he broke the number one rule of organizations where racists are harbored, “Thou Shalt…

California is seeking to legalize marijuana this November. You knew it was just a matter of time before the signatures were gathered, given the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use passed in the state a few years back. Baby boomer “hippies” turn 65 this year. If anybody is going to get marijuana legalized, the “free…