Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD

Whatever Tiger Woods did that he’s confessed to, or may have done that he hasn’t confessed to, has nothing to do with him playing golf. You don’t know how long I’ve wanted to say that, but this week was one last pitiful plea from the media to drill Tiger, supposedly “no holds barred” before the…

For the past five weeks, one of the ugliest episodes of racism in recent years (before the Tea Partiers started spittin” on people and calling congress people “Nig**rs” and “Fag**ts” at the congressional health care vote last weekend) has been playing out on a campus of one of the nation’s largest publicly funded university systems.…

The Crenshaw/Expo Line light rail project, part of Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) long awaited railway to the LAX Airport, finally “turned dirt” this week, nearly twenty five years after it was first proposed. Rail transit has been a kicker for economic development throughout the region. It will be the largest economic development project in the…

There has been much ado about the very public feud television commentator, Tavis Smiley, is having with civil rights activist, Al Sharpton, over Tavis’ criticism of black leadership purportedly saying that President Barack Obama doesn’t need a “black agenda” after recently visiting the White House. It’s caused a firestorm of controversy, and a revival of…

Last week, California Representative Diane Watson announced she would not seek re-election to her 33rd Congressional District seat of California. It was a much anticipated announcement after months of “rumors” that she would. Diane Watson is one of the most respected elected officials in the history of California black politics. She was the first black…

The frustrated fringe elements of the Republican and Independent voter electorate gathered in Nashville, Tennessee this past weekend to vent about the first year of the Obama administration. They named the convention the “Tea Party,” a spin on the Boston Tea Party of 1767, where the British American colonists rioted over the stamp tax put…

The federal King holiday has special meaning for America. It is a day of reflection, particularly for African Americans who sought to find the true meaning of what it meant to be born in a nation that rejected their citizenship on one basis and one basis only-the color of their skin. One hundred years after…

President Barack Obama took the oath of office one year ago this week and a whole cultural dynamic took over “the People’s house,” otherwise known as the White House. I’m sure there has been much consternation about this from some segments of the American population. Talk about “guess who just bought the house next door?”…

In the time of extreme unemployment for African Americans and disproportionate representation among America’s health care uninsured, the vestiges of slavery, ending 144 years ago, and de jure segregation, just a mere 45 years ago, are being perpetually manifested throughout the nation. At a time when America has its first African American President, it is…