Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, PhD

The public commentary of prominent white feminist icons in this election season has provided a fascinating glimpse into the thoughts and ideological perspective of leaders of the mainstream feminist movement. But if recent comments made by Gloria Steinem and Geraldine Ferraro are any indication, the mainstream feminist movement has learned nothing from its past and…

Consistent with pre-election predictions, the Democrats have regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate for the first time in more than a decade. As expected, African American voters delivered the margin of victory to Democrats in several key House and Senate races. African Americans and the nation have clearly rejected…

With all of the hubris of a President in his first term, George W. Bush famously declared that his administration would revolutionize public education in America by saving poor, minority children from the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” Certainly, despite some conceptual challenges, the philosophy behind the President’s marquee initiative No Child Left Behind (NCLB)…

“Vote or Die!” was the provocative imperative Hip Hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs issued to young would-be voters during the 2004 presidential election cycle. At the time, some ridiculed Combs for sensationalism but now the slogan seems more like a haunting foreshadowing of things that would come. Today as the human toll continues to rise…

A big hoax is about to be pulled on the American people in the name of Social Security reform if President Bush and the Republican Congress get their way and send Social Security money to Wall Street. If this happens all Americans will lose big but African Americans will likely receive the shortest end of…