Jasmyne Cannick

I watched this week as the nation’s furor turned towards employees of insurance giant American International Group (A.I.G.) and the $200 million-plus in retention bonus payments recently doled out to executives. Executives, who, as we already know are largely to blame for their role in A.I.G.’s financial crisis that led to the country’s economic meltdown…

I had no intention of addressing last week’s California Supreme Court 4-3 ruling, which held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. I politely declined several media interviews regarding the decision and choose to post nothing on my site about it. Now, for the record, I am a lesbian. So obviously, I agree…

Obama is my candidate and believe it or not, he has said and done some things that have upset me, like disavowing the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, but never once did I consider skipping the election or supporting the enemy. Was I disappointed – yes. A bit pissed off – you betcha. But, crazy enough…

In case you weren’t aware, sound bytes from politicians and well-meaning street corner activists on the evening news don’t end gang violence. Neither do rallies, candle vigils, or press conferences on the steps of City Hall. And despite what some are trying to feed us, not even the proposed modifications to Special Order 40, a…

The current issue is always free to everyone On Black Friday while the rest of America was camped outside Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and their local mall, many in freezing temperatures, I had the good fortune to be first in line at my local Black-owned bookstore, Eso Won. Not only was I the first in…

The current issue is always free to everyone To me, there’s only one thing worse than being subjected to the boxer shorts of a brotha out in the open while his pants barely come up to the bottom of his ass, and that’s having to look at it on a woman. As a Black lesbian,…

The current issue is always free to everyone The “Light Skin Libra Birthday Bash,” which was to take place at a Detroit ‘s Club, APT, was the brainchild of a self-described “dark skinned” African-American, Detroit DJ and party promoter. The party was intended to let “light-skinned” Black women into a downtown club for free. In…

I was just as surprised by the comments of MSNBC commentator Don Imus, when referring to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team, as anyone else. I mean, it doesn’t get much worse than being referred to as a “nappy-headed ho” on national television. The team, which includes eight Black women, had lost the day before…

It’s only been 19 months and already NAACP President Bruce Gordon has called it quits, citing irreconcilable differences with the management style of its 64-member board of directors, a clear indication that the Black leadership is in a serious crisis. In an Associated Press article on Sunday, Gordon said “I believe that any organization that’s…