Within the last few days, we have had presented to us the 5-4 vote decision of the California State Reparations Commission that whatever reparations package of outcomes the Commission finally […]
Author Archives: Dr. David L. Horne, PHD
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Practical politics
Judging by the spurt of new TV commercials and ads, the next Mayor of Los Angeles may also need to be the next Police Chief or Sheriff. The ads all […]
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The politics of the census count
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution makes it mandatory that there must be an orderly identification of the elected representatives allowed for each state in the U.S. based […]
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The politics of the slow pendulum of change
A few years ago, I wrote a column for Our Weekly that decried the then-current usage of racist and misogynistic place names for a significant number of mountains, streams, hills, […]
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The politics of dodging the bullets meant for others
In a world still ruled by those grasping a system which allows the strong to dominate the weak and ill-fed, moderately competitive African states, among others, have been pulled together […]
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The politics of winning awards
In the tradition of ‘when they don’t bring you flowers you think you deserve, grow them yourself,” the NAACP created the NAACP National Image Awards back in 1967, and through […]
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The politics of Black murder by Whites
The recent lenient judge’s ruling in the Kim Potter case that involved her killing Daunte Wright, a young Black man, under the color of law did not surprise a large […]
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The politics of surviving politics without representation
Okay, I’ve avoided this issue like the plague for the past few months. But some avid readers, constituents and friends finally convinced me that my silence was not golden on […]
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The politics of Serena at 40
During this weekend of the Super Bowl and the Beijing Winter Olympics (let alone the NBA All Star Game on the way), there are plenty of sports-related issues to talk […]
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The politics of mandating Ethnic Studies in ‘Trumpian’ times
Even for those paying very close attention, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 101 three months ago is something that slipped through many informational cracks. It was the culmination of […]
