In the United States, Black Americans have for long put our faith in a better, respected life coming in the U.S. based on three things: the Black church, strong public […]
Category: Practical Politics
Professor David L. Horne is founder and executive director of PAPPEI, the Pan African Public Policy and Ethical Institute, which is a new 501(c)(3) pending community-based organization or non-governmental organization (NGO). It is the stepparent organization for the California Black Think Tank which still operates and which meets every
fourth Friday.
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The politics of willful political ignorance
Since 1963 L.A. City Council Districts 8th, 9th, and 10th have been considered the Black Districts, i.e., the residential representation in city government for most of the Black population in […]
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The politics of Trump, China, and the Strait
Trump’s current shouting match with the Pope—Trump’s loudness, not the Pope’s—is childish and rather silly and will not really matter much in the long run. Really, this is only Trump […]
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The politics of the home front – knocking on wood
While the loud sounds of bombs exploding, at least on TV newscasts, and the constant drama emulating from the latest Trump escapade—the war in Iran—it is very easy not to […]
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The politics of Trump’s arbitrariness in office
Many of us have wondered a time or two, what’s with this man in charge? Is he really as cuckoo koko puffs as he sometimes seems? I would wager that […]
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The politics of modern Black youth in America
A few, short years ago, the Crips and Bloods were dancing in the streets down Crenshaw Boulevard and MLK Boulevard as Barack Obama was elected POTUS. Nowadays, we get Nicki […]
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The new-old Politics of the skinny on the SAVE Act
The Brennan Center for Justice, a Washington-based think tank, just published a very scary report. Trump and the Republicans in Congress, particularly the House, have been savoring, chopping up, and […]
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The politics of Trumpian historical realignment
As if he is trying to demonstrate that “smart people don’t know everything,” and even the C and D Students can be president, too, Mr. Trump has been making a […]
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The Politics of Trump and the coming national elections, 2026
In the U.S., presidents do not have the legal power to delay or cancel elections. In fact, the U.S. Constitution requires that a new Congress be sworn in a year […]
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The politics of Trump’s continuing disdain for MLK Day
The regular celebration of MLK Day in the U.S. was not only marred a bit this year by youth-led violence in several cities, including a mass fight in L.A.’s Leimert […]