Currently, in American public schools generally, political science courses seem to be regularly ignored or at least de-emphasized. That is a real problem, since a constant re-education on what democracy […]
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 post-Trump
This week’s OpED article was a mess of a choice. Trump, the Master Blaster (remember Tina Turner’s “Thunderdome” project?), pushing his massive weight around onto and into spaces that were […]
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The Politics of who belongs and who does not
The latest Supreme Court spectacle struggling over the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of American citizenship–some people call it the “Anchor Baby case”–was actually the most important case to date for the […]
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The politics of trying to preserve this democracy in spite of
Not many of us—at least not enough of us—have been paying enough attention. We have become so used to things being the way they are that we no longer recognize […]
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The politics of resisting the ‘crazy old man syndrome’
The crazy Trump train continues this week unabated. First, he claims, as usual without supporting logical evidence, that California’s current voting system, which delays the final vote totals in statewide […]
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The Politics of the New Civil Law Wars
In the continuing battle for political respect and inclusivity that Black folks in the U.S. have been immersed in since the end of the U.S. Civil War, a little bright […]
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The Politics of pondering our place
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 […]
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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 […]
