No, it’s not a new story. Too often we’ve heard that the bodyguard, babysitter, or guardian for the elderly, has gone way off the reservation and become the danger from […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of the cake left too long in the rain: Rap music and society
Snoop Dogg is a national icon, doing commercials with Martha Stewart and idling on the beach with a cold brew. Even though Tupac and others are dead and Suge Knight […]
Posted inPractical Politics
21st Century Pan-Africanism: The decade of the African Diaspora Part I
After thousands of conferences, Ndabas, roundtable discussions, forums and meetings talking about the need for African people — those on the continent and those off — to unify for positive […]
Posted inPractical Politics
21st Century Pan-Africanism: The decade of the African Diaspora Part I
After thousands of conferences, Ndabas, roundtable discussions, forums and meetings talking about the need for African people — those on the continent and those off — to unify for positive […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of criticism and creativity in the Black experience
In this 2022 holiday season, we can all use a little TLC anywhere we can find it (or it finds us). This column talks about finding some solace in “Black […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of America’s new “scramble” for Africa
This week, from December 12 to 15, in Washington, D.C., the Biden administration has invited 49 African heads of states, and the director of the African Union (AU), to a […]
Posted inGovernment, Guest Opinions, Opinion
We could and should learn from Georgia voting
As of the first day of voting in the Georgia runoff election between Senator Warnock and candidate Walker, over 239,000 people stood in long lines, some for hours, waiting to […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
Election reflections: Ignore the pollsters, challenge the Democrats
To let the pollsters tell it, Democrats were going to get a “drubbing” or a “shellacking” just like the one President Barack Obama experienced in 2010 when Dems lost 63 […]
Posted inOpinion
Tell the Supreme Court: We still need Affirmative Action
One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most respected schools in […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, Opinion
Now that the election is over…
Now that the election is over, this is a good time for reality checks. First, we must take a close look at the messages sent by all voters on election […]
