Zora Neale Hurston has been calling out to Black women since she started writing, collecting our folklore, insisting on our presence. She was a literary sensation during the Harlem Renaissance, […]
Category: Opinion
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Ukraine, Refugees and Racism
Our hearts, prayers and support are with the people of Ukraine. No one should suffer such violence and loss in what is supposed to be a civilized global society. We […]
Posted inOpinion, Practical Politics
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 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
African-Americans and the Fed: From Andrew Brimmer to Lisa Cook
The Federal Reserve Bank, founded in 1913, has had more than one hundred members of its Board of Governors. Forty-four white men governed the nation’s monetary policy until 1966 when […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, Opinion, Opinion-OW
Black history, Black print and you
Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the work he left behind certainly makes the case today for the study of Black History. Without his work most of us would not know […]
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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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Martinez effort to ‘hand pick’ District 10 representative draws controversy
Editor’s Note: Just before press time, City Council President Nury Martinez made a motion to appoint former District 10 Councilman Herb Wesson to substitute for Mark Ridley-Thomas, pending Council approval. […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
The Congressional Black Caucus is the conscience of Congress
All too often, the Congressional Black Caucus gets a bad rap. What do they do, many ask. What have they recently accomplished? Are they leaning on their revolutionary origins, their […]
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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 […]
