The end of a year or a day is often a time of reflection on both what has been done and what could have been done better. While we can’t […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion, Opinion-OW
The politics of doing the help we claim to bring
On Nov 9, the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC), International, a group which initially formed in Los Angeles in 2006, and the Liberian government of President George Weah, signed a […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion-OW
The politics of ‘shaking it off’
The British government established colonies in the Caribbean mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries, seizing the land from indigenous people mistakenly called Indians because Columbus incorrectly thought he was […]
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The politics of breaking the mold
Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams, is now 79 years old and is having very serious health problems. He has a youngish son from his last marriage (a […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, Opinion, Opinion-OW
The First Amendment, hate speech, and religion
From time to time, it becomes necessary to remind some of us of what the freedom of speech provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution actually says while […]
Posted inOpinion, Practical Politics
The youth politics of challenging Black leaders of HBCUs
It’s still news that Black folks prefer to keep inside problems, well, inside. Youth used to be regularly taught to keep family business to themselves, and not put such business […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National
Why won’t Democrats fight?
Not a day goes by that I don’t get a text or three from the Democratic National Committee asking for contributions. Sometimes they come from Vice President Harris. Sometimes, from […]
Posted inOpinion
Let’s talk Black education
Telling our family stories keeps Black history alive When we were kids, my dad would take us to football games at the University of Southern California (USC). I didn’t care […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of respecting in death those not respected in life
Last week in a Maryland judicial proceeding, the state district judge in the case ruled, for once, that the living Black population in the district of Maryland covered by the […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The Politics of Regaining Control of the Supply Chain
It is interesting that when trouble comes for the U.S., it does not seem to discriminate between victimizing Black folks or White folks in this country. Sure, whatever the problem, […]
