The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Sept. 20 that it is ending the longstanding annual food insecurity survey, which informs funding levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inGovernment/Politics, Local Politics, Opinion
Proposition 50 & Sacramento’s Power Grab
Sacramento is pushing the new Prop. 50 maps that carve up communities like Culver City, Torrance, and Long Beach. These maps, drawn in secret, replace the transparent ones created by […]
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What the Readjusters teach us about healing our divided country
There’s a deep sense of despair settling over America. Families are working harder and falling further behind. The cost of raising children grows, while schools, housing, and healthcare remain out […]
Posted inOpinion
A look at ‘In Spite Of’ Instead Of ‘Because Of’
Today, we as a nation and Black people in particular are experiencing an attack on all our gains in terms of civil rights. While the attacks clothed in “DEI” and […]
Posted inOpinion
Gun violence is eroding public safety
I want to start this week’s column by validating your anxiety about the state of our country. The violence we see in the morning, noon, and night is not normal. […]
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Trey Reed’s death: A question of lynching in Mississippi
The autopsy for Trey Reed is underway. The 21-year-old student at Delta State University was found dead hanging from a tree on the campus. There are questions about whether it […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump as the nutty granddad
Most of us have at least one family member we would prefer not to have. There’s the boozy, profane aunt, the loud, always-lying cousin, the funky-smelling and sticky-fingered grandparent, etc. […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion
Discredited Trump Adviser Navarro attacks Federal Governor Lisa Cook’s Credibility
Last week, Peter Navarro, a senior counselor in Donald Trump’s administration, called Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook a “DEI hire” and a partisan “animal.” This op-ed is in response […]
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Practical Politics
Though the same thing may also be said about most other cultures, within African-based cultures, there have always been at least two prime ingredients: the drum and the seer/sayers. Though […]
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Democracy’s solution
While the daily media has us focusing on the dismantling of America’s institutions, healthcare, and services both here and abroad, we see that the issue is not Trump as much […]
