Did you know that Black women are three or four times more likely to die from childbirth complications than White women? Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), who heads the Congressional Black […]
Tag: Op-ed
Posted inLocal, Opinion, Practical Politics
The politics of our strange justice
In U.S.A. public schools, it is still news that children are taught that when rules are illegally broken, punishment is due. We tend to call it justice. In most Western […]
Posted inLocal
The Continuing Politics of the L.A. 10th District
It is a well known fact that the majority of the Black American population living in the city of Los Angeles currently live in the 8th, 9th, and 10th city […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
To stop gun violence, use economic tools
There have been at least 214 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, the most recent being the killings during a July 4 gathering in Highland Park, […]
Posted inNational, Practical Politics
The Politics of Repatriation
You know, it’s getting harder and harder to just stay here—no matter what. These are indeed trying times when we need to reconsider our options and choices. We can leave. […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, Local, Opinion
When a right to housing intersects a right to choose
In my writings over the past several years I’ve expressed that homelessness is a potent “intersectional” issue. Nowhere could this be more revealing than that of the convergence of a […]
Posted inBlack History, Black History-OW, Counting the Cost, National
After Juneteenth – Reparations now
Juneteenth, or June 19, 2022, was marked with fireworks and concerts, parades, and proclamations, a big difference from Juneteenth a year ago when President Biden signed the executive order making […]
Posted inNational, Practical Politics
The politics of being the end of the best
The very best women’s tennis player (and reigning Athlete of the decade) of the open era (since 1968) has just been vanquished from the court. Like Casey at the Bat, […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, National, Opinion, Practical Politics
The politics of chickens coming home to roost
Not only is it clearly evident that American public school education has not been paying enough attention to teaching American government (generally called Civics) for the last 20 years or […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
Black Buffalo is hurting from more than the massacre
I was invited to join folks from Black Lives Matter to meet some of the affected in Buffalo, N.Y. — people who have been traumatized by the awful May 14 […]