Black America and Obama: The cost of silence
Since the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, numerous constituencies have experienced some measure of social uplift as they have exercised their political strength in compelling the administration to advance their interests. This reality prevails, as the Hispanic community, ever politically cognizant of Obama’s campaign promises ensuring [...]
We know the statistics because they are so very proud of them: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, has overseen more than 230 executions, the most of any governor in modern history (his predecessor, George W. Bush, still holds the record for the executions-per-year with more than 30). For the right wing of the Republican [...]
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By Chandra S. Bhatnagar, For all New Yorkers, the attacks of September 11th, 2001 are indelibly etched in our collective memory. The chaos, confusion, and sadness that pervaded, the emotional phone calls made and received, the uncertainty about what was yet to happen – all of these recollections are still fresh in our mind’s [...]
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President Barack Obama must sell a complex idea to a Congress that prides itself on simplicity. This Congress, namely the House Republicans, were elected on the premise that massive budget cuts are essential for this country’s economic survival. This line of thinking argues that these kind of program cuts will certainly cause hardship [...]
Continue reading …Obama’s Burden: Addressing the Black labor crisis in “post-racial” America
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When President Obama addresses the nation with his long-awaited jobs prescription, one thing is certain. Any strategy he puts forth now must not only seek to move the needle for the nation as a whole, it must also include specific remedies for the ever-deepening jobs crisis within Black America. Though politically precarious, the August [...]
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On July 1, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision striking down Ward Connerly’s ballot initiative amending the Michigan constitution to prohibit affirmative action as unconstitutional. The complex legal basis for the decision provided a perfect vehicle for misleading readers and obscuring the real issue. Case in point: Michael Barone, columnist [...]
Continue reading …By Tara Bynum, Ph.D., I am a real American/fight for the rights of every man… – Pro Wrestler Hulk Hogan, Theme Song My president is a “real American,” just as the opening song of his remarks at the White Correspondent dinner suggest. His long form birth certificate confirms this fact of course. He was born [...]
Continue reading …My heart sank as I watched Cornel West and Rev. Al Sharpton going at it on MSNBC’s show, “A Stronger America: The Black Agenda.” Even host Ed Schultz had to shut down the bickering like a referee at an MMA fight that had gotten out of control. Neither West nor Sharpton is the type to [...]
Continue reading …You can see it in the eyes of veteran Indian policy makers all across America because most of them have been there and done that: they are survivors of the federal budget ax. In a lot of ways there are cuts that must be made because this federal administration is in financial trouble, but it [...]
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