Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

Power of the sister vote

Power of the sister vote
An old Ghanaian proverb says, “Until the lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Journalism is the first draft of history. In the wake of Democrats’ shellacking in the midterm election, journalists and pundits blamed low black turnout for their losses....
November 24th, 2010 | African Americans, Featured, Opinion, Politics | Read More

The problem with Libertarianism

The problem with Libertarianism
Every Presidential election cycle, the pundits and talking heads proclaim the decisive importance of the youth vote.    All too often, the much-heralded ‘youth vote’ fails to materialize as predicted.  A surge in youth organizing and civic participation in the late 1960, and the patent unfairness...
October 11th, 2010 | Opinion, Politics, US | Read More

No throwing babies!

No throwing babies!
Originally published at St. Louis Beacon A string of recent news stories have been fodder for those who cannot tolerate ambiguity in relation to race. Often in our country people are criticized for being too sensitive about the topic and making something out of nothing. Yet those ambiguous events...
September 29th, 2010 | Featured, Opinion, Politics | Read More

It’s time to have a Black Tea Party

It’s time to have a Black Tea Party
At its 101st annual convention, the NAACP adopted a resolution “calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches.” NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous and David Webb, a co-founder of Tea Party 365, debated the tempest in a teapot...
July 20th, 2010 | African Americans, Featured, Opinion, Politics | Read More

The legacy of nappy-headed hos

The legacy of nappy-headed hos
by: Terrion L. Williamson Remember Don Imus? Remember how upset we were a few years back when the wretched shock-jock and his pals took to the airwaves to dis women of the Rutgers women’s basketball team, after they just missed winning the NCAA championship, referring to the black team members...
July 13th, 2010 | African Americans, Criminal Justice, Opinion, Racial Equity, Women | Read More