Posts Tagged ‘obama administration’

Mass Incarceration: A destroyer of people of color and their communities

Mass Incarceration: A destroyer of people of color and their communities
Dear Obama Administration, instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system that has used the “War on Drugs” policy to put more Black males in the criminal justice system than slavery in 1850? Around...
May 17th, 2010 | Criminal Justice | Read More

Assassination of US Muslim cleric illegal immoral and unwise

Assassination of US Muslim cleric illegal immoral and unwise
Agents of the United States are openly trying to assassinate Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, while he is in hiding in Yemen. Despite what the apologists for assassination argue this is illegal, immoral and unwise. Assassinating Awlaki in the US would be murder, a capital crime, punishable...
May 11th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Black Hills Claims Settlement funds top $1 billion

Black Hills Claims Settlement funds top $1 billion
The riches that have fallen upon those Indian nations blessed to be located next to urban centers with huge populations have bypassed the very poor tribes of the Northern Plains. When one travels around the communities on the reservations that make up the Sioux Nation, it immediately becomes apparent...
April 12th, 2010 | American Indians, Featured | Read More

Why “No Child Left Behind” fails under Obama, too

Why “No Child Left Behind” fails under Obama, too
Originally published in Newsone The recent education reforms to No Child Left Behind proposed by the Obama Administration sadly perpetuate a flawed testing policy that will continue to leave our children behind. I have no problem with tests. Testing, when employed effectively, can be an appropriate...
April 1st, 2010 | Education | Read More

The rhetoric of redemption in presidential elections

The rhetoric of redemption in presidential elections
In the eight presidential elections over the course of the past thirty years, the presidential challenger has defeated the incumbent party candidate on only four occasions—in 1980, 1992, 2000, and 2008. The formula for victory was no secret then, nor is it now. The challenger triumphed by successfully...
February 22nd, 2010 | Politics, US | Read More

A New Lesson from the Old “Tuskegee” Study

A New Lesson from the Old “Tuskegee” Study
“Don’t take the swine flu vaccine. Remember the Tuskegee Experiment Syphilis Vaccine,” a recent post on Twitter warns. The message is simple: “Tuskegee,” America’s notorious medical research study, is still considered as our own equivalent to Nazi experimentation that links state power to...
December 3rd, 2009 | Health, Racial Equity | Read More

Congresswoman Barbara Lee wants an exit strategy out of Afghanistan

Congresswoman Barbara Lee wants an exit strategy out of Afghanistan
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously and extraordinarily voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Her vote against the resolution expressed her belief that it amounted...
October 29th, 2009 | Politics, US | Read More

Congressman Rangel on Health Care Reform

Congressman Rangel on Health Care Reform
Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. The committee released last week a bill designed to reform health care. Kathleen Wells: Last week, the House Democrats released a version of the health care reform bill. One of the central issues that it addresses is...
July 22nd, 2009 | Health, Politics, US | Read More