http://www.dogonvillage.com Connecting the Black Diaspora with news, politics, and issues important to African-Americans Fri, 10 May 2013 16:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/national-coalition-on-black-civic-participation-statement-supporting-president-obamas-nomination-of-mayor-anthony-r-foxx-as-secretary-of-department-of-transportation/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/national-coalition-on-black-civic-participation-statement-supporting-president-obamas-nomination-of-mayor-anthony-r-foxx-as-secretary-of-department-of-transportation/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:27:25 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3751 Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), issued the following statement today on President Obama’s nomination of The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Mayor of City of Charlotte, NC, to serve as Secretary of Transportation: On behalf of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, we are [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/national-coalition-on-black-civic-participation-statement-supporting-president-obamas-nomination-of-mayor-anthony-r-foxx-as-secretary-of-department-of-transportation/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/is-barack-obama-george-bush-dipped-in-chocolate-by-lucius-gantt/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/is-barack-obama-george-bush-dipped-in-chocolate-by-lucius-gantt/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:19:14 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3738 The Gantt Report – I am really worried about President Obama. When he first ran for President he was Barack, the proud son of an African man. No disrespect, but now he seems to be acting like Barry, the sheltered son of a Caucasian woman! I know if an African American says anything contrary about [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/is-barack-obama-george-bush-dipped-in-chocolate-by-lucius-gantt/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/critical-deadline-looms-for-black-mothers-and-girls-by-monifa-bandele/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/critical-deadline-looms-for-black-mothers-and-girls-by-monifa-bandele/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:22:29 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3734 There is a deadline looming of great concern to Black parents of school-aged children. Last month the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule that would update the nutritional guidelines for snacks sold in schools for the first time in 30 years. The public has until April 9th, to make comments about [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/critical-deadline-looms-for-black-mothers-and-girls-by-monifa-bandele/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/we-are-one-by-gary-l-flowers/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/we-are-one-by-gary-l-flowers/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:05:50 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3604 (TriceEdneyWire.com) – National politics in the United States of America has not been so divisive since the American Civil War 150 years ago. Similar to the period leading up to the American Civil War our nation is divided along entrenched ideological lines. Unlike the Civil War the possible second term of a sitting president may [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/we-are-one-by-gary-l-flowers/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/dont-believe-the-hype-it-aint-over-til-its-over-by-julianne-malveaux/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/dont-believe-the-hype-it-aint-over-til-its-over-by-julianne-malveaux/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:53:13 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3602 TriceEdney Wire – In late September the “nonpartisan” website Real Clear Politics reported that President Obama leads Republican nominee Mitt Romney is several battleground states. According to the polls, President Obama leads by 5.2 percent in Ohio, 4.5 percent in Virginia, 4.2 percent in Nevada, 4 percent in Iowa, and 3 percent in Florida. Do [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/dont-believe-the-hype-it-aint-over-til-its-over-by-julianne-malveaux/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/supreme-court-to-hear-major-affirmative-action-case-by-marc-h-morial/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/supreme-court-to-hear-major-affirmative-action-case-by-marc-h-morial/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:39:47 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3600 (To Be Equal #39) – On Wednesday, October 10, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that once again challenges the right of colleges and universities to consider race as a factor in ensuring that all students receive the educational benefits of diversity. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/supreme-court-to-hear-major-affirmative-action-case-by-marc-h-morial/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/race-card-romney-by-lucius-gantt/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/race-card-romney-by-lucius-gantt/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:28:18 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3596 The Gantt Report -If President Barack Obama wants to win his 2012 reelection effort he should start fighting for it! By now, everybody knows the President got his clock cleaned by a modern day Uncle Remus dipped in flour. Romney told more fairy tales and fables than Aesop and Hans Christian Anderson during the first [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/race-card-romney-by-lucius-gantt/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/occupy-the-vote-no-bullies-at-the-polls-by-marc-h-morial/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/occupy-the-vote-no-bullies-at-the-polls-by-marc-h-morial/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:56:05 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3578 By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #38) – Last week, a new report by Common Cause and Demos, entitled “Bullies at the Ballot Box,” took direct aim at Jim Crow-like tactics designed to challenge and intimidate voters at the polls. The report especially notes the campaign of intimidation that is currently being waged by [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/occupy-the-vote-no-bullies-at-the-polls-by-marc-h-morial/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/2012-political-slavery-by-lucius-gantt/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/2012-political-slavery-by-lucius-gantt/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:02:19 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3557 The Gantt Report – Three or four hundred years ago there were two distinct kinds of Black people living in America.There were so called House Negroes and Field Negroes. The House Negroes were preferred, not loved, by their masters. The House Negroes ate leftovers and the Field Negroes ate pig guts and other foods that [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/09/2012-political-slavery-by-lucius-gantt/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/dog-killers-and-killer-dogs-by-lucius-gantt/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/dog-killers-and-killer-dogs-by-lucius-gantt/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:45:47 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3481 The Gantt Report – To some Americans, NFL quarterback Michael Vick is the most hated man in the United States. The hatred intensified when Vick announced plans to release an autobiographical book about his life and news writers and internet posters went to work telling the world how terrible Vick was and is. Michael Vick [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/dog-killers-and-killer-dogs-by-lucius-gantt/feed/ 0