By H. Lewis Smith – Visualize a circle about the size of a grapefruit, and imagine that the space inside this circle represents an individual’s total, inclusive realm of knowledge. At the same time, this same individual is also mindful that there is more knowledge outside of their particular circumference of awareness. However, when somebody […]
Demographic Shifts and Black Political Power
Census data on city populations made headlines this week. Washington, DC can apparently only barely be described as “chocolate city” since the African American population is only a scant majority in the city. According to the Washington Post, even the block on which former mayor Marion Barry cut his teeth, married wife Effie, and ran […]
Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone Launches War on Unemployment
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal#13) – In the great tradition of America’s global defense of democracy, our nation has now entered another foreign conflict to protect and improve the lives of innocent civilians. While we applaud the inclination to rescue people in peril around the world, we wonder why that same urgency does […]
The GOP’s Diversity Issues
By Chuck Hobbs – As Census results pour in, it is becoming clear that the nation’s largest minority, Hispanics, are registering in greater numbers as Democrats. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, whose wife, Columba, is Mexican, routinely implores Republican leaders to develop strategies to attract more Hispanic voters. Good luck. What Republicans have with respect […]
President Obama: Disengaged or Behind the Scenes Leader?
By Chuck Hobbs – President Obama draws frequent criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats for being “disengaged.” A clear example of this was the bashing he took from a number of right wing pundits for being “on vacation” in Brazil while U.S. Warplanes struck Libya two weeks ago. Or the cries of “aloof” when […]
Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana: Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana Town Attract National Attention
By Jordan Flaherty – A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights organizations and activists. Color Of Change, an online activist group that helped garner national attention for the Jena Six Case, recently rallied their members in support of Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, who has […]
Knowledge of U.S. History and Government on the Decline Among Americans
Don’t know much about history… According to a recent Newsweek poll, only one in 10 Americans knows the name of one of the authors of the Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton/James Madison). Only one in five knows who was president during World War I (Woodrow Wilson). And only one in four knows why the Cold War […]
President Obama’s Visit to Harlem Expected to Raise $1.5 Million
President Obama will visit Harlem Tuesday for a fundraiser that’s expected to take in $1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee. Obama will preside over a $30,800-per-person event for about 50 people at the acclaimed Red Rooster restaurant on Lenox Avenue, reports the Daily News. It’s his first visit to Harlem since being elected to […]
Fraudulent Birther Controversy Trump’s Only Presidential Trump
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump’s talk about a presidential bid is take your pick: a bad joke, a cheap publicity stunt, or the delusional raving of a guy with too much money, too much ego, and way too much time on his hands to stroke both. But Trump did manage […]