villagechief, Author at Dogon Village

Commentary

GOP Resurgence: What’s a Cynic to Do?

October 10, 2010 villagechief 0

by Joseph C. Phillips – While listening to music on my I-phone, I began to contemplate the upcoming mid-term elections. The rock band, The Who sang: “I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution/Take a bow for the new revolution/Smile and grin at the change all around me/Pick up my guitar and play/Just like yesterday/And […]

Headlines

Atlanta neighborhood celebrates Lowery’s birthday

October 10, 2010 villagechief 0

ATLANTA (AP) Oct. 9 – Friends and volunteers are gathering in Atlanta for a neighborhood clean up to help celebrate the Rev. Joseph Lowery’s birthday. The civil rights icon turned 89 on Wednesday. To honor him, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda is bringing people together Saturday to clean Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. Birthday […]

Blogs

CNN Fires Rick Sanchez for Speaking Out Against Racism

October 5, 2010 villagechief 0

I watch a lot of CNN and really enjoyed watching Rick Sanchez. I really think CNN maded an error with this call if all things are as they appear. I’l give it a little time for more details to come out. However, CNN should know that people like me – fans of the network opposed […]

Commentary

Has Black America Lost It’s Backbone?

October 4, 2010 villagechief 0

By H. Lewis Smith – All by-products of African-American ingenuity, Negro spirituals, blues and jazz were created to help African Americans maintain a sense of internal calmness and hope during strife; cultivate, embrace and express individuality; and serve as living connections to and trophies of cultural history, knowledge and heritage. In spite of all the […]

Commentary

Crazy Like A Cat – The Gantt Report

October 3, 2010 villagechief 0

By Lucius Gantt – I love animals but I don’t really like pets. Only animals in my house are fish that live in aquariums. My dogs and cats are always outside unless the temperature gets way below freezing. Both my dogs and cats have to work to stay around me. My dogs keep people in […]

Chuck Hobbs

Black Academic Stars Bridging the So-Called Achievement Gap

October 3, 2010 villagechief 0

by Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – Anyone who spends more than 30 minutes with me will soon learn that I am a staunch supporter of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. For over a century and a half on campuses throughout the South and East Coast, these colleges have served as incubators for individuals, who […]

Commentary

Humorless Muslims and Annoying Christians

October 2, 2010 villagechief 0

by Joseph C. Phillips – I am curious to see what happens when President Obama invites Molly Norris to the White House for a beer. Oh, Wait…Molly Norris can’t go to the White House for beer because Molly Norris no longer exists; any trace of her has been wiped clean. Norris, a Seattle cartoonist, was […]

Commentary

Young, Gifted and Poor

October 1, 2010 villagechief 0

by Julianne Malveaux – – The 2009 poverty numbers were released last week, and things are a lot worse than many economists thought they would be. The poverty rate jumped up a full percentage point, from 13.2 to 14.3 percent. This means that one in seven Americans live in poverty, 4 million more than a […]

Politics

Rahm Emanuel to End Controversial Tenure as White House Chief of Staff

October 1, 2010 villagechief 0

By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington Bureau — A president’s chief of staff tends to be discreet, low-key and anonymous. Rahm Emanuel was none of these. He drove his staff with warlike intensity and a message that failure was unacceptable. During the past 20 months Emanuel insulted allies. Sparred with colleagues. Practiced an arm-twisting, old-school politics […]