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 […]
Commentary
Women With Big Assets
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – I have a couple of married friends that enjoy sending me email messages with pictures of women with large puppies and big assets. I appreciate all women of almost any size and figure but I must say my woman of choice is a “smart” woman, both learned and […]
State of Black America Town Hall to Explore Jobs of the Future
Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal#12) – Next Thursday, I invite you to join the debate about the number one issue facing the nation – the deep and persistent jobs crisis that has been especially devastating in urban communities of color. As part of the National Urban League’s annual Legislative Policy Conference in Washington, DC, […]
Gender Equity is Everybody’s Business
By Julianne Malveaux – March is Women’s History Month, and the White House Council on Women and Girls, led by Valerie Jarrett, commemorated it by releasing a report on the status of women. According to the report, we’ve come a long way sisters, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Despite the fact […]
All in the Family?
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – When a man and woman conceive and deliver a baby family members and nosey friends are quick to look for two things. They want to know who does the baby look like and what are the baby’s mannerisms and disposition, who does the baby act like. If a […]
For The State of Black America, The Issue Is Jobs
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #11) – From March 29th through the 31st, the National Urban League brings its fight for urban jobs to Capitol Hill with its 2011 Legislative Policy Conference. This year’s summit will make the case for targeted action to tackle the persistent unemployment crisis in Black America. Dozens of […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott returns State to Jim Crow Era on Civil Rights Restoration for ex-felons
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – There is an old cliché that “those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it.” This week, Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and CFO Jeff Atwater, who collectively comprise the state’s Executive Clemency Board, repeated history by reversing a 2007 Order from […]
NFL Labor Dispute is a plot against fans
By Lucius Gantt – I’m tired of listening to my friends debate about the National Football League’s labor dispute. Whenever million dollar professional athletes bicker with billion dollar team owners the outcome is always the same, only the fans lose! I can walk pretty well. Work on the treadmill has been very, very good to […]
Why So Many White Men Still Don’t Like President Obama
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – The latest Pew Research Center survey found a lot of things that should cheer President Obama. Voter anger against government even among those that identify as Tea Party backers is down, the Wisconsin union standoff hasn’t stirred any widespread anti-labor backlash, and there’s more tolerance than ever for same sex […]