By Edrea Davis – In an era where podcasts, short clips, and viral conversations shape public opinion and influence policy, a troubling reality is becoming impossible to ignore: too many voices are loud, but uninformed. Following a widely criticized and historically inaccurate exchange between Nick Cannon and Amber Rose, journalist Roland Martin did not simply […]
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Stands Out During Impeachment Hearings
Although Donald J. Trump’s Impeachment Hearings are not being taken seriously by Senate Republicans, the Democratic House Managers have demonstrated that they take their job seriously and they came ready for battle. But I have to admit, one representative stands out among the bunch and that’s New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. Congressman Jeffries has proven […]
Why Democrats Might Not Win in 2018
The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt The Biblical book of Mark says one day Jesus and his Disciples were traveling in the City of Jericho where there was a man begging on the side of the street. When the man, who was blind, heard that Jesus was in town, the man cried out repeatedly, “Jesus, […]
The Political Messenger – By Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report – If you don’t believe African American voters have been sold some political snake oil, it will be crystal clear during the term of President elect Donald Trump! So called Negroes have told you election after election that our future, our progress and our hope was based on our blind support of […]
Deplorable In Chief
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – It’s 2016, late October and only days before Americans go to the polls to elect a new Deplorable in Chief or the President of the United States! The names have changed and, in the case of the Democratic nominee, the gender has changed but the pre-election status and […]
House Democrats Boo Bernie Sanders in Contentious Meeting
By Deirdre Walsh, CNN Washington, DC -House Democrats roughed up Sen. Bernie Sanders in a closed-door session Wednesday after he deflected questions about when he would formally back Hillary Clinton for president, with a group of members booing him at one point, according to three Democrats who attended the meeting. The vast majority of House […]
Author of Brown is the New White, Steve Phillips, Urges Democrats and Progressives to Mobilize Voters of Color or Fall Into the #TrumpTrap
By Steve Philips – Democrats: You’re Falling Into the #TrumpTrap If we don’t start inspiring and mobilizing voters of color, we are facing a horrifying reality: President Donald Trump MEMORANDUM To: HRC, Democratic Party, Progressive Organizations, Interested Parties From: Steve Phillips Re: Stop Falling Into the Trump Trap The unthinkable has happened: Donald Trump has […]
Forbes Contributor John Zogby Says Trump Win is Possible Even Though He Has Alienated Large Swaths of Voters
(Forbes.com) – By any objective and traditional standard, there should no way that Donald Trump should be able to win the presidency in November. He has alienated large swaths of voters and, while some of these key groups (women, non-whites, Muslims, Latinos) would probably not be voting for a GOP candidate anyway, he could actually […]
Clinton In Commanding Lead Over Trump Among Young Voters, Harvard Youth Poll Finds
Washington, DC – A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds Hillary Clinton the clear front-runner over Donald Trump to win the White House in 2016. Among likely voters, Clinton has 61% of young voters and Trump 25%, […]