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 […]
Obama the Pragmatist
This week, news that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would not return for a second term initially struck me as a sign that she may resign and run against her boss in the Democrat primary. After reading transcripts of her interview that concern has been allayed—for now. Still, I find it troubling that Secretary […]
Obama Administration rather silent on economic discrimination
Recently, I got to thinking about all of the “reverse discrimination” talk that one hears suggesting that minorities and women are taking over America. The falsity in this notion would be hilarious if it want so dangerous. A glance at the top leaders among major corporations would show few minorities. The same holds true among […]
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 […]
Stop the Lies about the Financial Meltdown
Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal#10) – “I pledge…Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable, and energy efficient housing on fair terms.” One of the National Urban League’s four I AM EMPOWERED goals. No, President Obama was not born in Kenya. Superman is not real. And there is no Monkey-man roaming the streets of Hoboken […]
Rein in Spending? Let’s Talk Entitlements
Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – Over the past two years, perhaps the most pejorative phrase used against President Obama is that of “socialist.” Well, at least pejorative phrases that can be repeated in polite company. Whenever the “S” word is thrown around folks immediately think of Hitler, Mussolini, Tito and other tyrants known by their last […]
In the Media Room with Tom Burrell
MG Media – Tom Burrell has been one of America’s leading innovators in the world of images, advertising and marketing. During the 80’s and 90’s his name sake firm, Burrell Communications was one of the top ad agency’s in the world producing ground breaking media plans that helped corporations sell tens of millions of dollars […]
Are whites racially oppressed?
I don’t know about White people being “oppressed,” but I would say “misunderstood.” I think it’s a great idea to have courses in White Studies because White people have gone through some dramatic changes over the years. They’ve gone from being in favor to out of favor. There are 25-year-old White people that could never […]