Recent Stories
Practical Politics
The politics of racializing the presidential race
I had thought last week’s column was my final comment on Trump and Black folks, but President Obama raised the stakes higher in his recent speech to the Congressional Black Caucus. The POTUS said, “not getting our community out to vote would be a tarnishing of his legacy. To give Michelle and him a great send-off and thank you, Black folk must vote, and vote a lot, for Hillary Clinton. Black folks could not sit this one out!”
Practical Politics
Donald Trump and the African American vote in 2016
Recently, Mr. Donald Trump has asked, “What do you have to lose?” aimed, he says, at Black American voters. In speeches mainly to Anglo audiences, he has said he is offering a real change to Black voters.
Practical Politics
The politics of know-nothings redux
Last week, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow gave an incisive report on the Know Nothing Political Party in American political history, as a way of explaining the current popularity of anti-immigrationism in our political discourse.
An aspect of 21st century Pan-Africanism
Practical Politics
The AEC (African Economic Community) and its two major corollaries, the African Union (AU) and the African Regional Economic Communities, have embarked on an enormous paradigm altering mission for the 21st century
Practical Politics
The politics of winning the Olympics bid-who wants it?
The 2024 Summer Olympics may be headed for Los Angeles. The first phase of the application process has been completed, and L.A. is still in it. In fact, it is now the front runner to be awarded the Games.
Practical Politics
The politics of negotiating a better police-community relationship
Lately, there’s been a rush of conferences, meetings and celebrity-studded get-togethers to try and identify some common-sense steps to improve police-community relations in the USA.
Practical Politics
The politics of naming and claiming the infraction
The journalism profession generally considers plagiarism a cardinal sin. There are many, many examples of those previously punished for journalistic plagiarism by suspension, termination or other means.
Practical Politics
The politics of keeping the facts straight
It is certain that within the next few months the American public will be overfed the Republican Party’s view of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail situation. She will be accused of all sorts of criminal behavior and lack of sound judgement.
Practical Politics
The politics of sand, surf and sun
As the summer sun in Los Angeles makes its very intense and vibrant entrance this June, it is interesting to reflect on things before and things now.
Practical Politics
The politics of slavery and the Ivy League
By now current research has clearly demonstrated that many of the U.S. Ivy League schools were partially or largely financed in their early history by profits and labor from American slave trading.