Jeff Johnson is a Washington, D.C. based award-winning journalist, social activist and political commentator and has served as senior advisor for media and youth outreach for People for the American Way, national youth director for the NAACP and vice president for the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. He is the host of BET Network’s The Truth with Jeff Johnson a hard-hitting, talk show delivering a varied and vibrant view of the news and issues from an editorial, investigative and cultural perspective.

Blog Entries by Jeff Johnson

The Other Iraq

Posted July 16, 2009 | 12:47 PM (EST)


The moment I told my friends, family and colleagues I was traveling to Iraq to begin working on a short documentary, I received a plethora of forcefully concerned responses. "Make sure you wear a bulletproof vest." "Keep your head low." "Send my regards to our troops." "Make sure you...

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Obama Accountability Does Not Equal Hateration

Posted April 9, 2009 | 02:45 PM (EST)


As most of America was waking up to take on their Monday morning grind, I was boarding a plane in Holland to return to the States after nearly a week there attending and speaking for the Pioneer's conference. I was proud of myself, as the week abroad had not kept...

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Iraq - A History Lesson

Posted March 10, 2009 | 01:44 PM (EST)



Today, President Obama announced his plan to withdraw all American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. This monumental decision marks a historic moment in our new President's foreign policy agenda and I applaud his efforts to responsibly complete the withdrawal. Clearly President Obama has learned from...

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Iraq's Struggle for Civil Rights

Posted February 16, 2009 | 04:40 PM (EST)


The election of President Barack Obama, signals an important change in America's Iraq policy. It is time to end this war. We are withdrawing our forces from Iraq, first leaving the towns and cities this coming June, and then moving out of the country entirely by the summer of 2010...

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The United States of Obama

Posted November 17, 2008 | 10:13 AM (EST)


Anyone not under a rock for the last week is aware of not only the domestic, but international scent of excitement that continues to fill the air with political optimism, the result of the election of Barack Obama. I, like many others, read the articles, watched the news stories, and...

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Got Change?

Posted September 5, 2008 | 09:37 PM (EST)


All of the confetti and balloons have fallen, the banners and signs have been packed away, and the chants of supporters are mere whispers in the wind. Both the DNC and the RNC are almost distant memories and the true campaign is in full swing as Obama/Biden stand toe to...

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Imminent Death of Down Payment Assistance for Minorities

Posted July 15, 2008 | 03:56 PM (EST)


At a time when the price of necessities such as bread and gas are skyrocketing and our people are struggling to meet the very basic needs of their families, the Bush Administration is trying to stick the knife in that much further in regards to housing.

It is bad enough...

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