Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid and the School Children Killings
It seems to me that President Obama and Mayor Daley are more concerned about securing the Olympics for the city of Chicago than the safety of the CPS students in the city.
It seems to me that President Obama and Mayor Daley are more concerned about securing the Olympics for the city of Chicago than the safety of the CPS students in the city.
Charles Butler | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Over the last several weeks we've heard our national Democratic leaders make false, misleading and inflammatory statements about the conduct of peacefully assembled Americans.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
Rush Limbaugh couldn't resist trying to connect the brutal beating of one student by another on a school bus to President Obama, using it as an exampl...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
How come the majority of people vocal about violence against Rihanna have been white women? How come black women as have not come together as a collective to say enough is enough?
Eric Copage | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
What if black Americans recognized Dr. King's birthday on the actual day of his birth, today, January 15th? We would make a collective decision, without asking anyone's permission, to exercise our freedom.
John Ridley | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're "reckless." A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a "maverick."
Baratunde Thurston | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
For the scared white folks who think Obama is going to lead the return of the Nubian Empire, the visual of him getting heckled by young black men should do much to settle those fears.
Sam Greenfield | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Nader said that Obama has to 'talk white' in order to win. Does that mean with a stereotypical patois? Does that mean sans ghetto? Regardless, he doesn't grasp that the nation is turning brown.
Keli Goff | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
I'm not going to say that if he becomes president all of Black America's ills will magically disappear, but I will say that his nomination changes something.
Eric Copage | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
If Obama is elected commander-in-chief, mainstream America will watch him like a hawk, and it's easy to suppose that progress will stall for the neediest segment of black America.
Linda Hansen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home
The Wright/Obama story has been utterly mangled. It's a human story and a tragic one. Two decent men doing good work are being used against each other in a game of political one-upsmanship.
Slate | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
So much for the post-race horse race. The exit polls in New Hampshire were accurate for the Republicans and for the second-tier Democrats. The only mi...
Charles Butler | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago