Commentary

ABOVE CARTOON: Daryl Cagle (CagleCartoons.com) By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Vice President Joe Biden was not auditioning for a stint on Saturday Night Live or appealing to divine providence when he quipped to a packed crowd of Democrats recently that the Republicans may have given the Democrats a “gift from the Lord” in the presidential race. The heavenly…

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By Rahim Islam I’m not anti-White but we must be pro-Black if we’re to gain independence and move towards doing for ourselves.  The myth that Blacks thrive on handouts, something popular with Whites, is largely untrue. What we want is the opportunity to do for ourselves and if White America can just “get out the…

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By Rahim Islam “Give a man a fish, and you have fed him once. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime.” –Annie Ritchie Our growth in this country will ultimately come down to how independent we become, and how much we work together to  feed, clothe and house and…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  (John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune) By Rahim Islam For evil to triumph, good people must remain silent. This is what happened during the escalation of the Vietnam War, the Jewish Holocaust and the Black Holocaust (the chattel enslavement of our people for nearly 350 years).  This history [of the Black Holocaust] is so…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Graduate student Jonathan Butler, center, addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, in Columbia, Mo last year 2015. On the day he met with black players for the University of Missouri’s football team, Butler hadn’t eaten for six days.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) By…

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By Nathan Gelgud signature-reads.com For Martin Luther King Day on January 18, countless schoolchildren will watch, read, discuss, and write essays about King’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” delivered during the 1963 March on Washington. But in paying tribute to King this week, I’m thinking of a different speech, from a few years later….

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By Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard Pastor – Word of Encouragement Community Church Whether or not you agree he is a rapist; agree or disagree with the 55 women who have come forward with their truth; or whether you feel we should stand with Bill Cosby or be a part of the deconstruction of the icon,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby (Randy Miramontez/shutterstock.com) By Earl Ofari Hutchinson There really shouldn’t have been much doubt that disgraced comedian Bill Cosby eventually would be charged in court with a sex related misconduct offense at some point in time. In the much discussed unsealed deposition Cosby gave in 2005, he confessed to giving drugs to…

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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The latest polls in the GOP presidential candidate derby now have Texas Sen. Ted Cruz streaming past prior front-runner Donald Trump in the crucial first primary in Iowa in February. The poll result tells much about why Cruz is far more dangerous than Trump. But there are so many more reasons…

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ABOVE CARTOON: Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune   The Republican Party’s march to the far-far-right created the monster that is Donald Trump. The question now is how does it handle this monster without splitting the party and further alienating voters? By Wendell P. Simpson Republicans aren’t laughing at the antics of Donald Trump anymore. Many Republican…

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