Commentary

Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, admits that he’s prejudice against African Americans and seems to want credit for being honest. I’m not having it. While Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recently recorded privately making racist remarks toward African Americans, Cuban smugly told Inc. Magazine that he doesn’t trust young […]

I hate the term “hood disease.” I don’t use it. I don’t accept it. And it’s disrespectful. But I do understand there is a serious problem in our urban communities. The Centers for Disease Control recently estimated about 30 percent of inner-city children are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, an illness commonly associated with soldiers […]

In order to know Solange Knowles, Sherri Shepherd or Michael Jace, you would have to be either fans of a certain type music, daytime TV or nighttime cable drama. But thanks to personal family situations gone wrong they all three have probably reached the height of their fame, and I don’t think any of us […]

Conservatives constantly screaming for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to step down are up in arms about Holder’s recent outspoken views on racial bigotry. I’m proud of Holder for speaking up. Let the right-wingers continue to shout. Or just get over it. Holder, the first African-American U.S. Attorney General, delivered a powerful commencement address at […]

The official statement from the Carter-Knowles family was released with this heading: “Beyonce, Jay-Z And Solange Say They’ve ‘Worked Through’ Private Issues That Caused Elevator Fight.” I guess the time finally came for the very private family to finally say something because if they didn’t, they knew the speculation would just keep going and going and […]

On February 27 of this year, President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative (MBK). MBK stands for the core principle that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should have the opportunity to succeed, and that your ability to get ahead should be determined by your hard work, ambition, and goals […]

A friend recently asked me how I felt about residents of my hometown – Detroit – carrying guns to protect themselves in a city where violence is still commonplace. I can say without hesitation that I’m glad Paris Ainsworth, a 51-year-old grandmother affectionately nicknamed ‘Granny Rambo,’ was packing a pistol. Ainsworth was shot four times […]

In case you’ve been in a coma for the last day and just woke up, Jay-Z, wife Beyonce and her sister Solange attended last week’s Met Gala and then headed to an afterparty at NYC’s Standard Hotel. After leaving the party, they got into an elevator and Solange proceeded to curse, spit at, hit and kick […]

First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a rare radio address to the nation where she highlighted the Mother’s Day weekend to speak out strongly against the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls by Islamist militants who have threatened to sell the girls into slavery. “Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and I […]

Mother’s Day is about moms, but it’s also about all the women who played roles in our lives. If you’re Black, especially, chances are your grandmother, your godmother, your aunties…your mama’s special friend…or someone else …had a hand in bringing you up. For me,  it was my Aunt Nettie. I wrote about her and my […]

It seems that District Judge Jeanine Howard doesn’t know what constitutes rape in the state of Texas and perhaps she should step down from the bench for a while until she figures it out. At least she has recused herself from one of the most absurd rulings regarding rape in modern memory. Good idea. Howard […]

ATLANTA – As I walked the streets of Georgia last week, I was thinking about guns. Sporting a wide smile, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, a radical Republican, signed into law one of the most troubling and potentially dangerous pieces of legislation in our nation’s history: Starting July 1, it will be legal for licensed gun […]