Dr. Cornel West

Will the real next President West please stand up?!

Following Michael Eric Dyson’s open and brutal critique of his former friend Dr. Cornel West, the author opened up to HuffPost Live’s Marc Lamont Hill about the…

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Pounding rain and tornado watches didn’t deter hundreds of protesters Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters, where they stayed for almost four hours to mark how long 18-year-old Michael Brown’s body was left in a street after he was fatally shot by police. Organizers of the four-day Ferguson October protests dubbed the […]

Roland Martin talks to activist and author, Dr. Cornel West on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. His new book, ‘Black Prophetic Fire’ is about connecting African Americans who’ve been willing to speak prophetically about the issues of today. “We have to remember we come from a tradition of great people. We’ve got to tell the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley, who has brought rare diversity to late-night TV for a decade on PBS, will add another two years to his run. The “Tavis Smiley” show has been renewed through 2015, PBS said Thursday. “The highlight for me is surviving,” Smiley said, noting the growing competitiveness in the late-night talk […]

This past week Dr. Cornel West has been working overtime with  the clowning of anything Obama. His latest fusillade is directed at both both MSNBC and their host Rev. Al Sharpton. As we reported earlier, When Dr. West was asked his opinion President Obama’s comments on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case, he resorted to characterizing […]

Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about Prince William and Kate’s son, Cornel West linking Obama to Zimmerman and more on the TJMS.

I suppose Cornel West just couldn’t help himself. One day after his sidekick, Tavis Smiley, ripped President Barack Obama on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” West called Obama a “global George Zimmerman” during a rambling critique where West accused Obama of being hypocritical in his response to the Travyon Martin killing and George Zimmerman’s acquittal. “We […]

Tavis Smiley, a persistent critic of President Barack Obama, now claims that the White House is quietly and systematically wrecking his initiatives by pressuring  corporate sponsors to drop their support for Smiley’s projects. Smiley told the Associated Press that members of the Obama administration, whom he didn’t identify, have successfully convinced sponsors to stop funding […]

Dr. Cornel West says that President Barack Obama doesn’t deserve to be sworn in for his second term as President of the United States with…