Commentary

For those few African Americans who claim they don’t feel the same sense of euphoria, think again: Monday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama was still all about making history. I’ve overheard some black residents of Washington, D.C. talking about how Obama’s inauguration was no longer important, or somehow insignificant, because we’ve been there, done that […]

President Barack Obama is subtly incorporating race into his inauguration for a second term in the White House. When Obama is publicly sworn-in on Monday as America’s 45th president, he will place his right hand on two weather-worn Bibles – one owned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the other by Abraham Lincoln – […]

A lot of people hate the media, equating them to soulless ghouls who prey on human misery or to lawyers, who simply profit off human misery. Either way, the once respected craft of journalism has fallen by the wayside in the 24-hour news cycle, which in itself deserves a great share of the blame. When […]

Don’t drag President Barack Obama’s daughters into the debate over guns. Just when I thought the National Rifle Association couldn’t sink any lower – it did. The NRA released a shameless video ad this week that references Obama’s daughters, Sasha and Malia, and links the girls to Obama’s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence […]

Boy, it didn’t take long for haters of “Django Unchained” to get cranked up, did it? If I read between the lines correctly, some people were even hating the film BEFORE it was released on Christmas Day. Enter author, television talk show host and commentator Tavis Smiley, who admits that he hasn’t seen the film. […]

Comedians are part of a very special fraternity. It takes unique skill to draw upon the world’s problems (as well as their own) to illicit…

Once again the President is getting flack, this time for not appointing enough people of color to his cabinet. Never mind that he’s not finished yet. I don’t care what color the President’s cabinet is. We’ve got bigger problems to worry about. I just want him to appoint people who can help get this country […]

I appreciate Colin Powell’s bold comments about the racism that permeates the Republican Party – I only wish that Powell had decided to unleash his wrath on the GOP during last year’s presidential election. But it’s better late than never – and Powell did the right thing by putting his party on notice. “There’s also […]

On one level, this should have been a good development – especially for black women. Ever since Sir Mix-A-Lot made a rap song praising women with figures that didn’t resemble an adolescent boy’s, ever since Jennifer Lopez’s butt began to attract more attention than her acting, and especially since Serena Williams and First Lady Michelle […]

Give President Barack Obama a break. He deserves time to complete his Cabinet appointments. The president was forced to defend his record on diversity Monday after Democrats started lining up to criticize Obama for appointing too many white men to his Cabinet and not selecting enough women and people of color to his inner circle. […]

Sweetie Pie’s is saving Oprah Winfrey’s television network. Actually, a more strategic effort to offer exclusive black programming is significantly boosting ratings for OWN, Winfrey’s struggling two-year-old network that has caused major headaches for executives of Discovery Communications, the company that leveraged a reported $300 million to get OWN up and running. But today, OWN […]

People talk about being happy, successful and RICH but you don’t hear as much about people living an authentic life. We are constantly bombarded with messages about material success and self-gratification. They are on the TV, the Internet, in magazines. We adopt the philosophies of others and normally that philosophy is that “to want to […]