Commentary
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! My family and I are on the road on the today on our way back to Brooklyn after spending the week with our families in Kentucky. We got a chance to watch two great movies that I would encourage each of you to go see right […]
In just a few minutes I need to break down a troubling situation that is unfolding in St. Louis right now, but first I need to get back to news of a disturbing revelation about Donald Trump and his entire family. As you likely heard, on Tuesday, the State Attorney General of New York announced […]
I’ve said this several times over the past few weeks, but no vote is more important for Democrats than the Black vote. Literally, in most statewide races, and certainly in the Presidential election, Democrats cannot win without the Black vote. Period. We have power, but we aren’t the only ones that understand just how much […]
I wanna jump right in on a few issues this morning – starting back with the presidential election. I’ve said it before, but all of the candidates are making their final decisions right now and will begin announcing their candidacies in just a few weeks. I’ve met and talked with several of them that are […]
I have three very different stories of injustice this morning, but all three of them have a common thread – of people abusing their power and privilege. The three stories would seem to be unrelated, but I assure you they aren’t. First off, I need to give you some important facts and updates about the […]
As you no doubt saw, the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush, who was also the father of the 43rd President of the United States, passed away this past week, and his funerals have been this week. I need to give some perspective here. I think Donald Trump, with his overt bigotry […]
For just a moment, I want to give you an important update on the police shooting of 21 year old EJ Bradford, Jr. – the military veteran who was shot and killed by police at a Birmingham area shopping mall this past Black Friday. If you missed the story, police shot and killed EJ, who […]
Hate groups are on the rise across America, and, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center, President Donald Trump is largely responsible for racists becoming more emboldened – and more violent. The number of hate groups rose to 953 in 2017, from 917 in 2016, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center. Within the white […]
President Donald Trump’s constant verbal assaults on black female journalists is completely unacceptable. Earlier this month, Trump blasted CNN reporter Abby Phillip, CNN contributor April Ryan and PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor, all of whom are African-American women. Trump called Ryan a “loser” and repeatedly told her to “sit down” during a press conference and criticized […]
As you no doubt know by now, on Tuesday, in a runoff election in Mississippi, white folk in Mississippi did what white folk in Mississippi do – they elected a white supremacist to serve as their next United States Senator. In the final weeks leading up to the election, Cindy Hyde Smith repeatedly made it […]
I need to tell you about two very important runoff elections and two horrible cases of police violence where we are calling for justice. First, as you may have seen this weekend right outside of Birmingham, Alabama, a brilliant young brother named EJ Bradford, Jr, was shot and killed by police at a shopping mall […]
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is a busy woman: She is deftly balancing life as a high-profile elected leader, and, as a single mother, she is also taking charge of a new baby. Bowser, 46, is perhaps the only big-city mayor who has adopted a child as a single mom while still in office. She is […]
