Usually on The Lookout I share my views on at least five stories concerning Black folks in the media but this week, all anybody…
While co-hosting the national radio show, Keeping It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, I listen carefully to the occasional caller who will ask us to ignore racists, take the high road, and move on. No, I won’t. I can’t ignore racists – who incidentally are on the rise in America, according to The Southern Poverty […]
President Barack Obama will speak directly to Black Americans this week, which I believe is part of the President’s ongoing crusade to outline a national social agenda to uplift citizens of color. Obama is scheduled to headline Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) conference in New York April 9th through April 12th. The President’s […]
TORONTO (AP) — What could be controversial about the city of Toronto congratulating Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes? Ask Rob Ford. The Toronto mayor on Wednesday cast the sole “no” vote on a City Council motion to offer the athletes kudos. Minutes earlier, he also was the only council member to vote against a proposal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The defining moment of a bizarre election season in the nation’s capital wasn’t provided by Mayor Vincent Gray or any of the seven Democrats trying to unseat him in next week’s primary. Instead, it came from the city’s top prosecutor. U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said this month that Gray knew about an […]
According to a guy who never directly worked for her, First Lady Michelle Obama is a tough boss. That was the takeaway from a story in The New Republic entitled The Worst Wing: How the East Wing Shrank Michelle Obama written by Reid Cherlin, a former White House assistant press secretary. Chief among his criticisms are […]
Data journalist Nate Silver predicted the 2012 Presidential outcomes in every state. Now he says the Republican Party has a good chance to take back…
Bill O’Reilly is obsessed with criticizing Beyonce – for all the wrong reasons. And it’s getting old. O’Reilly, the conservative Fox News commentator, has unleashed a continuing campaign against Beyonce for her “raunchy” videos that O’Reilly says young girls – many of whom are Beyonce’s fans — should not watch. He has criticized Beyonce on […]
Congressional Black Caucus chair Marcia Fudge is unabashedly holding Rep. Paul Ryan’s feet to the fire. It’s a welcomed move by a formidable leader on Capitol Hill. Fudge deserves our support — and praise. “If he wants to believe that the only way to cure poverty is to just get rid of all the poor people, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray knew about an off-the-books “shadow campaign” to support his 2010 bid for the office and personally requested the funds from an influential district businessman, federal prosecutors said Monday. Gray, who’s seeking a second term and faces seven challengers in the district’s April 1 Democratic primary, dismissed […]
Rep. Elijah Cummings, always a gracious legislator, declined to say whether he felt disrespected after Republican Rep. Darrell Issa rudely turned off Cummings’ microphone during a congressional hearing this week. Issa, perhaps the most contentious Republican on Capitol Hill, ignored Cummings, abruptly adjourned the hearing, turned his back on Cummings, and stormed out of the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s governors emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday claiming harmony, only to immediately break into an on-camera partisan feud in front of the West Wing. Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal lashed out first, saying if Obama were serious about growing the economy, he would approve the Keystone […]
