If by chance you were hopeful that Donald Trump and his team would miraculously morph into honest, decent people after he was inaugurated, this weekend provided a rude awakening. I must admit it was so underhanded and patently unethical that it shocked even me – a full-time Trump critic. Just 24 hours into the presidency, […]
His death is on our hands. It was fully and completely preventable. It happened on our watch. We are all responsible. End of story. It’s not a conservative or liberal thing. It’s not a Republican or Democrat thing. It’s a New York thing. It’s an American thing. And this morning, I’m asking all of you […]
This past Sunday, I spoke at the Apollo Theater in Harlem for their annual program honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther. King, Jr., and the moderator asked those of us on the panel an essential question. It’s a question we must all come to grips with. He asked us, with Democrats now controlling the governments in […]
Last month, on the 61st anniversary of the launch of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, we launched Phase 1 of what we are calling the Injustice Boycott. Over 300,000 people from all 50 states and over 40 countries have signed on to say that they are ready to put their money where their mouth is on […]
Later today, Senator Jeff Sessions will begin his Senate confirmation hearings as he prepares to become Donald Trump’s Attorney General. The man has a long and painful history of bigotry. He was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Donald Trump for President and is generally thought of as the most conservative member of the entire […]
A man widely accepted to be a pretty terrible human being is scheduled to become our next president in 17 days. I won’t make another rundown of all of the awful things he has said and done. I’ve done that a dozen times. Pretty much every reputable news outlet in the country has covered Donald […]
We now have just 3 days left in 2016 and I wanted to take a few minutes out to address something. I keep hearing that 2017 is going to be a terrible year. I even hear some people saying it’s going to be “the end of the world” or “Armageddon.” I heard some religious […]
On last Thursday morning I told you about an awful case of police brutality in Fort Worth, Texas. A mother, Jacqueline Craig, who is black, called the police because a man in the neighborhood, who is white, choked her 7 year old son. Within a minute of the police arriving, the officer dismissed her […]
Last night I planned a Christmas message for the show. I was going to tell you to watch less news, love on your family and friends, go see Fences and Hidden Figures, and do some good in the lives of the people around you. Then, late last night, while I was literally writing out […]
Yesterday was a truly terrible day in the world. As a full blown human rights catastrophe continues to unfold in Aleppo, Syria, an assassin shot and killed a Russian diplomat in Turkey, 12 people were killed in Germany as a truck was rammed into a crowded market, and 3 people were shot at a mosque […]
I’m not a sore loser. For my entire life, I’ve called the man who won the presidential election by their rightful title of President of the United States. I didn’t vote for Ronald or either George, but to me they were always President Reagan and President Bush. Under no circumstance will I be calling […]
Last week, here on the show, after the Grammy nominees were announced, and we learned that the Top 5 most nominated artists were all Black artists, which has never happened before, I did a segment on how we are currently in the midst of a beautiful renaissance of Black music, art, and culture. I […]
