By The Admin on May 26, 2011
Raynard Jackson
Essence Magazine used to be the preeminent magazine for Black women in the U.S. They, like many Black publications, have lost their relevance; and in the process become an embarrassment to the very group they claim to target.
Essence was founded in 1968 by Ed Lewis, Clarence Smith, Cecil Hollingworth, Jonathan Blount, and Denise Clark. [...]
Posted in Media, Race
By The Admin on May 26, 2011
More than three times as many Americans would choose to eat lunch and have a chat with President Barack Obama over any of the several Republican hopefuls vying to be elected President in 2012, according to the findings of a new Sachs/Mason-Dixon poll. In a distant second place, the Republican political figure most liked [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Featured
By The Admin on May 26, 2011
Paul Scott
- Recently, Fox News’ talking head, Eric Bolling complained about President Obama being in Ireland “chugging 40’s” instead of TCB-ing (Taking Care of Business) on the home front in the wake of the tornado tragedy in Joplin. For those who aren’t hip to the Hip Hop vernacular, a “40″ is short for high octane, [...]
Posted in BPOTW Guest Submissions, Featured, Media, Race
By The Admin on May 26, 2011
OpEdNews
- Generations of African Americans survived the horrors of slavery, post-slavery racism and “Jim Crow” segregation, but may not survive toxic contamination and pollution assault from industrial facilities. Toxic racism has not only destroyed hard-working African American families’ health but has also robbed them of their transformative wealth–wealth, which resides largely in their homes and [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on May 25, 2011
Seattle Medium
- Rev. Joseph Lowery, an iconic Godfather in the civil rights community, says Black leaders must consider “the political realities” of what President Obama can and cannot do and the racism that he is facing before they arbitrarily take to criticizing him.
“I think we have to give him the benefit of the doubt at [...]
Posted in White House
