Raise your hand if when you heard about the terrorist hostage-taking situation in Kenya you thought, “They’re malls in Africa?” Well, apparently the condiment has come a long way since monkeys taught Tarzan how to speak. But of course you knew that, right? Of course you did. The only thing you don’t know about Africa […]
On Friday, President Barack Obama made it perfectly clear that Edward Snowden is no patriot in response to a question from MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. And you know what? As I’ve written before, Snowden is most definitely not a patriot. So yeah, I’m with Obama on this one all the way. And yes, Snowden should be […]
Not that I ever really lost it, but Edward Snowden has restored my faith in America. Whether you regard him as a hero or as a “traitor,” as John Boehner called him for his revealing government secrets (secrets which are in fact perfectly legal). The fact remains: There is nowhere else on earth that a […]
Pissed off that the govt is spying on you? Welcome to being black in America. My man, Dr. Cornel West called it the “Niggerization of America.” And it’s been happening since 9/11. To that point, watching privileged folk lose their freedom-loving minds this morning, has been nothing but pure comedy for me. Oh, and when […]
The minute I heard that John McCain snuck into Syria to speak with “rebels” fighting the Syrian government, I knew it was not going to end well. Naturally the cynic in me laughed uncontrollably at the thought of a 150-year-old John McCain, attempting to reprise the role of “John Rambo” famously played by Sylvester Stallone […]
Okay, teachable moment aside, the truth is that in America much to the disadvantage of dark-skinned people, the Muslim religion is used to denote one’s race. Why? Because, well, Jesus was a Jew and of course everybody knows that Jesus was a white man, right? Never mind the fact that both religions are spinoffs from […]
Speaking of Black History Month, have you heard about the massive Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) manhunt for ex-cop, Christopher Dorner? As irony would have it, Dorner happens to be a black man om a mission of vengeance against his former employer, the LAPD. Dorner is being pursued by law enforcement for three murders, of […]
I watch and read the reports on Palestine. The land of Palestine, being fought over. One side with all the latest in weaponry supplied and supported by the most powerful country in the world. the other firing homemade rockets, which is actually more than when they used to throw rocks or send in suicide […]
Ok, I know; yes, he really did say that. No, this isn’t one of those headlines from The Onion that has anything to do with rolling down airplane windows. No, this is real life Mitt Romney, folks. As if we needed to be convinced that Romney is out-of-touch with the lives of human beings, Mitt, […]
Back in 2008 – well, as early as 2005 – I was pretty sure that as it related to the election of Barack Obama that racism was alive and well enough to override common sensibilities and that he would not be president just yet. Then on August 29, 2008 it was announced that Sarah Palin […]
Until recently, I wasn’t sure whether Mitt Romney was running for president of the United States, or Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan. What can I say, his “Keep America American,” campaign slogan was once used by the KKK back in 1922. Pretty good slogan especially when you’re running against the first black president […]
I’m bothered by the centerpiece of news reports on yesterday’s shooting on Capitol Hill being police officers working without pay, due to the government shutdown. I’d like to think that the real story would be the victim, and postpartum depression. That said, maybe if she was armed with an assault rifle there’d be more of […]
The U.S. Government is still closed. Already, the public is starting to see its disastrous effects with more to come in the near future if a resolution isn’t reached soon. Yet, some members of the gang (That’s right. I call them a ‘gang’) seem jovial about the whole fiasco. The Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. […]
Ajamu Baraka is an internationally recognized human rights defender whose experience spans three decades of domestic and international education and activism. He is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles for more than 25 years. Ajamu was the Founding Executive Director of the […]
Fixers — fictional ones at least — are hard at work helping citizens navigate the new health care law at the center of the current government shutdown. In the parody video, Scandalous, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson parodies the hugely popular ABC prime time drama, Scandal, as she runs about town highlighting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The video is […]
“President Obama can’t wait to get Americans addicted to the crack cocaine of dependency on more government health care.” -Michele Bachmann And now we will see just how long the privileged illiterates in Congress can hold their breath to stop the Affordable Care Act, which having been passed by Capital Hill, signed by the President […]
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