Commentary

Ballot or the Bullet

Monday, 05 November 2012 10:30 Corey Yeager, MA, LMFT

On Election Day 2008, I went to my polling site to participate in the most historical election since the origin of this country. I recall the excitement that coursed through me as I made way to my local polling station.

Reparations and the Presidential Elections

Thursday, 01 November 2012 12:55 William Reed, Black Business Exchange

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." – Frederick Douglass

“We Have Decided to Turn the Pain into Power”

Thursday, 01 November 2012 12:36 Marian Wright Edelman

When Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, spoke at the Children's Defense Fund's recent national conference, she shared some details about her son that reminded the audience both how special Trayvon was to his family and at the same time how much the happy, social high school student was like any mother's child. "He was very affectionate. He loved to hug and kiss us at 17. He was still a loving teenager . . . He liked to go to the movies. He liked to go to the mall. He liked to dress nice. He had to smell good. He used to talk on the phone all the time with the girls . . . He was just a loving guy. He loved sports. He loved the outdoors. If he was in this room right now, he would be walking around talking to a lot of you right now."

Is Obama being bullied?

Thursday, 18 October 2012 17:16 William Reed, Black Business Exchange

A "power politics" move is currently at play that could set the stage for the end of the world. What is your perspective on whether Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon? Or, are Americans, President Barack Obama, and the Western world being bum rushed into military adventurism? Do you understand that the fate of the species is at stake?

Could voter suppression win this election?

Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:27 Renee J. Turner

With the discreetly, systemized, and methodical implementation of voter ID and restrictive voting laws pillaging voters of their right to vote, a call to action has not been loud enough.

Private prisons in our midst, part IV of IV

Monday, 15 October 2012 16:47 Sharon Brooks, founder: Peace of Hope

In this day and age, many people have started new businesses of their own.

A listless Obama is still better than Romney

Monday, 15 October 2012 16:44 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist

Somehow, the body snatchers came last Wednesday and took the fire (as in fired up, ready to go) out of President Obama, leaving a rather listless shell of a man who never truly engaged the audience or his opponent. He looked down at his notes, fidgeted, and let Mitt Romney get away with multiple lies.