Washington Informer
If you're one of the millions of viewers who have been watching the Olympics recently, you're not alone. Nielsen research shows that the all-important, mega-produced opening ceremony in London garnered a stunning 40.7 million total U.S. viewers (Blacks made up…
Thrill to the vibrant gymnastics grace of Gabby Douglas, the fierce tennis power of Serena Williams, the skill of Kayla Harrison in winning the first gold for an American woman in judo. Led by Missy Franklin and Rebecca Soni…
We, as African Americans, must get more involved in making policy. If you are not at the table you will probably end up on the menu. In other words, we too often are left out of the benefit side…
Richard Pryor tells a joke I'm fond of, which has political implications today. A younger Black man who is a junkie [a drug addict] tells an older Black man who is a wine-o [an alcoholic]: "...Your problem is, you…
If you don't follow Olympic gymnastics, you may not have heard about Gabrielle Douglas before this year. But the amazing grace of this 16- year old African American propelled her to Olympic gold last week, and she is the…
As University of California-Berkeley Labor Center Professor Steven Pitts regularly notes, African Americans not only face a crisis of lack of jobs, but we also face a crisis centering on the quality of those jobs. In fact, "underemployment" has…
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." When we look at the state of…
In an attempt to drum up more business, Chick-fil-A has ads and billboards featuring black and white spotted cows – acting in what the company calls their "enlightened self-interest" – urging people to "Eat Mor Chikin." But that's not…
The community conversations taking place across the city concerning the IFF study released in January of school locations and performance is continuing to raise major concerns among parents and residents in neighborhoods where a high number of Tier 3…
Big changes are coming to Ward 8 and residents need to get prepared. Government contractors are gearing up. More than 200 of them showed up at a pre-solicitation workshop at the Lincoln Theatre on Friday, July 27 to hear…
On July 24, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, gave a video keynote speech to 3,200 community and youth leaders attending the Children's Defense Fund's National Conference in Cincinnati. The speech wasn't on…
While watching Mitt Romney's speech before the NAACP in Houston, it dawned on me how Romney and President Obama are out of touch with the needs of Black community. Last week, I dealt with Romney. This week, it's Obama's turn…
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