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Carville: Louisiana demands justice, not charity
 For too long, the federal government and industry alike have simultaneously abused and neglected, patronized and plundered, and now polluted the people of Louisiana. And our plight now is a national emergency. Read more » 
Zakaria: Obama caves in to media frenzy over BPPresident Obama's stepped-up focus on the Gulf oil disaster and his hardline rhetoric against BP are accomplishing little and risk distracting the White House from other urgent responsibilities, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. Read more » Who are the credit ratings agencies?The financial world was thrown into a tailspin last weekend as credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's first downgraded Greece's debt rating to junk status, and also lowered the ratings of Portugal and Spain. Read more » 
Protect voter gains of 'Bloody Sunday'Commentary: Donna Brazile says minority voters still face obstacles to casting their ballots. Read more » 
Willie's World: Time for Obama to lower his profile"It was quite a scene down at the Cut steakhouse in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, where I had dinner with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez." Read more » 
My father's handsAlzheimer's is a disease that now afflicts more than four million people in our nation, and one of them is my father, Ignacio. It is a heart-breaking disease that affects every member of the family. Read more » Another View: Focus on urban violence can’t be a ‘drive-by’ concernIt was with some concern that when the 16-year-old student Derrion Albert was killed recently by other youths wielding wooden clubs in Chicago, the White House responded by deciding to send Attorney... Read more » Obama opposition not sufficient for a GOP comebackIn his first year in office, former President Bill Clinton, who had run as a centrist, was drawn into the new left vortex of socialized health care, which led to a resounding defeat for Clinton and... Read more » Parental guidance needed for mothers, fathers upset over address to studentsNo one questioned President Barack Obama’s right to deliver an address Wednesday night on health care to a joint session of Congress. However, his decision to address students the day before on... Read more » Just how radical is President Obama?Barack Obama hired Anthony “Van” Jones as a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Jones is an admitted “rowdy... Read more » Will Obama take up the lion’s roar?When I began my academic career at Brandeis University just outside Boston, Ted Kennedy was in the Senate, but had established little fame. Twenty years later, I came back to Boston, or rather Cambridge,... Read more » Another View: Speeding on the highway to federally funded racism
I first wrote about this issue in January 1997. The discrimination against Black contractors on federal highway projects is worse now than ever before. We cried in 1997 and must now scream and... Read more » The real myth of health careOne of the more pernicious myths surrounding the debate over health care is the oft-repeated claim that conservatives do not want reform. Nonsense! What we do not want is the warm bucket of snake oil... Read more » Another View: Religious faithful cannot stay on sidelines of health care debateDuring the fierce battle with the Amalekites, when Moses raised his hands the Israelites won, but when he tired and dropped them, his enemies won. So Moses’ brother Aaron and Hur, a friend, stood... Read more » Back from the brink of a deadly racial injustice
After years of heartbreak and disappointment, Troy Davis is finally getting a chance to have evidence heard in his case after being denied a fair trial since he was arrested almost two decades ago. It... Read more » Do we need a town hall on race?What would a town hall on race look like? I do not mean the aesthetics — the color of the carpet or where panelists would sit, but the guts of it — the substance. I am pondering the question... Read more » Another View: A young boy’s death that could have been preventedAs a child, Devante Johnson’s future seemed to be full of promise. He made excellent grades in school and was a help around the house. His mother, Tamika Scott, worked hard, managing to raise... Read more » Health care plan doesn’t pass the smell testThe narrative currently being written by the new left posits that opposition to their attempts to reform health care is fueled by political impotence, crackpot extremism and racism. Alas, elected officials... Read more » 
N.Y. Times Op-Ed: Obama: Why we need health care reform
In the end, health care reform isn’t about politics and fear. It’s about changing a system that often works better for the health-insurance companies than it does for millions of Americans. Read more » Three R’s can explain anti-Obama extremists: Republican Race RageSeveral people have contacted me about the similarities between Paul Krugman’s recent New York Times article and my own idea that the Republican base in motivated by a rage that is, in part, racial. I... Read more » If Michael could forgive his father, why can’t we?In the nonstop hoopla surrounding the death of Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson has become the person everyone loves to hate. TV commentators drop all pretense of objectivity by openly dismissing him as... Read more » Essay: No More Excuses
The United States has a glorious history. We are the most powerful and influential country in the world today. Our constitution is the oldest in the world. It is a blueprint for our democratic government,... Read more » Another View: Promise of Change: U.S. Engagement With AfricaPresident Obama’s first 200 days have been both promising and perilous. The symbolism of Obama’s first trip to Africa as president held the attention of foreign policy watchers, but only... Read more » Cynicism in the health care debateThe current philosophy of governance — and this includes governance of the Democrat and Republican variety — is that there is tremendous capacity in government to better the lives of average... Read more » Perverse racismIt’s been just over six months since the first African-American president assumed the reins as leader of the free world, and thus became arguably the most powerful man on Earth. Following... Read more » Obama’s Honduras problem
The Obama administration’s handling of the recent coup in Honduras has been a bit disconcerting. Actually, it has been more than a “bit” disconcerting. After all, the US government... Read more » Fifteen years later, years, a partnership looks crystal-clearI suppose after 15 years of marriage I should stop wondering aloud how on earth I ended up with this woman. Least ways I should stop wondering aloud when my lovely wife is within earshot. Not that after... Read more » Another View: Spotlight returns to ‘restaveks’ of HaitiDespite Haiti’s constant media coverage, the news is almost always terrible. For that reason, I was not surprised at the coverage of the plight of “restaveks." The term restavek... Read more » Protecting our Black farmersBlack farmers in the United States are disappearing. In the 1920s, there were approximately 900,000; today there are only 18,000, accounting for less than 1 percent of America’s farmers. But... Read more » Another View: What do we tell our young people about Gates' dustup?
We often teach our children that if you study, go to school, work hard and remain focused, you will be able to transcend the many racial and social boundaries that permeate in society; that if you stay... Read more » Led by the racialist-in-chief, ‘profiling’ again misidentifiedIn the age of Obama, the arrest of a prominent Black Harvard professor on the steps of his own home was sure to ignite a discussion about the state of race relations in America. Upon his return... Read more » Another View: What possessed Sen. Boxer to go ‘racial’?Here we were in the Senate Dirksen building participating in a congressional hearing on the pending climate legislation known as the Waxman/Markey Bill. This is a gigantic piece of proposed... Read more » NYPD still shoots first, blames the victim laterIt was a quiet Saturday evening in Brooklyn when Shem Walker visited his mother’s home in Clinton Hill. The 49-year-old father of two routinely checked on her, enjoyed the company of his tight-knit... Read more » Obama wows the NAACPWell, despite what we hear to be something of a struggle within his administration about how close President Barack Obama should be to the African-American community, he showed up at the 100th anniversary... Read more » Personal stories illustrate hazards of universal careIn May 2004 the New York Times published an article entitled “Health Care Leads Other Issues in Canadian Vote.” The substance of the article was that in the elections that were upcoming,... Read more » Obama's trip to AfricaWhile discussing Africa ahead of his trip to Ghana, President Obama stated he is not a big believer in excuses. I understand the president’s frustration. It pains me to see the same stories... Read more » Obama's continental dividePresident Obama gave another eloquent speech while visiting Ghana. Yet, after reading it carefully, I walked away feeling that, once again, he provided an incomplete, if not misleading context. Just... Read more » Jenny Sanford for SenateThe schadenfreude of the new left over the public unraveling of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford suggests that when it comes to the issue of public officials and private morality, they are... Read more » Another View: Greed puts reform in critical conditionThe United States of America is undeniably and unequivocally the most dominant and industrialized nation in the world. It’s no wonder that countless people still flock to our borders with... Read more » Rebuilding something betterNearly six months ago, my administration took office amid the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. At the time, we were losing, on average, 700,000 jobs a month. And many feared that our financial system was... Read more » Another View: Mr. Obama goes to AfricaThis week, President Barack Obama is on the road again. He began his trip in Russia for delicate talks with leaders there about war and peace. He then makes a stop in Italy for the G8 summit... Read more » Health coverage: Making too little, making too much?The James family in Fort Worth, Texas, should be celebrating right now. After losing his last job due to the difficult economy, Jason James, who worked as a supervisor at a warehouse company, had been... Read more » Michael Jackson and ‘White Fever’One of the major ways in which Malcolm X differed from other Black leaders in the late 1950s and early 1960s was his persistent focus on the psychological as well as the physical assaults on Black people... Read more » Out of many, we are the best reason to love AmericaMy son was confused. “Why does everyone hate America?” Sadly he wasn’t referring to Iran or even France. He was talking about the other children in his class. Apparently during... Read more » Another View: Thomas’ lonely crusade against Black voting rights
It is worth noting that when the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its most recent decision on whether to uphold Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in the Austin Municipal District case, Justice Clarence... Read more » Hold the apology, we’ll take 40 acres
Are Black folks special or what? The U.S. Senate, perhaps soon to be followed by the House of Representatives, issued an apology for the enslavement of Black people in this country. Wow! How... Read more » If discrimination continues, how do we get beyond race?“Race has no place in American life or law.” President John F. Kennedy spoke these words the evening of June 11, 1963, following the desegregation of the University of Alabama. In the speech... Read more » The Zeleza Post: Michael Jackson: The death of a Black manPaul Tiyambe Zeleza: "My enthusiasm for Michael Johnson died slowly with his gradual metamorphosis from Blackness into Whiteness. His diehard supporters said he suffered from a rare skin disease called vitiligo. Whatever the merits of that, he clearly suffered from a much more common ailment called Black self-hatred." Read more » Did Obama tear down that wall?In the heat of all the evaluations of the administration of President Barack Obama, we should not let this moment pass that connects his speech in Cairo to the progressive movement in Iran. I don’t... Read more » Sheriff’s poor treatment of migrants has familiar stenchWe often hear the phrase, “this country was built on the backs of slaves.” Men and women who were stripped of all rights and liberties, and forcibly made to execute the hardest labor around,... Read more » |
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