Soul singing icon Etta James has never been one to bite her tongue over a real or perceived insult. But Etta outdid herself this go round with her name call at a part of the president’s anatomy (his ears), and then cavalierly blew him off with the he’s not my president line. The really surprising […]
February 6, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
By Tolu Olorunda | Blackcommentator.com
In the coming years, as the snow-White press corps seeks to challenge Obama on the pressing issues facing the country, of what use is the Black Press to an administration it helped cheerlead into victory? Is the Black Press willing to step up to the plate and hold […]
February 6, 2009 | Posted in Media, Nation, Op-Ed | Read more »
By Pepper Miller Black America Is Still Playing Catch-Up John and Maggie Anderson of Oak Park, Ill., made headlines in December when they pledged to help jump-start the economy by exclusively supporting Black-owned businesses for an entire year beginning Jan. 1. As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times:
The Andersons, who plan to spend about $10,000 a month […]
February 6, 2009 | Posted in Black Owned, Op-Ed | Read more »
In an interview running on Inside Edition Wednesday night, George W. Bush’s former chief of staff Andrew H. Card Jr. huffs that “there should be a dress code of respect” in the White House. President Obama, he says, should “wear a suit coat and tie.”
And if that wasn’t enough to gast a few flabbers, […]
February 5, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
by Cecil Brown
For Black History Month, I recently gave a talk at a Vallejo middle school. As the teacher introduced me, I could see the faces of 300 students glazing over. “Our special guest,” he said, “has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.” That did not impress them. Then, in a desperate attempt […]
February 5, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
“A cold-blooded murderer gets out of jail is an injustice,” was the cry from a protester who left Alameda County Superior Court when it was learned bail had been set for former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, accused of murdering Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station early New Year’s Day, at $3 million.
Another protester […]
February 4, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination yesterday as a firestorm erupted over his “inadvertent” failure to pay $128,000 in taxes.
Two hours before Daschle’s withdrawal, Nancy Killefer, Obama’s nominee for chief White House performance officer, withdrew from consideration because of her own unpaid payroll taxes.
Today Obama announced a $500,000 cap […]
February 4, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
I know, I know, she’s only 16, but what’s wrong with this chick? If you’re #35 on the Forbes richest celebrities list, then you qualify to get a Dan Aykroyd “Jane, you ignorant slut” style response from me. The teenage Miley Cyrus (daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus) and her friends showed how far […]
February 4, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
The great puzzle in the Tom Daschle tax scam is how President Obama’s vetter’s missed it. Or as Obama himself sheepishly admitted in an interview, “I screwed up.” The simple answer is Obama’s vetting team did ask Daschle, as well as then Treasury secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner and Nancy Killefer his would be nominee as […]
February 4, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »
This past weekend I performed at a financial aid fundraiser at my former (and Malia and Sasha Obama’s current) school, Sidwell Friends.
I re-lived the inauguration through my Twitter updates and Flickr photos and guarantee that you’ve never seen inaugural coverage like this.
February 2, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed | Read more »