US Politics

US Politics

Rebuffing Obama’s Plea Bloomberg And Kelly Stick To Racial Profiling

[Publisher’s Commentary] Days after President Barack Obama in his Trayvon Martin speech suggested law enforcement officials review how some existing policies may lead to ...

Immigrant’s Plea For Comprehensive Overhaul

Mikhel A. Crichlow [Op-Ed: Immigration Reform] When I dreamed of my future I saw myself sitting behind a drafting table, a roll of blueprints ...

Leaving The Shadows: AfroLatino’s Plea For Immigration Reform

Jairo Lerma [Op-Ed: On Immigration Reform] As an AfroLatino New York City turns into Arizona at night because of Stop-and-Frisk Laws and my “undocumented” ...

Financial Times Column Spins Trayvon Martin In His Grave: Commission By Omission

[Publisher’s Commentary] A column in The Financial Times’ July 20/21 weekend edition under the headline “A civil rights chase of Zimmerman is doomed to ...

Mr. President: Ray Kelly’s The Champion Of Race Profiling

[View From Washington] Last week President Barack Obama addressed the George Zimmerman verdict and the ugly reality of racial profiling.  He spoke through the ...

President Obama’s Trayvon Speech Evokes W.E.B. Du Bois
’s Double Consciousness

[Pardon My Rant] On July 19th President Obama attempted to place the African American reaction to the George Zimmerman case in proper context for ...

Why U.S. Needs Truth And Reconciliation Commission

Cynthia McKinney [Justice For Trayvon Martin] My Proposal for us to discuss this weekend: Creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to move this country ...

Six Black Women Would’ve Convicted Zimmerman: Trayvon’s Skin Was His Sin

[Publisher’s Commentary] A jury of six Black women would have likely convicted George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin. There would have been ...

George Zimmerman Travesty: How About African Sovereignty Instead Of Constant Marches And Protests?

After George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin by a jury of mostly White women on July 13, 2013 prominent members of Congress ...

Obama Calls For ‘conversation on race’: Says ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago’

[President Obama’s White House Remarks] The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak to an ...