US Politics

US Politics

Border Issue: Damaging Consequences of “Fence US In”

“Seal the Border!” is a mantra often repeated by those concerned by unlawful immigration. They are willing to spend some $47 billion in addition ...

Zimmerman Travesty Ends Myth Of “Post Racial” America

Black America and people of goodwill of all races watched in utter dismay as the jury in the George Zimmerman Trial issued its verdict ...

Racist Mind-set Convicted Trayvon: He Failed To Prove He Had A Right To Exist

[Beneath The Spin] Zimmerman Supporters are insisting that anyone who points out racism as a component of the Zimmerman verdict is a race-baiter, while ...

George Zimmerman Trial: Was “Fix” in All Along?

[Speaking Truth To Power]   Ever since the acquittal of George Zimmerman by a virtually all-White jury in Florida, African-Americans have been struggling to ...

Eric Holder Supports Repealing “Stand-your-Ground”

[The Zimmerman Outrage]   Since 2005, the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law, has been inappropriately and often fatally extended to apply to any situation where ...

This America! Trayvon Martin And The Unbearable Blackness of Being

Indicted and convicted; just for being Black…. [The Zimmerman Travesty: Personal Reflections]   Well, it’s over; the presentation of the case against George Zimmerman, ...

One Million-plus Sign Petition To DOJ To Charge George Zimmerman

The NAACP’s petition to the Department of Justice asking for federal charges, including civil rights charges, to be filed against George Zimmerman has reached ...

Racism Directed Zimmerman’s Motive And Intent From Get Go

[Beneath The Spin] The vast majority of people in this country, Black, White, and others, are good people. While we all have a strain ...

Protect Our Children From Killers Like Zimmerman As Well As Gunmen Within Our Communities

The murder of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old Black teenager at the hands of George Zimmerman who was on neighborhood watch patrol and ...

On Immigration: Beware Of The Black American Leadership Alliance

[Op-Ed] Obama won because of record Black voter turnout rates   Today, a Black rogue, Right Wing Front, The Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA) ...