Wilmer J. Leon
America: The “Shining City” on the Hill is truly a Mirage
Ronald Reagan extolled the fantasy version of America as did many presidents before and after him. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. “I’ve thought a bit of ...
Question To Biden-Harris Administration—What’s in It for African Americans?
Biden-Harris, the new team. But what’s in it for the folks who propelled the ticket to victory? This is how Dr. Martin Luther King, ...
Joe Biden’s Proposed Cabinet–A Kinder and Gentler Imperialism
President-elect Joe Biden. On Nov. 7, President-elect Joe Biden said: “Tonight, the whole world is watching America. And I believe at our best, America ...
COVID-19, America, and Donald Trump: The Fire This Time
Donald Trump. Dangrous POTUS in era of pandemic. Photo: Gage Skidmore Here’s how James Baldwin put it in Down At The Cross ...
Biden v. Trump: The Dangers of Binary Politics for the African American Community
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III “You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger…This innocent ...
On Trump, Military Budget, and Foreign Meddling: With “Friends” Like the Democrats Who Will Fight The Neocons?
Nancy Pelosi–Forward, never? Photo Gage Skidmore. Wikimedia Commons. Democrats as “Liberal”? No, Neo-Liberal Capitulation On Wednesday, December 18, The House of Representatives ...
“Jay-Z” Did Not Sell Out, He Bought In
Jay-Z. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said: “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is ...
President Trump Is Proof Positive That Ignorance is Bliss — And Dangerous
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”–Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Love the Poorly Educated” Donald ...
Beyond Ferguson: White Police Officers Have A Record Of Excessive-Force Targeting Of Black Males
Michael Brown — latest victim of historical police brutality against Black males Past Is Prologue Marcus Mosiah Garvey once said, “America, that has been ...
