In theory, the historic victories of Tim Scott (pictured right) and Mia Love (pictured) are worthy of celebration. After Sen. Jim DeMint resigned in November 2012, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appointed Scott to the office – thus his win on Tuesday makes him not only the first Black senator elected by South Carolina, but the first Black politician to win stateside […]
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the longest two years of your life. A period that will surely feature an already broken Congress proving itself to be even more useless than previously imaginable. There’s lots of blame to go around for this — the growing influence of big money in politics is a good place to begin — but let’s […]
I’m not entirely sure I believe comedian Hannibal Buress when he says he didn’t think making an onstage joke about Bill Cosby’s (pictured) history of rape allegations would generate widespread reaction. We live in an age where anything can spark widespread reaction even if only for a millisecond. Certainly bringing up rape about one […]
As much as I can empathize, I will never know what it’s like to be a woman subjected to the uninvited, and in many cases, menacing attention that comes from strange men on the street. On any given street. At any given time. For no other reason besides a man assuming he is well within his right […]
In an interview with Politico, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) claimed that the Republican presidential candidate in 2016 could capture one-third or more of the Black vote by pushing the following issues: criminal-justice reform, school choice and economic empowerment. He left out the part in which such a feat is even more achievable when you factor in […]
Paranoia about Ebola making its way Stateside has caused many in the media to operate from the space of stupid. It’s not shocking, but no less frustrating. Words mean things and they have consequences so you would hope that those given the responsibility of covering the disease to the public would behave responsibly. Then again, who cares about […]
No matter who or what you are, you are likely to occasionally fall victim to looking at the world through a very specific lens. Such is anyone’s right, and ultimately, our experiences are our experiences. However, with a certain level of knowledge and an equal measure of maturity should come one realization: It isn’t all […]
As exhausting as it is to write about the continued mistreatment of Black people — male, female, adult, and youth alike — and as tiresome as it must be to continue to read about it, let us never forget that it is even worse for those who have to experience it firsthand. Tracy Hamilton admits that her […]
On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to give democracy another Street Fighter-like kick to the jock. In yet another 5-4 vote split along ideological lines (or evil versus reasonable, if we’re being blunt about it), the ruling delayed the state of early voting in Ohio that was set to begin on Tuesday. The move, which was […]
Though there is an ever-increasing amount of new information coming out about the White House fence-jumper who made it much further in to the building than initial reports suggested, one constant remains: my Negro nerves are depleting at a rapid pace. Not long after Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was grilled on Capitol Hill over […]
According to a new study released by the Public Religion Institute, 51 percent of White Americans agree that Black people as well as other minority groups are treated unfairly in the criminal justice system — up from 42 percent in 2013. I imagine this is the part where I’m supposed to say, “Congratulations, 51 percent of White […]
Although still on the radar, the spotlight pointed on the shooting death of Michael Brown and the events that followed in Ferguson, Mo., have noticeably dimmed. That reality is brought on by varying factors, including a new war, the 24-hour news cycle, and the Internet, which has even less of an attention span than cable […]