Political Commentary

Black Prophetic Fire: Book Review *****

It is safe to say that Dr. Cornell West is a brilliant man. There are learned men, men acquainted with facts, men with high degrees of education, but brilliance and genius represent higher order cognitive [...]

Unforgivable Blackness Jack Johnson Heavyweight Champ of the World: Boxing and Politics Part 1

Once upon a time the fine art of pugilism better known as boxing was the most popular sport in America. It was one of the oldest sport and was seen as the ultimate test of sportsmanship and manhood. What other [...]

The Price of the Ticket: Black Politics 2014

There is the old saying in politics that “there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies; only permanent interest.” Black Americans have often learned this lesson the hard way, and in many ways [...]

Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) – Revisited

Kwame Ture AKA Stokely Carmichael may have been the premier political thinker of his generation; however his cogent analysis of racism and what oppressed, aggrieved and disenfranchised people must do have [...]