It’s no secret that the black church is more outspoken than say, my regular Sunday Catholic church service. I suppose we should give credit to the Rev. Wright controversy for that heightened realization (although I gather most people presumed this long before that YouTube clip hit every media outlet this side of the Milky [...]

It’s safe. You can get help there with your homework and become a hip-hop star. It’s A Place Called Home.

“Die, N-word, we don’t want to see you ‘round here no more.”
It was just last summer that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick made this statement during an NAACP sponsored “funeral” for the ‘N’ word.
But during his state-of-the-city speech Tuesday night, Kilpatrick brought the word back to life.
“In the past 30 days, I’ve been called a [...]

What are delegates, anyway? Are they humans? Are they slowbots? How does this whole democracy contraption even work?

After years of recruiting only black athletes to play football, some of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have begun recruiting more white athletes, posing questions again about the continuing role and relevance of the HBCUs.
The Washington Post details what it calls a new “trend” among HBCUs, diving into the issue of whether [...]

Check out the cards they’re promoting. Classy.

It’s Crazy Super Tuesday and former long-time CBS anchor Dan Rather is setting up shop today at USC’s Annenberg School. He’s kicking off live coverage of the big day for his HDNET program, Dan Rather Reports. But before taking the stage tonight, he spoke to students about national politics and the news.
In addition to [...]

If you’re a registered independent in California, leaning left in this 2008 Presidential election, but feeling left out of the super-hyped Super Tuesday festivities, this post is for you. Come to the polls Tuesday because… you can vote! In 2004, Democrats changed the rules to allow independents to participate in their party’s presidential primary. That’s [...]

If you were nominated by your major media bosses to cover the presidential campaign, congratulations and, I’m sorry. Although an important beat, it has also got to be exhausting, repetitive and overwhelming. The email alone must be mountainous, amounting to an inbox in every account, personal and professional, stuffed to the brim with messages from [...]

Obama H.Q. in L.A.: small, crowded, jammin and a hybrid of the past and the future.