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An Answer to a Supporter of Cornyn and DeVos Speaking at Black Colleges

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A conservative critic of the decision by the Texas Southern University President to disinvite GOP Conservative Texas Senator John Cornyn to give the commencement address at the university challenged me…
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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 14, 2017 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Guess Who Sessions’ War on Drugs Will Target

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions made it official. The federal government will now reboot its war on drugs. The official word came down in the form of memos from Sessions that ordered federal prosecutors to cease and desist on the soft approach former…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 12, 2017 at 9:40am — No Comments

DeVos Richly Deserved Every Boo She Got

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Last February, #45 Trump had a prized photo-op session in the Oval Office with a pleasantly smiling contingent of presidents and administrators of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Trump gave the clear impression from the photo-op that he’d go out of…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 11, 2017 at 10:39am — No Comments

Another Cop Trial, But Will There Be a Conviction this Time?

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These are the known facts in the slaying of fifteen-year old Jordan Edwards by former Balch Springs, Texas police officer, Roy Oliver. He had no criminal record. He was unarmed. He posed no threat to the…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 7, 2017 at 7:27am — No Comments

Hillary Did Not Lose Because She Was a Lousy Candidate

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In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director James Comey defended going…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 5, 2017 at 9:30am — No Comments

What Sanders and Warren Got Right and Wrong About Obama’s Speaking Fees

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Before I get to what Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders got right and wrong about former President Obama’s big Wall Street speech paydays, here’s a personal note. I have headed a non-profit public advocacy and education…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 2, 2017 at 8:40am — No Comments

The Worst Presidential 100 Days Ever

 

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#45 Trump got one thing right about the media hyped first 100 days measuring stick of a new president. It’s a silly measure. In fact, presidents from John F. Kennedy to Obama have derided the 100-day fetish and correctly noted that the far better to…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 25, 2017 at 9:16am — No Comments

Twenty-Five Years After the Flames: Why Are There Still Empty Lots?

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 24, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments

O’Reilly Got the Boot for Being a Sexual Reprobate, But Not for Being Anti-Black

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The ousted and disgraced Bill O’Reilly’s blatant anti-black cracks, digs, slurs and putdowns didn’t start last year, two years ago, or even a decade ago. They started almost from the day that he took the helm of the “Factor” the last century. O’Reilly kicked things…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 20, 2017 at 10:46am — No Comments

Why the Cleveland Facebook Killer Fascinates Us

   

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    A year before Steve Stephens posted his grotesque alleged murder of 74-year…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 18, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments

Impeaching Trump is Not an Option--Yet

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Few subjects have been more hotly debated, scrutinized, and endlessly rehashed, then whether Number 45 Trump can or will be impeached. A deluge of petitions has been circulated on line and tens of thousands of signatures have been gathered…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 17, 2017 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Twenty Five Years After the Flames: Why Are There Still Empty Lots?

 

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It has become a ritual with me. On the 10th, 20th, and now…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 11, 2017 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Gorsuch, Like Thomas, Will Get His Big Payback

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Even worse than the GOP’s ramming Neil Gorsuch on the high court, is what Gorsuch is now poised…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 6, 2017 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Day I Interviewed Cesar Chavez

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The staff at the Los Angeles Free Press was excited in October 1972 when they got word that United Farmworkers of America’s founder and President Cesar Chavez would be stopping by our offices. I was a bit on…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 31, 2017 at 11:47am — No Comments

You Can Kiss Any Discrimination Cases Good-By with a Gorsuch Supreme Court

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The anti-labor, pro-business, blind eye toward discrimination rulings, dissents, opinions and writings of Trump’s SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch have been well-documented. But here’s a brief recap. Between 2007 and 2016, in ten of 14 cases involving…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 30, 2017 at 10:35am — No Comments

If the Democrats Cave on Gorsuch They’ll Be Terribly Sorry

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The day the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Appeals Court Judge and Scalia’s nominated replacement, Neil Gorsuch, said he could barely get down a ski run in Colorado because he was so blinded by tears at his death. This was not a private utterance or…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 19, 2017 at 11:13am — No Comments

The Fourth Slaying of Michael Brown

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Just how many times can you slay someone? If your name was 18-year-old Michael Brown, apparently more than once. The release of new video footage from the convenience store…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 14, 2017 at 11:49am — No Comments

Why the GOP Really Hates Medicaid

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#45 Trump made news again when he abruptly switched gears and said that he wouldn’t keep hands off Medicaid as he kind of, sort of promised to do during the campaign. Now, says Trump, it’s fair game for a…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 10, 2017 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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