Four Hundred Thousand Reasons to Vote

| Oct 11, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyThey say that the definition of a political gaffe is a politician caught telling the truth. Recently, former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson got in trouble for speaking his mind about Social Security. Simpson, the co-chair of President Barack Obama’s task force on...

A Radical Agenda in Troubled Times

| Oct 4, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyIt hasn’t been an easy two years. In 2008, Americans flatly rejected a party that had created a devastating recession, sent our troops off to two seemingly unending wars, and refused to find solutions to crises in our immigration and health care systems. Two...

From Death Row to Elusive Freedom

| Sep 27, 2010 | Rights / Democracy“Hey Mom, pass the turkey, please.” I silently watch as the wave of many pairs of hands pass the heaving platter to my end of the table. Just as I am forking slices of dark meat onto my plate, I hear the loud slam of a metal door, the clanging of steel...

Remembering Ron Walters

| | Rights / DemocracyIn an era in which political commentary is so often characterized by shallow sound-bites and shrill hyperbole, Dr. Ronald Walters’ scholarly insights helped shape nearly every advancement of black political empowerment of the last century. In the mold of fellow...