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Jussie Smollett Supporters: Rooting for a 'Modern Lynching' Feb. 21, 2019
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., not only believed black and openly gay actor Jussie Smollett's tale of... Read More
The Virginia Blackface Follies Feb. 14, 2019
The "blackface scandal" proved beneficial for two things. It displaced the frenzy over Democratic Vi... Read More
Short Takes on Judges Who Talk First, Think Later Feb. 11, 2019
Red-Faced Blackface Gucci has pulled from shelves its "blackface sweater," which was pretty much exa... Read More
Virginia Unreal Feb. 09, 2019
Politics is not brain surgery; it's not that complicated. Politics is about addition, not subtractio... Read More
NFL's Kaepernick Still Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' -- Despite Reform Action and Lack of Evidence Feb. 07, 2019
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's attorney accused the musical group Maroon 5 of crossing th... Read More
Not Separate, And Yet Unequal: The Criminalization of Black Children In Public Schools Feb. 07, 2019
By the time the four 12-year-old girls' parents released a letter last Friday detailing the events t... Read More
Virginia Gov. Northam Cannot Recover From Racist Yearbook Depiction Feb. 07, 2019
There is no question that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam needs to resign. On Friday, the Democrat admit... Read More
Betrayed in Virginia Feb. 06, 2019
First, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he wasn't sure which of the two people in the 1984 "clearly ... Read More
Sacrificing Northam Will Not Be Enough Feb. 05, 2019
"Once that picture with the blackface and the Klansman came out, there is no way you can continue to... Read More
A Study in Morals Feb. 05, 2019
"Moral authority." Hmm. Who shoe-horned that notion into the national conversation? According to for... Read More
Trump and His Supporters Are in This Fight for the Long Haul Jan. 25, 2019
I couldn't care less about the State of the Union address, and I'm hardly panicking about the govern... Read More
Anti-Social Media Jan. 24, 2019
This past weekend, Twitter was on fire about an event near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. After... Read More
In the Annals of Tone-Deafness, These MLK Observances Deserve Special Note Jan. 23, 2019
Monday's federal holiday should have been about honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ki... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jan. 19, 2019
Trump brags he is the best deal-maker in the world. Has he talked to Megyn Kelly's attorney? NBC rep... Read More
You're Nobody Until Somebody (White) Kills You Jan. 17, 2019
Social media rang with righteous indignation over the senseless killing of Jazmine Barns, who was sh... Read More
Day of Service -- Life of Service Jan. 17, 2019
This Monday, we will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated when... Read More
Rep. White Supremacist Jan. 16, 2019
In May 2012, at a town hall, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, compared immigrants to dogs. "You get the pick... Read More
The Trump 'Resistance': Right-Wing Racists Bad, Left-Wing Racists Not So Much Jan. 10, 2019
Newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a recent "60 Minutes" interview, said there ... Read More
Acceptable Racism Dec. 12, 2018
How appropriate would it be for a major publicly held American company to hire a person with a histo... Read More
A Reasonable Proposal Put Forth on 'Silent Sam' Dec. 11, 2018
Chancellor Carol Folt and the trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have come ... Read More
