Social Justice Magazine
The Execution of Troy Davis: Time to Ban the Death Penalty This time last week, the world was in shock that the United States of America had put to death Troy Davis, a man convicted of killing a Georgia cop in 1989. Troy Davis maintained his innocence the entire 22 years he was on death row. America maintains a mentality that once convicted - innocence no longer matters. America acts like its … [Read more...]
The President did it. He finally called out the rich to share in the nation’s pain. Introducing his debt-reduction plan, he put the proverbial “gun” right on Congress, right before the 2012 elections. Now let them go out and defend the rich while the rest of America is hurting.The politics of shared sacrifice is about to become a reality for the Republicans. They’re about to sacrifice … [Read more...]
After the August jobs report came in showing the economy flat lining (at least for a month) on new jobs, President Obama’s jobs plan is coming right on time. After a summer of political gamesmanship, lazy @ss Congress is back at work. We will now see if all the “big talk” will turn into action. Or will it be more of the ideological bickering that led to gridlock this past year, and whining … [Read more...]
Now that the national debt ceiling has been raised, and the country has averted economic catastrophe, it really is necessary to process and analyze what a small band of obstructionists have put the nation through.This debt ceiling debate, usually a pro forma act of Congress, took on a political - largely ideological - tone of huge proportions. Why is that?The last President, George W. … [Read more...]
The Redistricting "Power Grab" of African American Seats: No, We’re Not Being "Too Sensitive"The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) will be voting to release the final iteration of the redistricting maps this week. These maps are supposed to reflect the state’s demographic shifts in the state’s population after the reapportionment of state and congressional legislative … [Read more...]
Los Angeles County’s Prisoner Release Dilemma: Letting Law Enforcement Supervise Parolees Creates Constitutional Conflict The U.S. Supreme Court recently ordered the State of California to address its overcrowded prison problem. As a “quick fix” remedy, nearly 30,000 low level (non-violent) offenders will be released statewide in the next few months -- nearly 12,000 in Los Angeles County. … [Read more...]
The reelection bid of President Barack Obama has posed some interesting dilemmas for those who helped push the change agenda.The change agenda has evolved into a manipulation agenda, whereby everybody has a new demand for the President.The new demand is an extension of the old demands of classic “stakeholder” politics; what did the President promise versus what did the President … [Read more...]
MTA and The Mayor On The Leimert Park Stop Vote: LA’s Reluctance To "Bet on Black" - Even When We Win, We Lose The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority did its usual “rope-a-dope” with the black community last week on the most important infrastructure investment of the next 100 years. Several things came into crystal clear reality;some people don’t see our community as part of … [Read more...]
Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women Psychology Today, an academic journal that examines emerging thought and literature in the field of psychology, published on its website blog an article with this title in May 2011. This is another example of why it is important to be ever vigilant in confronting assaults on the dignity of Africans and people of African decent … [Read more...]
Trump, Arnold and Gingrich: The Republican Mantra is One of Continual Deceit In literally one day, three events occurred that showed the continuing disingenuousness of the party of “family values,” “personal responsibility,” and country first “patriotism” as three of the highest profile Republicans slipped on their party’s platform. When the Republicans show out, they show out…but … [Read more...]
Challenging The President’s Credibility: Justice Was Done on Both Fronts (Trump and Bin Laden) Just when you thought they were “piling on” President Barack Obama on issues of little or no consequence…namely the birth certificate issue, the reversal of the President’s fortunes continue to show why he won the presidential election of … [Read more...]
Last week, we got to see how the “big boys” play the old childhood neighborhood game of chicken. You know, that old, foolish game of dare you’d play with your friends where you’d risk life and limb (usually standing in front of a car, or a train or a cherry bomb) to prove no point at all, other than maybe you were a bigger fool than the person you were playing with. Of course, then we … [Read more...]
This week was supposed to be a landmark occasion in the evolution of contemporary African American thought. A new release on the life and death of an American success and race tragedy, published by Viking (Penguin Group) and written by author, columnist, scholar Manning Marable, called Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, sought to refine and re-clarify the life of one of the most polarizing figures … [Read more...]
Can Public Education Be Fixed In America? No, But It Can Be Reinvented A massive public debate has ensued around education. From the White House and Congress down to every state, every city, the discussion is not “how do we reinvest in education” but “if we should reinvent public education.” It’s an asinine question given the investment our global competitors are making, but Americans … [Read more...]
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Smiley, West’s Anti-Poverty Theme Isn’t Hiding Anti-Obama Sentiment
Smiley, West and The Poverty Tour National Debate: The Anti-Poverty Theme Isn’t Hiding The Anti-Obama Sentiment This is an issue I’ve known about for sometime, but have chosen to remain silent on it, beyond a few friendly admonishments. But the issue has rocketed into the mainstream public discourse with the launch of a poverty tour. It’s a conflict between two people I highly respect. One … [Read more...]