Commentary

ABOVE PHOTO:  Erica Garner, 27, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in New York City police custody, poses for a photo in 2015, as she attended the funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore.  (AP Photo/Amanda Meyers) Erica Garner’s death proves the casualties of police violence are far-reaching. By Earl Ofari Hutchinson “My dad’s name is…

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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson During the 2004 presidential campaign then Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry mildly protested the towering hurdles to ex-felon voting in dozens of states. Kerry raised the issue for a good reason. He was trying to unseat Republican incumbent President George Bush. He remembered what had happened with the last Democratic candidate,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Photo courtesy: Pittsburgh Urban Media   By Jack L. Daniel Co-founder, Freed Panther Society “…In many families, there is that one person who is the glue that keeps the family together and provides some semblance of unity between fragments and factions in the family.  …While that model of family “unity” may have some…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Supporters of Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones react as they watch results during an election-night watch party Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  (Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune)   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson There was mild surprise when the news hit that the opioid death rate among Blacks is fast approaching that of Whites. Surprise because the opioid epidemic has been almost universally framed as a crisis that has slammed mostly Whites in rural and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The near universal reaction among Blacks to Omarosa Manigault’s announcement she was resigning from her post…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  (Milt Priggee, www.miltpriggee.com)   By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever.” Thomas Jefferson said that about slavery, but he might well have been talking about what is now happening in Donald Trump’s Washington. Republicans are putting the finishing…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Russell Simmons  (Photo: Shutterstock)   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson One week before screenwriter Jenny Lumet gave a very graphic account in “The Hollywood Reporter” of her allegation that music and TV producer mogul Russell Simmons sexually assaulted her, I had reached out to Simmons. We have the same interest, no, passion, in and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Former UCLA player Lonzo Ball (2) greets his brother LiAngelo Ball, left, and father LaVar Ball, right, after scoring 20 points in their 114-77 win over Long Beach State at an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016.  (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The detention of…

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By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Donald Trump defines his administration as against all things Obama. Beneath the current president’s insults and outrages, his lies and antics are a remarkably consistent attempt to undo his predecessor’s entire legacy. With Republicans in total control of the White House and the Congress, Trump can dismantle much of what Barack…

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