Commentary

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Georgia House Representative Jack Kingston went through a hoop that virtually defies belief. He voted against a bill that he spent months on helping to write. The bill was a spending bill and the type o bill that the tea party has relentlessly opposed. Despite his hard work to get the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Wolf, Allison Swartz, Rob McCord and Kat McGinty.   By G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young “D-day,” June 6, 1944, was the never-to-be-forgotten day allied forces launched the crucial Normandy invasion that ultimately defeated Hitler and ended World War II in Europe. In fact, this year we commemorate the 70-year anniversary of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Raynard Jackson   By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist With the continued consolidation going on within the media (radio, TV, newspapers), there is never-ending debate over the issue of ownership and diversity. But how do you define ownership?  Is ownership the issue or editorial control or both? As members of the National Newspaper Publishers…

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Now that the Supreme Court has said that race can’t be used as a basis for collegiate admissions, maybe they’ll take on legacy admissions next. Or maybe not. By Denise Clay It’s the weirdest things that jog your memory sometimes. For example, the latest pronouncement from the Supreme Court regarding the use of race as a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Paul Ryan  (Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com) Paul Ryan wasn’t being inarticulate – he was making the only argument that he’s got By Paul Krugman irish times So it’s comical, in a way, to see Ryan trying to explain away some recent remarks in which he attributed persistent poverty to a “culture, in our…

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Diversifying newsrooms can be profitable for media organisations.   By Michael A Deas The expectation was that new media would not inherit the legacy of homogeneity. The wish was that new media would evolve from the historical tradition of under-representation for minorities and be better. But here we are, with the same old problem. Despite…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The current cover of the New Yorker magazine with a nod to President Barack Obama’s success on Affordable Care Act.   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Some Democrats that are running for election or reelection in 2014 have gotten it right about President Barack Obama.  They have not taken Obama’s supposed plunged public approval…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Gov. Tom Corbett   By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young It may surprise some to hear that not one but two gubernatorial campaigns are under way in the Keystone state. One of them, of course, is the red hot Democratic race now featuring four candidates, any one of which could win the primary,…

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Are students to blame for racist behavior or is society ignoring the elephant in the room?   By Ricardo A. Hazell  The Shadow League Have you ever Googled the terms “racism” and “high school sports”?  Well, if you ever wanted to lose faith in humanity a few degrees more than you may have already, then…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Photo grab: freep.com   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Here is an extensive sampling of the racist tweets that got the mostly white Mahopac High School in Westchester County, New York in hot water and drew recent national attention. “That’s why you shouldn’t let monkeys out of their cages #MtVernonZoo,” @ryansarf.  @max_Senger1. posted the…

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