Perspectives
Obama and the funding of Black community turnout
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- While all of us are understandably proud of the showing that Barack Obama is making this presidential election, I continue...
The Psychology of Deception
Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska Governor Sara Palin as his Republican running mate may have more to do with Alaska than Governor...
Language, Thinking and Culture
A Perceptual Transition for Black People While visiting in Accra, Ghana, I was listening to locally televised community dialogue that was strangely similar to...
The Death of Black Politics? Hardly!
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- When I read Matt Bai’s piece in the New York Times with the title above, I thought that he was...
Race: A double-dutch problem for Obama
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- I was asked by a reporter at one point during the primary elections whether the issue of race would continue...
Time to end GOP follies?
Historically, Republican political philosophy and African American advancement have been in accord. Why not now? Foundered in the 1850s by industrial and anti-slavery activists,...
Both Personal and Collective Responsibility
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Lou Dobbs of CNN prodded his panel the other night to explain what was underneath the awful image of castration...
Obama Distances Himself From Blacks: Is There a Cost?
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Is There a Cost? Just back from the Rainbow Push convention in Chicago sponsored by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., I was...
Is oil behind indictment of Sudanese president?
(FinalCall.com) - The Bush administration is pushing the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, president of...
An assault on the Black community
Coming to a city near you - An assault on the Black community The article “Black Neighborhoods on Lockdown”(FCN Vol. 27 No.38 June...