Perspectives
Obama’s Democratic Party?
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- FCN Editorial - Is America’s attitude changing? (FCN, 01-14-2008) With Barack Obama about to foreclose on the Democratic nomination for president,...
What Does Sen. Hillary Clinton Want?
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Is Clinton setting Obama up to lose general election? (FCN, 04-25-2008) I remember that question, “What does Jesse Want?” asked of...
Why Blue Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Election pundits have repeatedly asked why Barack Obama has trouble attracting blue collar Whites as if he created the problem...
Is Alicia Keys In Tune With The Conspiracy?
Alicia Keys recently alluded to the government’s involvement in “Gangster Rap” and the deaths of Biggie and Tupac. Some so-called Black people started...
The Attack on Black Theology
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Related story: What Rev. Jeremiah Wright Really Said (FCN, 04-20-2008) It began last year with Fox TV commentators Hannity and Combs...
The Symbolism of King Kong
The Black Brute Caricature (Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia) The April 2008 issue of Vogue magazine depicts NBA star LeBron James and a...
Blackening Barack Obama
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- What I’m wondering right now is why none of the other candidates for president have been held to account for...
The wealthiest Blacks in the world
WILLIAM.REED Collectively Black Americans are the richest blacks in the world. But, only two Black Americans can claim a nine-figure income. Times are changing and...
The State of Black Politics: Confused
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Institutionalization of the Black Agenda: The Politics of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (FCN, 10-12-2003)Black politics in America: Before the Mayflower,...
Building up to Saviours’ Day 1981: The Rebirth of the Nation
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent It was September 1977, at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Dinner. Min. Louis Farrakhan was in attendance. He was a “free spirit” so...