Dr. Wilmer Leon explains how Democracy is in danger if we shut down the voices of dissent in America.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Kevin Gosztola: Melissa Harris-Perry’s Sloppy and Weak Attacks on Dr. Cornel West
This guy takes Melissa Harris-Perry to the ground, saying that she avoids the hard questions in her personal attack on Cornel West.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Republicans
It looks like the Republicans don’t even like the rapper Common. How much for docile can a rapper get?
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Hearing it from the Man Who Knew Osama bin Laden
Duchess Harris: Why Shirley Sherrod Should Be President
A scholar, Duchess Harris, explains the dynamics of race in America with an exciting new book.
Predominantly Black Memphis High School Earns a Visit From President Obama
President Obama is rewarding a Memphis high school that has really turned itself around.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Why Would Osama bin Laden Try to Recruit Black People?
Dr. Wilmer Leon and Dr. Boyce Watkins discuss the allegation that Osama bin Laden once tried to recruit disgruntled blacks to be part of his revolution.
Who Do We Blame for the Black Unemployment Crisis: The White House or Congress?
A lot of politicians do a whole lot of talking, but who should be held accountable on the black unemployment crisis?
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Huffington Post: Black Unemployment and the Great Black Disconnect for Obama
Dr. Boyce Watkins
Professor, Syracuse University
Posted: 05/ 8/11 03:51 PM ET
President Obama has a problem, a very serious one. The president's problem is what I would call "The Great Black Disconnect." This divide is the place where black America's love and appreciation for the Obamas disconnects from the intense economic suffering of the African American community. Like a festering and infected wound that remains untreated, President Obama's support within the black community is threatened by the fact that the people who love him most are suffering unlike anything our nation has seen over the last 50 years.
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its unemployment numbers for the month of April. The figures were consistent with the jobless recovery that has taken good care of Wall Street, but created homelessness on Main Street. The national unemployment rate grew from 8.8 percent to 9 percent, which will surely perpetuate President Obama's somber ratings on economic performance.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
What Your Probably Don’t Know about bin Laden, Pakistan and US Foreign Policy
With the killing of Osama bin Laden, Americans remain woefully ignorant of what our government does overseas in the name of the United States.
Osama Planned to Use Disgruntled Blacks to Attack the United States
Reports say that Osama bin Laden planned to recruit disgruntled blacks to engage in widespread attacks on the United States.
Black Unemployment Keeps Going Up…..and Up….and Up
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com
President Obama has a problem, a very serious one. The president’s problem is what I would call “The Great Black Disconnect.”
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Roland Martin Apologizes for Donald Trump’s Behavior
CNN’s Roland Martin had some interesting things to say about "The Donald” – Click to read.
Why Won’t Obama Release the bin Laden Death Photos?
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World
Here, I speak with Nida Khan, a highly-respected journalist with The Huffington Post, Kiss-FM in New York and the Rev. Al Sharpton National Radio show.
Giving Bush Credit for Bin Laden Means Giving Him Credit for EVERYTHING
by Dr. Wilmer Leon
After releasing the long form of his birth certificate President Obama said, “We’ve got some enormous challenges out there… We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers.”
It’s Been Confirmed by Al-Qaeda: Osama bin Laden is Dead
Yes, it’s finally been confirmed: Osama bin Laden is dead. Al-Qaeda has released a statement stating that its leader is now deceased. Click to read more.
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“Birthers” Replaced by “Deathers”: Don’t Believe Bin Laden is Really Dead
by Brook Griffin, Your Black World
Last week, when President Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate, he silenced many of the critics, birthers, who didn’t believe that he was born in the United States. Now, the birth certificate controversy has been replaced by another one: whether or not Osama Bin Laden is actually dead.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The White House’s Progress on Civil Rights: Laying Out Some Facts
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com – Scholarship in Action
Below is a direct cut and paste of the White House’s most recent work on Civil Rights. I obtained the information from this link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/civil-rights. I was inspired to visit the page after receiving an email from Michael Blake, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (he was on the panel with myself, Al Sharpton and Ben Jealous at the Measuring the Movement forum this year in New York City). They are working hard to get African Americans enthusiastic about the 2012 elections and Blake is the man on the job.
President Obama Heads to Ground Zero
Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will visit New York's ground zero Thursday, days after a nighttime raid in Pakistan led to the death of the terror leader behind the attacks that toppled the twin towers.
Obama's visit will include a wreath-laying ceremony, the White House said. He does not plan to deliver a speech.
Study: Minorities Still Locked Out of Most Institutions
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com, Scholarship in Action
I took a look at an ABC News picture of President Barack Obama sitting in a Situation Room with lead advisers watching the assassination of Obama bin Laden. Everyone had a tense look on their face, as 10 years of hard work suddenly came down to the wire. I couldn’t help but notice, as I scanned all the faces across the room, that there were only two women present (Hillary Clinton and another woman in the back), and one bi-racial black man (President Obama). Every other person in the room was a white male.
What startles me the most is that millions of other Americans can look at this picture and see absolutely nothing wrong with it. The “white guy’s club” has always been the status quo in leadership positions.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Obama Refuses to Release Bin Laden Photos
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body as evidence of his death, an administration official briefed by the White House told CNN Wednesday.
The decision settles the debate over whether to release the images, though Obama's choice is sure to garner criticism.
Earlier, two top senators involved in national security said the photos of bin Laden's corpse should be released.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, who chairs the Armed Services Committee -- and who has not seen the photos -- said the United States should wait to allow the emotions of people around the world who may be sympathetic to bin Laden to cool down.
"I'd let a little time pass so we that we don't play into the hands of people who want to retaliate with what obviously will be a sensational picture. I would not want to feed that sensation so I'd wait days or weeks," he said.
Michelle Obama Doing the Dougie and the Running Man all in the Name of Fitness
Your Black World Reports
Notice how Michelle Obama purses her lips as she does all the latest dances in the name of fitness. Yes, it appears that she is a black woman.
President Obama’s Approval Rating Jumps 11 Percent
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action
Life is good in the White House this week, as a recent CBS/New York Times poll shows that President Obama’s approval rating jumped a startling 11 points this month. As of this week, 57 percent of Americans say they approve of the way President Obama is handling his job, a stark increase from the 46 percent number just one month ago.
The White House Can’t Get It’s Story Straight on Bin Laden
John Cook — When you're dealing with the assassination of the world's most-wanted criminal, you might want to actually know what you're talking about. In the space of 36 hours, the official story on what happened to Osama bin Laden has gone from "he went down guns blazing and taking hostages" to "basically we shot him."
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
How Does Capturing Bin Laden Impact the Obama Presidency? Dr. Wilmer Leon and Dr. Boyce Watkins Discuss
Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com – Scholarship in Action
I spoke to noted political scientist, Dr. Wilmer Leon from Howard University about the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden and what this means for the Obama Presidency.
Continue reading ‘How does the Bin Laden Assassination a Impact the Obama Presidency?’
Saturday, December 5, 2009
President Barack Obama and family light National Christmas Tree near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Surrounded by celebrity performers and characters from the North Pole, the Obama family on Thursday led a countdown and lighted the National Christmas Tree.First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha helped President Barack Obama press a button to light the tree, an annual tradition since the 1920s. "I'm technologically challenged and I might not get this right," the president joked. "Everybody has got to help me out here."
The Obamas and the spectators counted down from five, and the red and yellow lights came alive on the 40-foot Colorado blue spruce growing on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. "It worked," Obama shouted.
After the lighting, Sheryl Crow, who performed at some of Obama's inaugural festivities, sang "Jingle Bell Rock." Hip hop artist Common rapped as a children's group sang. "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks dazzled onlookers bundled in coats and scarves.
"I told Sasha we're not on 'American Idol,'" the president said about his 8-year-old daughter, who sat on his lap during part of the event. The Obama family and Vice President Joe Biden and his grandchildren watched from seats beside the stage, behind a clear protective shielding.
Mrs. Obama sat on stage and read "The Night Before Christmas" as children in knit hats and mittens surrounded her.
The characters Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus also joined the celebration, saying it was their "date night."
Read further story here.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Popular first family gives Washington a new vibe visitors can feel
A year has passed since the history-making election that proclaimed Barack Obama the 44th president of the United States, and national polls suggest that for many Americans the "honeymoon" is over. In Washington, however, each political bump this new administration suffers seems only to strengthen the city's love affair with the first family.When I spent a few days there recently, Washington still felt fully in thrall to Obamania. Indeed, those few people I encountered who could recall ancient history - meaning, the previous administration - were quick to describe what a pall George W. Bush cast over the nation's capital. Besides frequently bragging about how his tax policies were "starving the beast," (that beast, of course, being Washington), President Bush was famously uninterested in the city's cultural and culinary attractions. His most memorable dining experience in the capital, one wag told me, was the pretzel that nearly caused him to choke to death.
"President Bush was always dissing Washington, but Barack Obama doesn't," said Peggy Clifton, a researcher at the Library of Congress. "So, most people who live and work here are much happier now. We feel like there's finally someone in the White House who respects what this town actually does - which is govern."
Visitors will see that glowing pride reflected in the city's swank new restaurants, ritzy new hotels and spruced up landmarks.
Read the full story here.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I'm skinny, but tough, says Obama
Washington: He may be skinny but he's tough - that's America's first black president Barack Obama's message to his political friends and foes."I've tried to explain... just because I'm skinny doesn't mean I'm not tough. I don't rattle. I'm not going to shrink back, because now is the time for us to push and follow through on those things that we know have to be done but have not been done in decades", he said.
The US president said this in Miami during a fundraising event for Democratic candidates for the 2010 elections. Obama is a fitness freak. He visits the gym six times a week and lifts weights and runs on the treadmill to keep in shape. He also loves basketball.
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