Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The False Promise of Black Political Representation

Posted on June 12, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Nicholas Stephanopoulos The recent unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson, and other cities is puzzling in one important respect. Unlike in earlier eras, when African Americans’ political exclusion drove them to protest, blacks today are as likely to vote as whites … Continue reading →

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Disillusioned black voters ask: Is voting even worth it?

Posted on June 11, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Robert Samuels During those two electric Novembers, the chance to elect a black president, and then keep him in office, seized Regenia Motley’s neighborhood. Nightclubs were registering voters. Churches held fish fries after loading buses that ferried parishioners to … Continue reading →

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The Obama Administration Is Expanding a Program to Fix Up Public Housing—Too Bad the Program Might Also Privatize It

Posted on June 10, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Jake Blumgart When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his administration’s plan on May 19 to help dig his city’s public housing authority out of its $16 billion capital-needs hole, attention quickly focused on the plan’s reliance on … Continue reading →

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The Stain of Mass Incarceration: Exposing the Wound of My Father’s Life Sentence

Posted on May 23, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ebony Underwood 7 years ago on my 14th birthday my father took my sister, Miko, and I out for lunch. We decided to dine at the newly opened Hard Rock Cafe. The music was blaring from the sound system. … Continue reading →

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I’ve served 15 years of my life sentence for a drug crime. Can I go home now?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Sharanda Jones Late last month, US attorney general Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration would release new guidelines for clemency petitions, opening up the possibility that thousands of people serving long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses might … Continue reading →

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Obama Finds a Bolder Voice on Race Issues

Posted on May 5, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Peter Baker As he reflected on the festering wounds deepened by race and grievance that have been on painful display in America’s cities lately, President Obama on Monday found himself thinking about a young man he had just met … Continue reading →

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Loretta Lynch Sworn In As First Black U.S. Attorney General

Posted on April 27, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Lynette Holloway Loretta Lynch was sworn in Monday morning by Vice President Joe Biden as the 83rd U.S. attorney general during a moving ceremony at the U.S. Department of Justice. The long-awaited ceremony followed a rancorous debate over the … Continue reading →

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Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch To Be Attorney General

Posted on April 24, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Russell Berman Loretta Lynch won confirmation as attorney general on Thursday afternoon, as the Republican-controlled Senate gave its approval after a wait of 166 days. The final vote was 56-43, with 10 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting her. … Continue reading →

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“Calling Obama a ‘global George Zimmerman’? No. No.”: Michael Eric Dyson sounds off on Cornel West, Obama & his critics

Posted on April 22, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Joan Walsh Author, activist, erstwhile rapper and former Barack Obama surrogate Cornel West became the president’s First Hater (at least from the left) shortly after inauguration, because of Obama’s betrayal – whether of progressive principles, or West personally, has … Continue reading →

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The career assassination of Cornel West: A messy intellectual divorce reveals layers of broken heart — and to what end?

Posted on April 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Menash Demary Independent of one’s stance on the rift between Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West — a rift years in the making and now clearly delineated in the form of Dyson’s essay on West in the New Republic, … Continue reading →

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