Tag Archives: politics

The Clock Didn’t Start With the Riots

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ta-Nehisi Coates About a year ago, I published “The Case for Reparations,” which I thought in many ways was incomplete. It was about housing and how wealth is built in this country and why certain people have wealth and … Continue reading →

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Americans are utterly powerless

Posted on April 29, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Robert Reich A security guard recently told me he didn’t know how much he’d be earning from week to week because his firm kept changing his schedule and his pay. “They just don’t care,” he said. A traveler I … Continue reading →

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Newly Elected Mayor Locked Out Of City Hall In Struggling St. Louis County Town

Posted on April 27, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Mariah Stewart   Just minutes away from Ferguson, its now-famous neighbor, is Kinloch, the first well-established African-American community in St. Louis County. Kinloch was once a flourishing town with some 10,000 residents. Today, the population is less than 300. … Continue reading →

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The Murderous Scam White Elites Have Perpetrated on Blacks and Whites for at Least 4 Centuries

Posted on April 24, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Chauncey DeVega The idea of “whiteness” as a strict racial category superior to others is an invention of Europeans, who needed to legitimate and normalize a system of white on black chattel slavery, global empire, and colonialism as being … 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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I am a cook in the US Senate but I still need food stamps to feed my children

Posted on April 22, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bertrand Olotara Every day, I serve food to some of the most powerful people on earth – including many of the senators who are running for president: I’m a cook for the federal contractor that runs the US Senate … Continue reading →

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9 Things Many Americans Just Don’t Grasp (Compared to the Rest of the World)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Alex Henderson To hear the far-right ideologues of Fox News and AM talk radio tell it, life in Europe is hell on Earth. Taxes are high, sexual promiscuity prevails, universal healthcare doesn’t work, and millions of people don’t even … Continue reading →

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The Liberty to Feed the Poor

Posted on April 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

Conor Friedersdorf On the night she was ticketed, Chef Joan Cheever’s menu included fresh vegetable soup, lamb meatballs over wheat pasta, braised Southern greens, and a salad with roasted beets. She plans to appear in a San Antonio court to … 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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