There is a banking scandal taking place in England. It involves Barclays’ Bank and the Bank of England fixing interest rates through fraudulent reporting of monetary predictors. This is LIBOR: The London InterBank Offered Rate. It’s important because it’s the primary benchmark for short-term interest rates worldwide, so it dictates the cost at which banks, [...]
Author, activist, and womanist Alice Walker; whose famous novel, “The Color Purple” won the 1983 Pulitzer prize for fiction, has made it clear to Israeli publishers that she refuses to authorize the Hebrew translation of her acclaimed work; in a letter to the Israeli publisher Yediot books (an off-shoot of the daily Yediot Achronot newspaper), [...]
Its my understanding that one of the occupational hazards of being Black is that one is more familiar with the Baptist church then they are with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. Luckily, I was raised Roman Catholic and the Vatican is part of my vocabulary, so I don’t feel left out this time around. While [...]
That good art is purely subjective is a debatable idea in the arts community; particularly since a great deal of objectivity goes into creating insightful work that will appeal to the Arts and Culture community. That aside, I’m not sure how much insightful objectivity went into artist, Makode Linde’s art installation piece, “Painful Cake”. In [...]
I’m disturbed when I see Black folks organizing in the interest of justice for an innocent 17-year-old kid killed by a white man in Florida, while simultaneously undermining the efforts of a “white man,” to bring Joseph Kony to justice for crimes against thousands of innocent children in Uganda. I think there’s a word for [...]
I just got word via WFAA.com that 15-year-old Jakadrien Turner is on her way home. In case you’re not familiar with her story, just know that I stand by my words: she should have never been deported; plain and simple. I’m just glad that they were able to quickly work out her return to Dallas. It [...]
I often mention in my posts on this site that I am an immigrant to this great country. Recently, someone mentioned in a comment that by virtue of me being an immigrant, naturally, I’m biased when it comes to the issue of immigration reform as it’s debated. My position is that being from somewhere and [...]
I work, both professionally and otherwise, in a field of advocacy; yet, when I have an opportunity at work to network with people of other agencies in different capacities, as a social butterfly and generally nosy investigative person, I do so. I’m also one of those do-gooders who believes in being kind to people, as you [...]
Please don’t get me confused, as I am very excited that Mumia Abu-Jamal has now been taken off of death row. He will now spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for the 1981 killing of a Phildelphia Officer. The former Black Panther member was convicted of gunning down white police Officer [...]
The city streets are filled with garbage and there is no news coverage. The politicians are resigning one by one rather than involve themselves in something they think is a lose lose vote and only the most delicate of civil service employees are upholding their duties with the blessing of the union brotherhood. I was [...]
Last weekend, when Paul Ryan spoke in Virginia after being introduced as Mitt Romney’s running mate and said, “It’s about opportunities, not outcomes,” it really stood out to me. In my opinion, nothing he said before or after that line matters. For me, that very line essentially framed the debate that is who is best [...]
Yes, you read that right: A man used the Bible to threaten a woman with rape at a Gay Pride Parade in Michigan. I realize I haven’t said anything about the Chick-Fil-A anti-gay marriage turned pro-gay marriage controversy in recent weeks. And to be honest, I’m not going to say anything about it; frankly, I [...]
In a matter of a few months since becoming the presumptive Republican nominee, the Mitt Romney presidential campaign has managed to transform itself from a traveling circus, to this past week being a circular firing squad. Such a display of incompetence as seen through a series of gaffes and rookie mistakes reflects badly on Romney [...]
You know, I try, I really, really try not to respond to the crap that comes out of Ann Coulter’s mouth, not because I find her thoughts particularly stimulating or intelligent or worthy of more than 2 seconds of my time. She is certainly not worth even one of the words that I choose to [...]
I suppose there’s a new definition of stupid. A definition that certainly doesn’t describe any woman opposed to the benefits of access to health care under the Affordable Care Act, which is otherwise affectionately known as ‘Obamacare’. I mean that’s what I think when I listened to Ann Coulter as she spoke to Fox’s Sean [...]
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