“It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.” – Barbara Jordan The first interview of our inaugural series, The Thinker’s Tank, HBCU Politics seeks to interview the brilliant minds that have been, are, and will be shaping the future of politics and policy that impact … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Philander Smith College, Thurgood Marshall Law Alumnae, & Arkansas State Senator Stephanie Flowers Blasts Arkansas’ Lack Of Stand Your Ground Bill Debate
The lack of debate over Arkansas’ proposed Stand Your Ground bill, a controversial bill that has swept most of the nation, in the state senate finally boiled over and led Senator Stephanie Flowers to passionately remind her fellow colleagues that her son and other African American children deserve a chance to live. As noted in … Continue reading
Jury Duty: The Death Of Political Elections & Savior To Democracy
“I was raised to believe we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.” – Paul Cook What if you never saw another political television ad again? There is probably a joy running through your heart right now at just the thought. What if you had … Continue reading
The 2017 HBCU Mayors’ List
The inaugural list of HBCU mayors across the country mark an emphasis on bringing focus to the local level where decisions impact citizens lives on a day to day basis and are felt far more immediate than at the state or federal level. All of these mayors oversee cities that have a minimum of 30,000 … Continue reading
Did African America Voting Homogeny Potentially Put Donald Trump In The White House?
“Do not put all your eggs in one basket.” These are not normal political days we are living in. It is almost impossible to note when was the last time two non-establishment candidates have had such a powerful presence in a presidential race. Perhaps not since Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire, ran as a third … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
Locate nations on the J Curve — left for authoritarian, right for democratic. Then figure out how to force those on the left to open their societies, rather than encouraging them to shut them tighter by further isolating them. The West’s isolation of Kim Jong-il’s North Korea gives him the cover he needs to extend … Continue reading
This Woman’s Work: America (And The GOP) Needs Condoleezza Rice To Be The Nation’s Next President
By William A. Foster, IV Leadership is the ability to get men to do what they don’t want to do and like it. – Harry S. Truman It seems almost comical that based on Harry Truman’s aforementioned quote that there has not been the potential for a woman president in the United States of America … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – Our Kind of People
Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha’s Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Turns Two Years Old
By William A. Foster, IV There are no personal sympathies in politics. – Margaret Thatcher We have made it to year two. HBCU Politics, the younger sibling to HBCU Money, has been a long and hard road. It has made inroads, but we have yet to truly explore its potential. That if anything is what … Continue reading
President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Speech – Full Text
President Obama’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery on Jan. 20, 2015: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; … Continue reading
