“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
Category Archives: Editorial
HBCU Politics Launches GoFundMe For Kamala Harris 2020 Presidential Campaign
Is it too soon to launch the 2020 presidential campaigns? After all, we have not even reached the midterm elections of 2018. The answer we already know is absolutely emphatically not. Presidential campaigns are running farther and farther out. Arguably, Hilary Clinton spent the last two to three years of former President Obama’s last term … 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
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™ 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
None Of The Above: Why Non-Voters Are Important To The Political Process
By William A. Foster, IV “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” – James Bovard In the 1985 movie Brewster’s Millions, Richard Pryor’s character Montgomery Brewster attempts to spend $30 million in 30 days. As part of his spending spree he decides there is no … Continue reading
The Savior Complex – African America’s Addiction To Leaders And Not Leadership
By William A. Foster, IV A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. – Leo Tzu We’ve all heard or debated this question at some point in time or another. Who do you consider the African American leader … Continue reading
