EDITORIAL
A reversal of fortunePoliticians have been decrying the loss of the American middle class. This crisis has developed just as many blacks have moved up to that income level for the first time. Even frugal families have noted a decline in their net worth. The recent release of the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances has established the definitive data on the family in 2010. More » |
The fight for voting rights -- it never endsFor most Americans progress is linear. Once an individual is launched on the path upward, successes come on schedule as long as you follow the rules. That has never been the path for African Americans. It seems that every success is followed by a sustained effort to undo it. More » |
OPINION
The tragedy, triumph and tragedy of Rodney KingLess than two weeks before his death, I was scheduled to interview Rodney King on the public stage at the annual Leimert Park Book Fair in Los Angeles. I had two conflicting thoughts about the interview. One was that if the well-worn term "accident of history" ever applied to anyone, it was King. The second was what made King 21 years after that fateful night still an enduring figure, name and, most importantly, a symbol -- his beating by four white Los Angeles Police officers that was captured in shocking detail on videotape. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Monitoring the Boston jobs policyThere has been a Boston Residency Job Policy since 1979 and it still is not being enforced. Why? Why are there laws on the books that are not being enforced? Why are there 200 construction projects in the city of Boston and only three monitors checking to see if they are in compliance? More » |
