Indictment of cops is not enough
Published in St. Louis American, December 6, 2018 Every so often the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department gives the community a gift. Sometimes that unplanned generosity is at cost of some poor soul – usually black in skin color. Such is the case of Luther Hall. Prior to 1983, the African-American community complained of throw-away […]
The miseducation of Black children
Published in St. Louis American, November 29, 2018 Carter G. Woodson wrote the seminal “Education of the Negro” in 1933. He critiqued the educational system of the day and the totality of its devastating impact on black people. The spirit of Dr. Woodson was evoked when I read a commentary on University City schools by […]
With or Without the Democrats
Published by the St. Louis American, November 13, 2018 The Democrats flipped the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections. Now we have a divided Congress because the GOP has control of the Senate. And while political pundits proclaimed the elections were a referendum on Trump and his Republican Party, it was as much […]