Last week, tropical cyclone Sandy ravaged the Northeastern United States. It was one of the largest and fiercest storms to hit the East Coast in years, causing widespread flooding, power outages and damage. ...

The problem with having a deadline, at the end of the week, is that you miss the opportunity to weigh in on things, like an election, that happen in the next week. Writing on Thursday or Friday for a column that will appear the following Thursday or Friday is almost torture when you consider the possibilities that face us on Nov. 7, after the election. I am hoping President Obama can pull it off, but I am c ...

By the time most of you read this, the election will be over and I have often wondered, during the past year or so, what the reaction will be among Black folks depending upon who wins. Two questions keep coming to mind: What will we do if Obama wins? What will we do if Romney wins? Let’s make it personal: What will you do? ...

Editor: Emergency Manager Roy Roberts sent this letter to Detroit Public School employees on Nov. 7, the day after the public defeated Public Act 4, which gave him dictatorial power as emergency manager. Roberts, a former vice president of sales and marketing for General Motors and with no known education or financial credentials, was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder. His claims of financial success have not b ...

There are six constitutional referenda that appear on the Nov. 6 General Election ballot that require serious consideration. While reading the various proposals, there are a number of questions that should be answered: Who is sponsoring the proposal? What is the history of the issue addressed by the proposal? Who is supporting the proposal? What is to be accomplished by passing the proposal? Overall, what w ...

Growing up in Michigan was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, especially for a student of politics and government. The reason: Being born in the 1950s was one of the most critical and transformational periods in America. The Great Migration north, categorized by the first period (1910-30) and the second period (1940-70), saw millions of southern Blacks move north and west. Detroit saw some of ...

In the Hebrew Scriptures Proverbs 22:3 says, “the prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.” In an attempt to bind evangelicals to the Romney campaign, Franklin Graham has recently warned against the re-election of President Barack Obama because he claims that the president’s re-election would open the door for an America without God. On September 25, 2012, in a USA Toda ...

In just a few days, millions of Americans will vote in the Nov. 6 national elections. In those states where there is early voting, millions have already voted. There is a clear choice between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. At the end of the day it is reduced to the question of "going forward" or "retreating backward" in clear terms of the social, economic and political emp ...

While the 20 percent cited above may now be 30 percent in some areas of the country, the issue raised in 1992 is still valid. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, small firms with fewer than 500 employees represent 99.9 percent of the total number of businesses in this country. This statistic is relevant not only to the political discussions regarding taxes but also to the disparities in the system, especia ...

As we have seen during three presidential debates and in his campaign speeches, Mitt Romney will say anything — even when he knows it is untrue — in his effort to dislodge President Obama from the White House. Romney charged in the second presidential debate that "it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an ‘act of terror.’" Obama denied it, urging Romney to "get the transcript. ...