Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at his blog, the Hutchinson Report News, that while glitches have dogged the rollout of Obamacare, the importance of these problems in the “overall initial implementation of Obamacare has been wildly overblown.” The GOP controlled House Ways and Means is the first of the three GOP congressional committees “investigating” Obamacare to…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at the Huffington Post that the famed neurosurgeon may be “the worst thing that happened to us since he opened his mouth,” hurling a steady stream of invectives at women, blacks, Democrats and President Barack Obama. Dr. Ben Carson’s shoot from the lip, crackpot quips, digs, and insults at women, blacks,…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, at his Hutchinson Report News, says that the Republican Party’s debt-ceiling debate cannot be separated from its “never-ending hunt for any issue that can taint, embarrass and ultimately weaken the Obama presidency.” The GOP’s goal has altered only slightly since Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s oft repeated, and failed, vow to make…

The health and social benefits of Obamacare are expected to be exponential for African Americans, Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at his Hutchinson Report News blog. So efforts by House Republicans to block implementation of the law for a year are emblematic of the party’s extensive race problems. Studies have found that when blacks do receive…

In a piece at the Huffington Post, Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes that the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four little girls 50 years ago in Birmingham, Ala., was just another example on a long list of “racist terror attacks that included beatings, shootings, mob attacks, ambushes and, of course, bombings.” It should never…

Writing at his Hutchinson Report News, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is failing miserably at his mission to improve minority outreach and eradicate racism in his party because, well, racists abound. Priebus could save his breath. A few choice and timely words against a loose cannon congressman, and a…

Arguing that America’s so-called war on drugs has contributed to the disintegration of black communities, destroyed families and bloated the prison system, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, at the Hutchinson Report News, applauds Attorney Gen. Eric Holder for planning to end America’s so-called war on drugs. A frank admission that the laws are biased and unfair, and…

Republican leaders are once again resorting to fear-mongering and empty rhetoric in an effort to block Barack Obama’s budget proposals, Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at his blog. He examines the GOP’s relentless budget sparring matches with the president. GOP Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is nothing if not persistent. And it’s always the same issue…

The Justice Department would have a strong civil rights case against George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin, if it chooses to file charges, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says in a piece for the Huffington Post. The moment George Zimmerman was acquitted, the NAACP and the Reverend Al Sharpton immediately called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…