All too often political speakers treat the National Association of Black Journalist Convention as a microcosm of how they treat the black press. They only show up when theyâre desperate, and still act like theyâre doing us a favor, but seldom have any exclusives or meaningful information to offer.
Heâs baaaaack. And not a moment too soon. Former President Barack Obama is coming around after about six months of detoxing from his eight years of wypipo hell in office and will host a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., this week.
Way back in 2004, some brilliant promoter came up with the idea of the Best of Both Worlds tour featuring Jay Z and R. Kelly (not to be confused with the other Best of Both Worlds tour with Hannah and Miley).
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a person I prefer never to talk about, especially online, but this time Iâm making an exception. It appears that no matter what he does wrong, many people, especially âBernie bros,â have been making excuses for him since we were first introduced to the senator in 2015.
Over the weekend, the Democratic Party elected Tom Perez, a Latino civil rights attorney and former labor secretary under President Barack Obama, a man whose only successful campaign was as a county official 15 years ago, to lead the party out of its lowest position in 75 years.
Tom Perez, former labor secretary in the Obama administration, has been elected the new Democratic National Committee chair, beating out Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) for the top spot, the Washington Post reports.
