Author Archives: Yvette

Comparing Bill Clinton’s Howard University Address to Obama̵...

May 21 News, ybw 1 comment

by Yvette Carnell Given the controversy over President Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech, it seems only fair to air out this issue with relevant comparisons. The case that I and others have made is that Preside...

The Urban Poor? Thanks to the Recession, More Poor People Live in Subu...

May 21 News no comments

Not long ago, more poor lived in urban areas than suburbs, but recession changed all that. New data reveals that there are now more poor people in the suburbs than in America’s urban areas. As the number of poor pe...

Obama Went Off Script to Applaud Gay Morehouse Grads During Commenceme...

May 21 News, ybw 1 comment

Amid all the discussion of President Obama’s commencement remarks on Sunday, many observers missed Obama going slightly off script to include gay male students in the crowd. Obama said to the graduates, The comment...

President Of Everyone Except Black People Gives Race Speech at Morehou...

May 20 News, ybw 4 comments

by Yvette Carnell There are so many ironies to President Obama’s Morehouse speech that one hardly knows where to begin …..or end. Yesterday, I pointed out that Obama seems to have a selective memory where his...

At Morehouse Graduation, Obama Blames Kenyan Deadbeat Dad, But What Ab...

May 19 News, ybw 45 comments

by Yvette Carnell During President Obama’s commencement address at Morehouse College, one line stood out:  “My whole life, I’ve tried to be for Michelle & my girls what my father wasn’t for my mother and ...

Comedian W. Kamau Bell Says White House Scandals Show Obama’s Bl...

May 17 Culture, ybw no comments

With few exceptions, most political observers have disapproved of the IRS’ use of conservative buzzwords to target right wing groups, but last night on Totally Biased, W. Kamau Bell took it upon himself to jokingly...

Did Obama’s Justice Department Ban Black Liberation Speech by Ta...

May 17 Politics, ybw 1 comment

The Justice Department made Black Panther Party activist Assata Shakur infamous when it added her name to the FBI’s most wanted list. To add insult to injury, the supposedly cash-strapped state of New Jersey announ...

Twin Brother of Gay NBA Player Jason Collins Wears Shirt That Says ...

May 17 Culture, ybw no comments

Twin siblings are alike in almost every way. Almost.  In the case of Jason Collins, who recently announced that he’s gay, and his twin brother Jarron, the main difference has to do with s-xual orientation. Recently...

Men Account for 53% of R@pe Victims in the U.S. Military

May 17 News, ybw no comments

Much has been said about how r@pe has become a devastating aspect of prison life, but did you know that there is a r@pe epidemic in the U.S. military as well? Now that legislators are discussing ways to ameliorate the U....

Ga. State Lawmaker Tyrone Brooks Indicted on Federal Charges of Misapp...

May 16 News, ybw no comments

At this point it’s difficult to know whether Blacks are prosecuted at a higher rate than whites or if  Black lawmakers leave themselves open for federal prosecutions. In recent months we’ve watched the trial ...