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Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a nationally acclaimed author and political analyst. He has authored ten books; his articles are published in newspapers and magazines nationally in the United States. Three of his books have been published in other languages. He is also a social and political analyst and he appears on such TV programs as CNN, MSBC, NPR, The O'Reilly Show, American Urban Radio Network, and local Los Angeles television and radio stations as well. He is an associate editor at New America Media and a regular contributor to Black News.com, Alternet.com, BlackAmericaWeb.Com and the Huffington Post. He does a weekly commentary on KJLH Radio in Los Angeles.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 10, 2022 Destroying Biden
Not a moment has passed since President Biden took office that somebody, somewhere is making a political doomsday prediction that Biden will fail.
SHARE Sunday, April 3, 2022 More than a Slap, a Teaching Moment
"I am a Black man in Hollywood-in order to sustain my position, I can't get caught slipping, not even once, I had to be perfect at all times." Will Smith wrote this in a candid memoir some years back.
SHARE Sunday, March 27, 2022 The Jackson Assault Proves Again the GOP Plays for Keeps
Ketanji Brown Jackson by every legal and judicial standard is almost a judicial central casting SCOTUS pick. Her credentials are impeccable. She has garnered loads of awards for legal acumen. She was confirmed by the Senate, which included several GOP senators, three times. She has a near storybook, compelling personal life experience resume.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 20, 2022 Gas Price Pain Hurts Poor More
There's nostalgia at the thought of paying four dollars for a gallon of gas. In fact, there's almost deep longing in paying five dollars for a gallon of gas. Those days seem like a thing of the far distant past with gas prices surging upward almost daily past six dollars.
SHARE Sunday, March 13, 2022 The Cautionary Warnings Remain in the Smollett Case
Cook County Attorney Kim Foxx got it right and wrong. She blasted the Jussie Smollett prosecution for wasting tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on what by any legal standard was a relatively trivial case.
SHARE Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Why I Will Not Watch the Superbowl
I will not watch the Superbowl. Let me first back up. I am the consummate NFL junkie. I have watched a whole or part of nearly every NFL Monday Night game since its start in 1970.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 23, 2022 What's Really Behind the Continued Silly Attacks on Critical Race Theory
They're at it again. It is the continuing shrill attack by the GOP and the right-wing echo chamber on the strawman issue of critical race theory. This time the assault came from white Mississippi GOP state senators.
SHARE Sunday, January 16, 2022 Biden Must Make Voting Rights Not a Priority but the Priority
President Joe Biden has been under blistering fire for months from civil rights activists for saying and doing little about the pending voting rights salvaging legislation in the Senate.
(9 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Why Do So Many Still Say No to Vaccinations?
Not a day passes without a new headline that some noted personality or political test positive for COVID. That the danger of COVID infection still roars.
SHARE Sunday, December 19, 2021 Method to the GOP's Assault on Harris
ice President Kamala Harris has had to spend a lot of time lately defending the Biden administration, Democrats, and most importantly herself, from withering criticism. So withering that the overwhelming majority of Americans think she is doing a lousy job as vice president.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 29, 2021 Smollett Trial Puts Racism on Trial, Or Does It?
Actor Jussie Smollet finally gets his day in a Chicago courtroom. He is being charged with six counts of disorderly conduct. But the charges are an afterthought to the real charge.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Will Arbery be Different?
"I saw the tape and it's very, very disturbing," he said. "I looked at a picture of that young man, he was in a tuxedo, and I will say that it looks like a really good young guy," That was former president Trump talking to "Fox & Friends" moments after the tape were
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 16, 2021 "Kid" Rittenhouse vs Trayvon Martin
Kyle Rittenhouse and Trayvon Martin were both the same age-17 years old. They both had some dings on their record. They both wound up in a much-watched courtroom drama. There are of course a couple of differences.
SHARE Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Why the GOP Beats the Pants off the Democrats
The GOP beat the pants off the Democrats in Virginia, maybe New Jersey. It does that in far too many off-year elections that shake the political tree nationally. The wins are no aberration.
SHARE Sunday, October 31, 2021 Beverly Hills or Bigoted Hills?
Beverly Hills police and city officials predictably circled the wagon when they were plopped again on the legal hot seat. The issue once more was stopping, harassing, targeting, citing, and arresting dozens of African Americans in the city for everything from alleged shoplifting to motorized bike or vehicle infractions.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 25, 2021 Why Do They Vote Against Themselves?
North Carolina Republican Congressperson Virginia Foxx was fit to be tied when she spoke to a Fox News interviewer in March 2021. The issue that got her blood boiling was the Democratic-controlled House had just passed a measure that extended labor protections for workers.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, September 24, 2021 Haitians Treatment is Not Just an American Disgrace, But a World Disgrace
Senate Major Leader Chuck Schumer angrily said the brutal treatment of Haitian asylum seekers defies common decency. A chorus of Democrats chimed in and called the Border Patrol horseback riding whipping and assaulting of the Haitians much worse. All demanded that the Biden Administration cease and desist the deportation of the asylum seekers.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 12, 2021 Supermarket Redlining is alive and well in South L.A.
It started innocently enough for me. I happened to be in West Los Angeles and wanted to make a quick food purchase. I stopped in at a Smart & Final in the area. On the first step inside I saw everything that I and countless others have long noted and long complained about