Stories by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book is The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House (Middle Passage Press, February 2008).
Charles was a symbol of the sheer power of innovative music to expose and overcome racial bigotry.
Posted on Jun 17, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In the near decade after the media labeled the Simpson case, the 'trial of the century,' some ask what did we learn.
Posted on Jun 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The Reagan revolution rolled back the clock to the pre-civil rights days when blacks, minorities and women knew their place.
Posted on Jun 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Cosby and his supporters claim he speaks 'the truth.' But what exactly is that truth?
Posted on Jun 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The horror of America's own supermaxes mocks Bush's claim that supermax prisons will fix the problem in Iraq.
Posted on May 30, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
A momument is needed to commemorate the bitter, and prolonged war, largely hidden from public view, that the black press, black leaders and black servicemen fought for the right to fight the war on equal terms with whites.
Posted on May 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Evidence, suspicions, witness testimony, and prior bad records mean little when cops are on trial, and it's easy to see why.
Posted on May 21, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Why do Democrats need Clinton? Because Kerry has so far ignited no spark among black voters or southern states.
Posted on May 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
If ever there was a racial lynching case that screamed for federal action it was the Emmitt Till murder case. What took so long?
Posted on May 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Few blacks feel integration has improved the education of their children.
Posted on May 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Powell had little to do with Bush and Cheney's final decision to make war but he remains an integral part of the administration nonetheless.
Posted on May 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Kerry steps back his criticism of the Patriot Act lest he lose points in the war on terror.
Posted on May 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The Jackson case will be much more than just another glitter celebrity case.
Posted on Apr 29, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Any notion that the US has 'kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all' is completely misguided.
Posted on Apr 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Why does Jesse Jackson think he can do what skilled negotiators, even presidents, heads of state and official diplomats can't do?
Posted on Apr 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Renewed calls for supposed fail-safe measures are not ironclad safeguards against abuses.
Posted on Apr 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
We should be demanding an apology from Bush, not Rice, on failures leading up to 9/11.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Voters may not get the benefit of seeing the 9/11 commission's report until after the election.
Posted on Apr 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The academic treatment of black collge athletes is a national disgrace.
Posted on Apr 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
How can it be that recent polls show Bush surging ahead of presumed Democratic presidential rival John Kerry?
Posted on Apr 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Rice isn't likely to be the sacrificial lamb for the administration's alleged 9/11 failures, at least not yet.
Posted on Mar 30, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
Wal-Mart has launched a well-greased, on-going national PR and ad campaign to make dependable allies of black consumers and leaders.
Posted on Mar 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Black contempt for gays -- recently spelled out by rapper 50 Cent in a Playboy interview -- is hardly new.
Posted on Mar 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Yet another report flatly declares that three strikes laws do nothing to reduce violent crime.
Posted on Mar 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bush hopes to impact the Latino vote by dumping millions into ads on Spanish-language television networks -- and the Democrats are paying close attention.
Posted on Mar 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Nader's campaign poses even greater harm to Democrats in '04 than he did in 2000.
Posted on Mar 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet
As one of the poorest nations on earth, Haiti will need lots of help climbing out of the abyss.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
New research reveals an extensive history of slavery in California.
Posted on Feb 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Howard Dean may be out of the presidential race, but if the Democrats have any real hope of beating Bush, they'll need his message.
Posted on Feb 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bush has ticked off so many people --- even many among his faithful -- that his reelection may not be the walkover he thought.
Posted on Feb 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
By voting for Kerry and Edwards, the overwhelming majority of black voters in South Carolina and Missouri sent a clear message that they want a Democrat who can win -- and it's not Sharpton.
Posted on Feb 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
As the case of Donovan Jackson proves, prosecuting cops in racially charged cases is always a tough task.
Posted on Feb 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Sex and race are volatile issues that can still prick a nerve particularly when a black man is accused of a crime against a white woman.
Posted on Feb 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Starting with Barry Goldwater in 1964, Republicans have artfully stoked white male rage with racially charged slogans like 'law and order,' 'crime in the streets,' 'welfare cheats' and 'absentee fathers.'
Posted on Jan 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In the past decade, Jackson has had a penchant for drawing into his circle anyone that he takes a momentary liking too, and believes can be useful.
Posted on Jan 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Hundreds of demonstrators booed and jeered President Bush when he paid tribute at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If King were alive he'd have joined their protest.
Posted on Jan 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Hollywood continues to ignore blacks' pivotal role in the Civil War.
Posted on Jan 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bush and Ashcroft's bait and switch with the terrorist prosecution numbers demands a firm challenge, and action.
Posted on Jan 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Few remember Nixon as a bigot who cynically fanned racism, manipulated white voters and prepared the ground for the conservative assault on civil rights, affirmative action and social programs.
Posted on Dec 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet
If Essie Mae Washington-Williams is indeed Strom Thurmond's daughter, then my two granddaughters are his great-great granddaughters.
Posted on Dec 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
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