Earl Ofari Hutchinson | theGrio | African American News and Opinion

Don Cornelius dead: Why 'Soul Train' will never leave America's station

10:22 AM on 02/01/2012

OPINION - 'Soul Train' always managed to stay fresh, alluring and project the unmistakable magnetism of black dance, song and art...

Welfare reform 15 years later: Clinton's worst move revisited

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

3:45 PM on 08/24/2011

OPINION - Fifteen years later, the nation is stuck with a reform that did indeed end welfare as we know it. The price for that was to increase poverty for the millions that we also know...

Justice still not served in Miss. hate crime case

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

3:00 PM on 08/08/2011

OPINION - James Craig Anderson's family has comported themselves with monumental dignity in the face of the brutal and shocking murder...

Bank of America lending fraud deal still a disservice

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

6:29 AM on 08/04/2011

OPINION - The indisputable fact is that the bank made tens of millions on its alleged illegal and fraudulent lending practices...

Why conservatives ♥ celebrating the Confederacy

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:52 AM on 08/01/2011

OPINION - Scott and the other GOP governors pining for the Confederate past, has nothing to do honoring and preserving history, but inflaming a very real living political present...

Will Obama's pro-gay policies alienate African-Americans?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:13 AM on 07/25/2011

OPINION - Some blacks privately grumble over Obama's expected reversal on the gay marriage issue and his backing of the repeat of DADT...

The Clarence Thomas pick 20 years later: Disorder in the court

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:44 AM on 07/05/2011

OPINION - He actually believes that race is a crutch, an impediment and even an archaic relic of the past in American life...

Is Gadhafi's financing of Farrakhan paying off?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:27 AM on 06/22/2011

OPINION - Is Farrakhan's see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and countenance no evil spoken against Gadhafi policy motivated by money?...

Mormon candidates must confront religion's racist past

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:47 AM on 06/15/2011

OPINION - Given the long and suspect history of Mormons on race, Romney and Huntsman are kidding themselves if they think that their church's history won't be an issue...

Will Latino gang arrests deepen black-brown divide?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:20 AM on 06/08/2011

OPINION - The fed crackdown on the Azusa street gangs by itself won't stop hate attacks on blacks...

Mitt Romney's thin record on race

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

1:31 PM on 06/03/2011

OPINION - The real test for Romney on racial matters will come in the weeks and months ahead when he's in full swing on the campaign trail...

Gil Scott-Heron was more than the 'Godfather of Rap'

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:29 AM on 05/29/2011

OPINION - The irony is that Heron took great pains to distance himself from many of the rap artists that purportedly were influenced by him...

Obama can't remain ringside in Jack Johnson pardon fight

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:29 AM on 05/25/2011

OPINION - There would be absolutely no political repercussions, let alone political fall-out to Obama for pardoning Johnson...

Bin Laden death brings resurgence of anti-Muslim racism

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:21 AM on 05/05/2011

OPINION - The killing was yet another excuse to spew racist venom tossing out the full and familiar storehouse of racial epithets that openly linked race and religion...

Will Osama's death give Obama new life with voters?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:05 AM on 05/03/2011

OPINION - Obama's resolute action against Osama bin Laden defused the major weapon in the GOP's attack arsenal...

How Haley Barbour was hamstrung by civil rights blunders

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:26 AM on 04/26/2011

OPINION - Even if Barbour did not tote a storage locker of personal and political baggage, his candidacy would still have been just as stillborn...

Why the Confederate flag is still flying high

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:02 AM on 04/25/2011

OPINION - For many other Southern whites, the flag and its association with Southern history, is a genuine source of pride and identification...

Trump forces GOP to come clean on birtherism

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:23 AM on 04/21/2011

OPINION - Unfortunately, the GOP's long standing see no evil, hear no evil stance on the birther movement has already taken its toll...

Obama's big bet on blacks is key to 2012 victory

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:37 AM on 04/19/2011

OPINION - The black vote is still Obama's prime trump card. And they can't just vote for him as the Democratic presidential standard bearer...

Why a government shutdown would hurt blacks more than most

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:20 AM on 04/07/2011

OPINION - The figures on the number of blacks in federal government positions tell the story of just who will be hurt the most in a government shutdown...

contributors - Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Top Stories

Slideshows

Opinion

Popular Topics

FOLLOW theGrio ON: