I think the takeaway from not holding President Obama accountable is, no matter how enthusiastic you are about Hillary Clinton, no matter how enthusiastic you are, the first thing that needs to happen is that people need to start planning how to hold her accountable.
We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.
Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.
African-American people adore President Obama.
North Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.
I think that ranked-choice voting makes a lot of sense.
I am not afraid of anything. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I am excited and enthusiastic.
I do know that there are down-ballot people who have run on the Green Party, and some have been successful.
People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.
This is a column collection, or as one colleague called it, "history in real time," recounting my perspective on the highs and lows of this presidency from an African-American perspective. More than simply a column collection, the book has a substantial introduction that frames the [Barack] Obama presidency, explores the way Obama was treated by the political establishment and also how this first black president treated "his" people. In the epilogue, I use numbers to tell the story of African-American gains and losses during this presidency.
Did Rahm Emmanuel serve President Barack] Obama or did he serve himself as he prepared to run for Mayor of Chicago? I don't use the term black-on-black violence, since I've never heard the term white-on-white violence.
Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.
The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.
Cutting HBCUs was unconscionable. Implementing new regulations on Parent Plus loans, which cost HBCUs 28,000 students, was hostile. At the same time, it is important to note that, except for his first two years, which were a missed opportunity, President [Barack] Obama faced rabid opposition from the Republicans.
Some of the federal programs to help homeowners were never fully implemented.
Obviously these conditions [violence, poverty] predate the [Barack] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons in cities, as opposed to more community policing, is not the solution.
While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.
It was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.
President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look at some of these issues after Ferguson.
President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against black people in Chicago is reflective of Mr. Emmanuel's values.
I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination.
Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.
Young African - millennials really love Barack Obama.
[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.
I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public.
