Dubois (Rich) vs. Washington (Justin)

In the spirit of Dubois and Washington, Rich and Justin will engage in intellectual welfare on (most) Wednesdays on TheStateOf.com. Rich and I have the same goal–a better black community–but very different ways of bringing it about. Today’s topic: Is more or less government good for African-Americans?
W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington [...]

Will the Real Hugo Chavez Please Stand Up?

“For five centuries, Venezuela has been run by a minority of very white people, pure-blood descendants of the Spanish conquistadors. To most of the 80 percent of Venezuelans who are brown, Hugo Chavez is their Nelson Mandela, the man who will smash the economic and social apartheid that has kept the dark-skinned millions stacked in [...]