Ben Carson won’t attend debate in hometown Detroit
Ben Carson doesn’t “see a political path forward” in the Republican presidential nomination process, and will not attend Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in his hometown of Detroit, he said in a...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Senate is key to the 2016 election
Here are two scenarios for Jan. 20, 2017. That’s the first day on the job for the 45th president of the United States. Scenario one. President Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, unlike President Barack...
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NAACP president calls Trump ‘Jim Crow with hairspray and a blue suit’
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks on Monday condemned Republican front-runner Donald Trump and said he represents a “kind of Jim Crow with hairspray and a blue suit.” “The fact of the matter is...
View ArticleNEWS ANALYSIS: In the age of Trump, Obama embraces the conventional
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In the wild and whirling age of Donald Trump, President Barack Obama went for stable, sober and conventional. Obama’s pick of Judge Merrick Garland for the vacant Supreme Court seat...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump’s African-American outreach campaign
It was one for the books. The sight of an African-American viciously assaulting a Donald Trump protester at a Tucson campaign rally. The sight drew gasps and lots of expressions of puzzlement and...
View ArticleLynwood students stage mock presidential election
LYNWOOD — On a day when presidential primaries were held in four states, Lynwood High School held a mock presidential election March 8 to help students learn the primary process, know the candidates as...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Sanders will back Clinton in November
Much has been made about polls that purportedly show that a significant number of Bernie Sanders’ backers say they won’t vote for Hillary Clinton no matter what. Now Sanders has made it clear as...
View ArticleNAJEE’S NOTES: Don’t count Donald Trump out already
Donald Trump is the last man standing in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. I guess hell is freezing over down there. Trump assumed control of the Republican Party May 4 as its...
View ArticleGOP reaches out for black voters at state convention
With the California presidential primaries approaching in June, supporters and protestors of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump gathered last weekend in Northern California to voice their opinion on...
View ArticleHillary Clinton makes campaign stops in South and East L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to Los Angeles May 5, attending fundraisers and courting black and Latino voters...
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Democratic candidates pay campaign visits
LOS ANGELES — The two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president appeared in Southern California this week appealing to voters as the June 7 primary election nears. Vermont Sen. Bernie...
View ArticleVoters to cast ballots in state primary June 7
NORWALK — Area voters will cast ballots June 7 in the California Primary Election on a number of races from presidential to congressional and state legislative contests, according to the Los Angeles...
View ArticleHillary Clinton holds campaign rally at West L.A. College
CULVER CITY — Touting campaign themes such as preserving Obamacare, ensuring paid family leave and defending women’s rights, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a rally at West Los Angeles...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump and Ali had an unusual friendship
The choice of former President Bill Clinton to give one of the eulogies at Muhammad Ali’s funeral June 10 has rankled more than a few. Clinton has been lambasted by many blacks for his push of the...
View ArticleNAJEE’S NOTES: The greatest of all time
Muhammad Ali, the boxing legend, activist and humanitarian who made his mark on the world, was truly the “Greatest of All Time. His death on June 3 from septic shock due to unspecified natural causes...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Still much ado about Hillary’s emails
I said from day one that the email flap with Hillary Clinton was much ado about nothing. The FBI announcement that there will be no criminal charges against Clinton July 5 was pure anti-climax. There...
View ArticleNAJEE’S NOTES: Trump’s candor isn’t always accurate
The Republican National Convention — also known as the Republican clown show — began this week in Cleveland. As you listen to Donald Trump’s supporters explain why they like him, you inevitably hear...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: More Baton Rouge incidents could elect Trump
Here are some key dates in presidential history, politics and elections that tell much about why the wanton murder of three police officers in Baton Rouge could loom big in 2016. The dates are 1964,...
View ArticleArlington Heights resident speaks for Trump at convention
LOS ANGELES — The father of former Los Angeles High School football star who was gunned down by a gang member living in this country illegally used a 3 1/2-minute speech at the Republican National...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump touts his law and order history
It is certainly true that when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shouts repeatedly that he is the “law and order candidate,” he is simply pilfering the line and pitch that would-be...
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