After Charlottesville, it’s time to push for real reform
Racism, exposed once more in the terror visited on Charlottesville, Va., still scars America. Hundreds of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, klansmen and other fervid racists gathered — some armed with...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Hillary Clinton has no need to apologize
The reaction in many quarters to Hillary Clinton’s reflective, candid assessment in her book, “What Happened,” of her devastating loss to Donald Trump tells a lot about why she lost. She is still being...
View ArticleBILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Last words from Dick Gregory released in three...
Comedian and activist Dick Gregory left us on Aug.19 at the age of 84. However, his final words have been documented and presented for posterity in the just released, “Defining Moments in Black...
View ArticleNAJEE’S NOTES: NFL players, owners steal Kaepernick’s thunder
Colin Kaepernick and the NFL protests continue to be the talk of the nation, but now it’s for all the wrong reasons. Donald Trump launched a sensational attack on NFL players who have kneeled in...
View ArticleVoicing their opinions face-to-face, not in cyberspace
LOS ANGELES — It was an evening of stimulating conversation on Sept. 30 at the General Assembly in downtown when nearly 80 African-American women converged to talk about race, self-care and politics....
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Sadly, Trump is winning so far
This is one of the hardest things I have ever had to write and admit. Donald Trump is winning. In the brief space of a week he won a brief court fight to shove Mick Mulvaney to head the Consumer...
View ArticleTrump’s sabotage of Obamacare could impact your health
Throughout his campaign for president, Donald Trump said that one of his first orders of business as president of the United States would be to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as...
View Article2017 YEAR IN REVIEW: Waters taking on Trump is top 2017 story
The year 2017 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump became president of the United States, making it an interesting year as far as news-making was concerned. What is and what isn’t news became as...
View Article2017 YEAR IN REVIEW:
The year 2017 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump became president of the United States, making it an interesting year as far as news-making was concerned. What is and what isn’t news became as...
View Article2017: YEAR IN REVIEW: Homeless, new marijuana laws top 2017 stories
The year 2017 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump became president of the United States, making it an interesting year as far as news-making was concerned. What is and what isn’t news became as...
View ArticleSTREET BEAT: ‘What is the most important issue for women in 2018?’
Compiled by Dennis J. Freeman in downtown Los Angeles. Camille SauciayLos Angeles“I think the major issue comes down to respect. … I think there is a notion that women can’t achieve the same things as...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Kaepernick should stand for the anthem
To former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick: if it takes a promise to stand for the national anthem to get a tryout with an NFL team, make it. I say that as someone who, from the moment...
View ArticleTHE HUTCHINSON REPORT: A round of applause Auntie Maxine
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist At a press conference in March 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flatly said “it’s very appropriate” for his allies to beat...
View ArticleFaith leaders support, defend Maxine Waters
By Dennis J. Freeman Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has been at the forefront of the anti-Donald Trump movement almost from the time that Trump was sworn in as this nation’s...
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