Independent candidate Dr.. Cornel West has named Dr. Melina Abdullah as his nominee for vice president in his election campaign. The move makes it the first time that an-all Black presidential ticket has been named.
On Monday (July 12), West shared with social media a scathing letter of resignation from Harvard University, declaring in his words that the embers of Jim Crow are still warm at the hallowed academic institution.
West, a philosophy professor at Harvard University, was a guest on Cooper's CNN program and promoted a message of love while protests and outrage still persist.
Rewind the clocks back to several years during the turning point of President Obama’s second election season and famed civil rights activist Harry Belafonte waged war on both Jay Z and Beyonce for “turning their backs” on social issues the less fortunate faced. That rift occured in 2012 and aside from an unanswered olive branch […]
Cornell West had (more) harsh words for President Obama. West appeared on CNN yesterday to discuss the removal of the Confederate Flag, prior to the announcement of the governor’s call that it be removed from South Carolina’s Statehouse.
The acutely-worded beef between Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West has taken another turn. West responded to Dyson’s very public critique with a statement of his own on Facebook today (April 23), but he mostly used subliminals.
Sunday night, social media was ablaze after a scathing editorial piece from Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson critiquing his former mentor and friend, Cornel West, went public. The aftermath of the sharp words Dyson aimed towards West is still unfolding, as supporters of both men have spoken up in droves.
Minus a hole in his scarce collection of suits, Dr. Cornel West admitted that he emerged from his Ferguson arrest relatively unscathed. The political figure made a return to his second home of FOX News on Sean Hannity’s solo talk segment.
Dr. Cornell West was among a group arrested in Ferguson, Mo. during protests Monday (Oct. 13). Members of the community continue to be outraged by the gunning down of 18-year-old Mike Brown in August, and that shooting officer Darren Wilson has not been arrested.
Cornel West has repeatedly shown that he his no fan of President Obama and he’s reminding the world of just that in his new book.
Professor and author Cornel West, along with past collaborator Tavis Smiley, has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama. In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict and the president’s recent remarks on racism, Dr. West aimed sharp barbs at Obama and referred to him as a “global George Zimmerman.”
Noted academic, activist and philosopher Cornel West has made public many times his disdain for the policies and political moves of President Barack Obama. Along with Smiley & West talk radio co-host Tavis Smiley, West has aimed some sharp – and perhaps bitter – barbs towards the president regarding treatment of the poor. The Princeton […]
