Author Archives: Sean Yoes

There was little drama on GOP Primary night this week in general; a little before 10 p.m. NBC News declared Willard Mitt Romney the winner in Wisconsin the state with the most delegates up for grabs. It was also the state that was supposed to be the most hotly contested between Romney and former Pennsylvania […]

When I first heard the murder of Trayvon Martin took place in Sanford, Florida the first person I thought about was the late, legendary sports editor of the AFRO, Sam Lacy, a member of the journalists’ wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. When I became a reporter for the AFRO in 1989 I was […]

On February 28, perhaps one of the most stunning political stories of the year erupted when Maine Senator Olympia Snowe – a Senate veteran of 17 years – announced she would not run to retain her seat in the United States Senate. She’s not running, not because she thought she was going to lose, on […]

When it was first suggested I examine the overwhelmingly vitriolic comments generated by the “Don’t Let Limbaugh Off the Hook,” commentary I wasn’t 100 percent sold on the idea. Then I began re-reading those comments and it seemed like a really bad idea; attempting to reason with the obstinate is almost always futile, attempting to […]

What a sight it is to see maniacal radio show host Rush Limbaugh grovel. After issuing a perfunctory statement last weekend he called an “apology” to the Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke – a young woman he called a “slut” and a “prostitute” – the backlash against him has only increased. Now, as I write […]

I was struck this week by a very brief but, very telling moment during President Obama’s press briefing after a meeting with the nation’s governors on Monday. It was a moment – with a local angle – that may have served as foreshadowing for the presidential campaign of 2016. The president was shouting out Governor […]

A couple of days ago I was watching, “Hardball,” with Chris Matthews and the hot subject that evening was the GOP’s man of the hour or bum of the month, depending on your perspective, Rick Santorum. Since his rather improbable caucus victory in Iowa last month the pervasive media narrative on the former Pennsylvania Senator […]

Final in a series “Red Tails,” a new Hollywood motion picture starring Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Oscar nominee Terence Howard was released Jan. 20 in theaters across the nation. It tells the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black aviators in the United States Armed Forces. The AFRO reported on the […]