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August 2020

August 08, 2020

Do the Police Lie? – About Officer Easter Bunny Syndrome

Do the police ever lie? I ask because I find it rather questionable to encounter...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Calling In Our Call Out and Cancel Culture

I am calling in our call out and cancel culture (say it quickly three times)....

July 12, 2020

It’s Not White Privilege – It’s Racism

Cute and fuzzy labels to describe the evils of racism need to stop. Labels like...

December 2019

December 08, 2019

Why Aren’t White Mothers Being Blamed for the Opioid Crisis Like Black Mothers During the Crack Epidemic?

1986 was a good year for music. Patti LaBelle’s “On My Own,” Madonna’s “Papa Don’t...

November 2019

November 13, 2019

Has President Trump Become Swamp Thing-in-Chief?

President Trump was elected with a bold promise to drain the swamp. As a self-proclaimed...

September 2019

September 01, 2019

Harvard Freshman from Lebanon Allegedly Denied U.S. Entry Over Friends’ Social Media Posts

Ismail Ajjawi, a Palestinian 17-year old, was blocked from entering the United States allegedly due...

August 2019

August 10, 2019

Texas Officers on Horseback Led a Handcuffed Black Man by a Rope: Riding High on Racism?

Galveston, Texas officers on horseback led a handcuffed Black man by a rope for six...

August 04, 2019

2016 Presidential Election Linked to Increase in Premature Births Among Latina Women

A recent study in the JAMA Network Open linked the 2016 U.S. presidential election to...

July 2019

July 28, 2019

Study Says White Police Officers Are Not More Likely to Fatally Shoot Black People

A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) says that...

June 2019

June 15, 2019

Crisis in Sudan: Ways to Stay Informed and Help

Sudan is in crisis, and it is political. It is about independence-freedom. Through a peaceful...

June 11, 2019

Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Did Something To Me-I’m Still Figuring It Out

It took several days to prepare myself to watch Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us....

June 04, 2019

When White Folks Catch the White Supremacy Holy Ghost

"Before freedom we always went to white churches on Sundays with passes but they never...

May 2019

May 18, 2019

Sandra Bland Cell Phone Video: Do You Ignore Alleged Police Lies?

Several days ago, Sandra Bland’s cell phone video footage was released to the pub lic....

April 2019

April 13, 2019

Black Activists Joining ISIS: A Homeland Security Concern?

Whenever two or more Black people are gathered, ISIS is in the midst. Well, at...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

10-Year-Old Girl Dies After Fight with Alleged Bully at School: Disrupting Childhood Innocence

When her 10-year-old daughter left for school on a spring morning, Ashley Wright had no...

March 19, 2019

God Loves Our Muslim Family

The terrorist attack on the mosque in Ōtautahi- Christchurch, New Zealand presents a time to...

March 09, 2019

Justice and the Innocence of MAGA Love: What Does Jussie Smollett’s Indictment Prove?

Jussie Smollett has been indicted on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct in relation to...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Questions Remain About Tamla Horsford’s Mysterious Death

Earlier this week, I found out about the tragic death of Tamla Horsford. She had...