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September 2020

September 05, 2020

Caught Between a Racial Watershed and a Powder Keg Moment

I keep hearing about watershed Moments Are we misreading the times If a watershed is...

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 23, 2019

Five Things Democrats Can Do with Their Hats Besides Throwing Them in the Ring for President

I do not know which is more crowded: Atlanta or the Democratic primary for the...

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...

August 2019

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...

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....

May 2019

May 10, 2019

Baltimore TV Anchor Fired Over ‘Racist and Sexist’ Question: Five Important Lessons

A Baltimore TV station has dismissed an anchor over what some have deemed a racist...

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...

April 06, 2019

Fakeheart, the Social Justice Warrior: Joe Biden’s Sexual Harassment Allegations and the Democrat Response

If you are like me and struggled with mustering up pretend shock when news broke...

March 2019

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...

March 02, 2019

ISIS Bride Wants to Return to U.S.-Thoughts on Empathy, Entitlement, and Domestic Terrorism

A person who left the United States to join a terrorist organization wants to return...

February 2019

February 17, 2019

Is the Southern Baptist Convention Really Pro-Choice?

I have been exploring a question: Is the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) really pro-choice? An...

February 05, 2019

The Trouble with Blackface Liberalism

Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia has been asked to step down after images of a...

February 02, 2019

The Homophobic and Racist Attack on Jussie Smollett: When MAGA Love Equals Hate

[Update 3/9/19] See Post: Justice and the Innocence of MAGA Love: What Does Jussie Smollett’s Indictment...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?: Migrant Caravan, Tear Gas, and Politics

Recently, U.S. border agents released tear gas to deter the migrant caravan* members from throwing projectiles...

November 2018

November 03, 2018

Black People Changing Political Parties: Free-Thinkers or Plantation Hoppers?

Black conservatism is not a new phenomenon. However, emerging stories suggest that more Black people...

October 2018

October 28, 2018

How Domestic Terrorism is Used to Recolonize the U.S.

Terror has been a tool utilized by those maintaining a racial hierarchy across institutions to...

October 07, 2018

75 Women of Color Judges To Consider for Supreme Court Nominees

In case you are convinced that Judge Brett Kavanaugh was the best of the best...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Ford, Kavanaugh or Kava-Nah, Bruh? 5 Commandments from the SCOTUS Hearings

People remain mixed, divided, or unbothered about the testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Facts Over Feelings, Eh? How Conservatives Abandoned Their Rhetoric to Exploit Mollie Tibbetts’ Death

“Show me the facts.” “Stick to the facts.” “I don’t care about your feelings. I...