FOR BLACK PEOPLE, Thanksgiving is a time to show gratitude for the precious opportunity to see family members and share a festive meal together one more time. Holidays are human-made events to usually cultivate a sense of civic pride and appreciation. The problem is that when empires create holidays, there is inevitably going to be …
For much of the last century, segregationists and their anti-Black racist allies who were intent on ensuring that African-Americans couldn’t exercise the right to vote, erected an assortment of barriers to that end. Segregationists used the courts, local and state laws, literacy tests, poll taxes, fraud, brute force, violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux …
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Not too long ago the blogosphere was up in arms about an incident that occurred between Keke Palmer and her then-boyfriend, Darius Jackson. Basically, Keke attended an Usher concert while wearing an outfit he considered inappropriate. As often happens with Usher’s concerts, Keke was welcomed on stage and danced seductively with the seasoned entertainer. Though …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Book cover “Where do we go from here: chaos or community” Dr. King’s last book was titled, “Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community?” The book is a must read for those serious about justice, equity, wholeness and peace. Yet, the title itself is a challenge to all …
Sometimes it may seem a little complicated. You’ve been trying for that job you just can’t seem to land. Or you’re working in a job where there’s little respect and even less mobility. Sometimes you just want to say to hell with it all. These are difficult times, and it’s not even as clear as …
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Record debt reaps record profits with hikes in interest rates, minimum and late fees For the first time since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began collecting credit card data, the nation’s related debt reached an all-time high of $1 trillion in 2022. New research released in late October examines how and why this debt …
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Photo from Canva There is no question how I will vote in a contest between President Joe Biden and the toxic prior President. Biden wins every time. But I’m just me, I’m not the pollsters, the young’uns, the rural votes, and the disaffected. Listing Biden’s accomplishments and comparing them to those of others might be …
Save the children! One of the things that set people apart is their levels of morality. Essentially, people can usually be divided into two categories: individuals who operate based on concerns for others, and those who are only concerned about themselves. Those who have concern for others do not automatically negate their own needs…they strike …
Two things can be true at the same time, for instance what Hamas did on October 7 of this year was horrific and should be condemned. The blatant brutality of butchering children, the elderly and innocent people and then randomly snatching innocent people off the street and holding them as hostages was wrong. However, what …
Credit: Michael Penhollow/Canva If a Martian, or some other space creature, landed to do a study on human nature and the behavior of people in the 21st-century, one of the most confounding situations they would confront would be politics in America. We live in a nation where those who run the country don’t make decisions …
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