Republicans chose to play Russian Roulette with raising America’s budget deficit. It’s as though they can’t wait to kill the economy. Just in case any of you’ve forgotten, the game of Russian roulette is a high stakes game for gamblers. One could call it a game of life or death. […]
Will Gov. DeSantis Support Black History Month for Black Floridians? […]
After being driven past the White hospital during two previous labors, my Mom was determined to force change. She purposefully waited until her contractions were advanced and called the ambulance, which seeing her state, took her to the nearest hospital, the White hospital. When the White nurses tried to refuse service, the examining doctor said it was too late and ordered, “We got to deliver this baby.” Thus, my Mom defied the “Whites Only” designation and ultimately won as she gave birth to me, the first Black to force the integration of the now closed Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, California. […]
Two things happened last week — one public, the other personal — that made me reflect on how far we’ve come as a nation, how we got here, and what it will take to keep that journey moving forward. […]
America’s once favorite folktale, “Henny-Penny and the Sky Is Falling,” has now been replaced by, “Trump and Biden, Secret Documents Are Falling From the Sky. We’ve known for an exceptionally long time that Henny-Penny was an idiot. But to have former president Trump alleged that someone else, maybe the Tooth Fairy, placed those secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago Estate boarders on insanity. If Trump keep this line of lies going, Florida’s governor will have Henny-Penny jailed. […]
Never hate the brothers and sisters that can help you. I try to help everyone I can help. Give Black people a chance, an opportunity to help you. If they don’t help your business, fire them. […]
On January 6, 2023, community leaders in 70 cities held events planned nationwide to highlight the ongoing threats to our freedoms and our vote. Bipartisan investigations by the U.S. House January 6 Select Committee have demonstrated that former President Donald Trump and his allies engaged in criminal conspiracy. […]
In describing how those three evils crush opportunity for people in this country and abroad, Dr. King exposed the destructive ideas that have subsidized the American Experiment – that groups of people were disposable and that our wilderness was just as disposable. As a nation, we’re still dealing with the cost of that destruction of people and of forests, rivers, and air that was accepted for most of our history. […]
As a youngster, especially one who struggled with a speech impediment, I thought great speeches were magic. […]
Today’s twists come from members of both political parties when they minimize how politicians bamboozle us. […]
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