Author: Carma Henry

     Eleven years after  Joe “Jellybean” Bryant  sold at auction a Lakers› 2000 NBA championship ring gifted to him by his son, Kobe Bryant, the ring was sold again by the same auction house for more than five times as much: $927,200.

     The Wildcats have won 11 of their last 14 games and are off to a good start in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) as they lead the East Division with a 7-1 conference mark.

Carita and Leon Montgomery, a courageous couple with a  unique perspective on the reality of marriage, have released their new book, Just Dance With Me.  It is a captivating story that sheds light on the challenges and triumphs they faced in their own  marriage. 

No One Owns the Future

     To their credit, many Republican leaders, particularly at the state level, recognize the magnitude of the child care crisis and have been working to address it through various funding fixes (e.g. grants, tax credits) in their respective states. But the reality is that, at the national level, their party remains the principal roadblock to any meaningful, long-term solutions. The ascension of Donald Trump to presidential candidate, moreover, has only complicated the party’s responses to the issue.

     Each year Americans forfeit a sizable slice of their income to the United States Treasury to fund the government. Tax Day is dreaded. No one likes surrendering their hard-earned cash. But rather than a resigned shrug, Americans should look closely at what they are getting for their money when it comes to government services and policy.

     The definition of entropy according the Merriam Webster dictionary is, “a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder,” a good description of post-colonial history not only in Haiti but in Sudan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and many other places in the Global South dealing with violent conflict today. In a real sense, the disintegration of these countries and others is the end product of the rapacious theft of resources (human and natural) at gunpoint–literally.

     They hated the unruly, rebellious, and confrontational spirit of the Mandingo but they loved the mental and physical strength, the courage, and the warrior soul the Mandingo possessed.

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