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     The history of America is not credible without examining the enduring influence of white supremacy as both an ideology and a political plot. At its core, ideology has historically pursued two objectives. First, it promoted the belief that white people occupied a superior position within society. Second, and perhaps more as a deceitful and  delusional strategy, it sought to convince poor and working-class white Americans that they shared a common destiny with wealthy white elites. Despite they often suffered the same economic hardships experienced by Black Americans and other marginalized groups.

       Can’t we establish a common cause organized body that shows no fraternal or sororetal affiliation but is guided by the principles of Black Unity? More specifically Voting Unity, Candidates selection unity,

       But what is often overlooked is that, across the planet, most people favor a very different way of engaging with the world. In late 2025, Focaldata, a major research company commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, conducted a landmark survey of 36,405 people across 34 countries. The resulting report, Demanding Results: Global Views on International Cooperation, revealed that 55 percent of people worldwide “believe their country should cooperate on global challenges even if it means compromising on national interests.” If international cooperation was proven to solve global problems, public support jumped to 75 percent. Respondents viewed such cooperation as essential for food and water security, jobs, health, trade, and climate.

Suffering And Frustration Continue Because The Iran War Won’t End.

       The deeper story is that Washington’s military calculus has changed. The old assumption—that Iran could be bombed, contained, humiliated, and then brought quietly to the table—has met the hard surface of reality. American power remains immense. But immensity is not the same as usability. A superpower can destroy a great deal and still fail to produce a political result worth the price.

       In his award-winning book about World War I, the historian Paul Fussell began The Great War and Modern Memory with the words: “Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected.”

       If nothing else, Donald Trump pushes the nation’s – the world’s – thought process beyond anything that feels normal and comfortable. Consider the “MADness” of the last eight decades: You know, how “mutually assured destruction” has kept humanity from nuking itself into oblivion because . . . uh, mass murder could have consequences.

       We’ve seen this movie several times already: Trump issues threats, Iran refuses to kneel, negotiators rush to Qatar, Trump or Rubio announces an imminent deal, and then optimism evaporates as it becomes clear that the two sides are miles apart. At which point the US resumes military action and Iran threatens to retaliate. 

       I recently came across another one of those confident social media posts claiming that Western civilization is essentially the product of Christianity. Hospitals, universities, charity, marriage, human rights, all presented as though they emerged fully formed from a single religious tradition.

   America repeatedly warns the world about the dangers of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons while ignoring a disturbing contradiction within its own democracy: the steady nuclearization of the American presidency itself. The nation’s Forefathers feared concentrated executive power equally as foreign tyranny because they understood that unchecked authority eventually mutates into authoritarianism.