History has revealed how inept leaders, social conflicts, and political corruption eventually led to the collapse of past great empires. This uneventful trend has continued throughout the 20th century. Seven new empires have also fallen. Of these seven, most notably amongst them included Germany, Soviet Russia, and the British empire. This signals that possibly there’s a correlation with an old Biblical scripture: “for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
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History Repeats itself
The decision of many Black men to disengage from the Democratic Party is rooted in a complex interplay of historical disenchantment, unmet promises, and a sense of disillusionment with the political establishment
So, on March 28, 2024, many of the neighbors were not shocked or surprised with the commissioner having another run-in with the law. This has been a developing story, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has been investigating the commissioner for over a year.
My grandmother, the oldest of 14 siblings, passed away in 2018. She gave birth to seven children. Out of that lineage, none of them had a will. Luckily, all her children get along. Today, one of my aunts actually lives in my Grandma’s house. And her siblings are supportive of that. Yet, for many that is not the case. However, because she passed intestate, the question that me and my cousins often ask is: What’s next for Big Mama’s House?
That need to entertain herself while entertaining others made Billie Holiday worth the price of admission at any cost. She was a legend. Sadly, though, her addiction to the drugs that eventually quieted her voice was too much for her. In fact, by the time she had had enough, the effects had silenced one of the most extraordinary vocal talents in our history. “Southern trees bear a strange fruit,” Billie Holiday sang
Sometimes, when I’m bleeding political confusion, I try to patch the wound with poetry, that is to say, I try to define and understand the present moment, with all its chaos, suffering and cruelty, from the perspective of the future . . . the helpless future, the great unknown, which is at our mercy.
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