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     Tatum is an East Texas town of about 1,300 people, closer to Shreveport than Dallas. It’s on the north shore of Martin Lake. Across the water sits a coal-fired power plant named after the lake that happens to be the single largest sulfur dioxide polluter in the United States.

     The 21st Colored Infantry along with the 54th Massachusetts and the 34th and 104th United States Colored Troops held a celebration on May 1, 1865, the first “Decoration Day,” which later became Memorial Day.

     As the war in Ukraine rages, most Americans believe more than mere reputational damage should come to those who continue to do business with Russia. America, as usual, is doing more than its part in supplying aid to Ukraine, even as American citizens languish in food lines. Many are growing weary and believe America must take a stand when requiring that allies bear their fair share of the responsibility and not violate the spirit of the sanctions.

The recent death of a New York homeless person, Jordan Neely, is not merely a reflection of two individuals caught in a Shakespearian tragedy – one, the victim, Mr. Neely and the other, Penny Daniels, the perpetrator of the crime. Rather, this incident is a microcosmic reflection of many White Americans’ view of Black lives. The “Black Lives Matter” slogan was prompted by the realization that George Floyd’s horrific death by a White policeman was a stark representation of many Americans’ subconscious lack of value for the life of a Black American.

Parenting is hard. There’s no play book or guide. When you’re in school there are so many things that you can’t be taught and so you spend a significant portion of your life in a trial-and-error mode. Fortunately for me, my mother lived long enough for me to “get it,” to have an understanding of many of the “whys” we lived through and that I questioned.

     Can you imagine Marjorie Taylor Greene being threatened by anyone?

     Picture a mountain valley somewhere in the Alleghanies, Appalachians or Blue Ridge. It’s a safe bet what you just imagined didn’t include a metal pipeline more than three feet wide running down a steep ridge or crossing a pristine stream.

     President Biden is proving to be the ultimate diplomat at home as well as abroad. His efforts to save Ukraine’s democracy, barring no financial limits, aren’t   without grave risks to our own economy. This comes on top of the two trillion-dollar senseless  twenty year struggle in Afghanistan. Bridge the two financial drains and you could fill the Grand Canyon with taxpayers’ dollars. Yet, Biden appears oblivious to Republicans’ war at home against democracy.

      The Democratic Black Caucus of Florida held its 40thanniversary at the Rosen Centre on May 19 – 21/ 2023.  Forty years ago in 1981, the Florida State Democratic Party Convention in Hollywood, Florida realized there was a need for more Blacks in the party. A decision was made at the convention to unite Black Democrats across the state.

      Nowadays, politicians are constantly talking about witch hunts. Every time a politician gets charged, indicted, convicted, or made liable for a crime or criminal misconduct, they run straight to the microphones and TV cameras to claim that any accusation about them is a witch hunt.