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     I encourage people of faith to take counsel from 1 Timothy 2:1-4. “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.”

     We could all use some good news out of Washington. I’ve got some. The Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this month is good news for families, the economy, the planet, and even our democracy. As I write this, the House is poised to pass the bill too, giving Congress and President Biden a major win this summer.

   Deeply delusional Trumptards not only idiotically insist there will be a “Red Wave” (Rapepublicans must mean their Russian masters are readying another invasion), crackpot QAnon “conservatives” continuously call for sedition, secession, and the mass murder of their patriotic political opponents.

  Women throughout history have proven that they’ve had to become a force of reckoning. They’ve had to prevent America’s white male’s dominated society from treating them as glorified chattel. In marriage, they’ve had to assume the surname of their husbands, shoulder the responsibilities of bearing  and raising the children, and  leaving politics/ voting to their husbands.

     The lifetimes of many scholars in the African Diaspora have been spent trying to bring enlightenment to the world relative to the history of Black folk. So it would be impossible for me to even attempt to recount more than the most minuscule slice of that history. That being the case, I want to point out only one thing at this time. And this being the month of August, I want to bring to your attention, Black August.

   If you listen to members of the Republican and Democratic parties, there is a political war going on, a war in a Babylon!

     The communications and media industry in America especially should be one of the leading industries that adopts the “good business” sense to embrace the values and benefits of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).  This is not about charity or benevolence. Diversity is objectively good for business.