I have been a member of a Divine Nine fraternity for a very long time. To be clear, it has been over fifty years since I crossed the burning sands. I have some great memories of my undergraduate days and made some lasting friendships.
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As the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has observed, “this overwhelming spending on nuclear weapons shows a willingness to research, develop, finance and build tools to exterminate humanity.”
Donald Trump has never treated elections simply as contests to be won or lost. He treats them as tests of legitimacy whose results are valid only when they confirm his political authority. His planned national address on the “integrity” of voting machines therefore should not be dismissed as another attempt to relitigate the 2020 election. It may represent something more consequential: an effort to establish, before the 2026 midterms, a rationale for challenging any result unfavorable to Republicans.
A Cry for Moral Courage in a Wounded World
The Democratic Party’s decision to elevate South Carolina as the first 2028 presidential primary provides Black voters with an historic opportunity.
After nearly three weeks of resumed warfare, it is safe to say not only that the cease-fire is over but so is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). An Iranian official said Iran would no longer carry out its obligations under the MOU, citing US attacks that continued for 13 days before halting July 24.
On August 11, 2025, Donald Trump ordered the secretary of defense to mobilize the D.C. National Guard to combat what he claimed was “an epidemic of crime in our Nation’s capital,” even though earlier that year, the D.C. United States Attorney’s office had announced that crime there was at a 30-year low.
By Dr. Mark H. James The game ain’t based on sympathy. Ryan Clark learned that on a Monday in July, when ESPN informed him he was fired — while…
Ryan Clark and the Politics of Blackness
America’s Senate as constitutionally charged provides careful advice and consent on presidential nominations. Yet critics argue that if Senators confirm a nominee whose conduct has become the subject of significant ethical controversy, the hearing begins to resemble less a confirmation proceeding than a criminal tribunal determining whether alleged misconduct deserves promotion instead of greater scrutiny.