Gentrification is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a crisis. Across cities like Houston, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C., historically Black neighborhoods are vanishing—not because people are choosing to leave, but because they’re being forced out.
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Woe be unto he who calls evil good!
I tear these words loose from my not-so-recent past – indeed, 27 years ago – when my wife was dying of pancreatic cancer. I think they mean something, but God knows what. I plunked that question in my journal on May 3, 1998, three days before she died. I wrote:
As he waited for sentencing, hands cuffed but heart wide open, Sandy picked up the Holy Bible and found himself in the book of John, chapter 15. The words did not merely speak to him — they pierced him. “Abide in Me,” the scripture echoed, “for apart from Me you can do nothing.” That moment was no longer about a sentence— it was a surrender. Sandy realized he was not in control of his life. God was. And in that bullpen, he received the first of many divine assignments.
“In the United States, we’ve announced the golden age of America,” Trump said at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh. “And with the help of the people of the Middle East, the people in this room, partners throughout the region, the golden age of the Middle East can proceed right alongside of us.”
Black Jews live at the intersection of two powerful lineages: one shaped by the generational struggle against racial injustice, and the other rooted in Torah, memory, and peoplehood. We are the children of both Exodus and Exile. And when we’re asked to consider what’s “good for the Jews,” the better question might be: Which Jews?
My previous article stated that the Diana Nyad historical marker was pending approval was in error. The recent approval of a Florida State Historical Marker honoring long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has sparked intensified debate, particularly concerning the accuracy of the narratives presented and the marker’s placement near the historic site of the 1961 civil rights “wade-ins.”
The U.S. Constitution clearly has a loophole that allows a former President to serve a third term in the White House, but not as President. The maneuver available to President Trump, is that he runs on the Republican’s 2028 Presidential ticket as the Vice-Presidential nominee and JD Vance as the Presidential nominee. However, the Republican Party could nominate a new Presidential candidate.
The Harlem Tourism Board is hosting a special presentation as part of this year’s NYCxDesignFestival on Tuesday, May 20th at the Harlem Renaissance Marriott Hotel where they will feature the Birthplace of the Big Apple sculpture, created by board member, Regi Taylor, HTB’s Creative In Residence. The commemorative monument premieres 87 years after Harlem first ‘defined’ the Big Apple as its own. The official Big Apple announcement will take place during Harlem Week in August.
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