Browsing: A Message from The Publisher

         As we begin Black History Month (which we should be celebrating 365 days a year anyway, but that’s another story), let us begin to think critically, not just about Critical Race Theory (CRT), but about the unspoken theory of ‘Black Lives don’t matter anyhow’.

     We ring the bell for freedom, democracy, and majority rule. We sound the clarion call for freedom fighters as we urge Floridians to reach out to Mr. Ben Frazier and the Northside Coalition and pledge support to a campaign to make Governor Ron DeSantis accountable. We also ask lovers of freedom to call the offices of Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott and demand they vote for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. These three public servants, who have become “three blind mice” to equality for all, must be made accountable now.

     What makes every day mishaps seem so insurmountable during the holidays? It seems as if  the ‘asks’ from those who take your kindness for weakness are compounded by agitations of feeling that you are being taken for granted.

       Here is a story about how truth, lies and deception played out in a man’s life from pain to freedom. Just like this painful situation we partake in hurt and cruelty in this life of a pandemic, political trickery, systemic racism just to name a few orchestrated plots to destroy.

     While shining my shoes, I discovered that they were shiny on the surface; however, a closer examination revealed some crud in the cracks, frayed laces and deep scuff marks that took away from the shine.

     If you, like me during your travels, run across a lot of different people in all kinds of circumstances, and if you have a building in the city or the hood, nine times out of 10 your building will be a resting place for the homeless and the downtrodden. My daddy told us to always have our door open because we never know when somebody will be in need.