I THOUGHT I Heard the Sound of the Abundance of Rain: The Jason Collins Story
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. \ 1 Kings 18:41, King James Version Recently, the United […]
Category Archives: Politics
Obama’s Nod to Black Feminine Beauty
Okay, I’ve been behind recently as far as current events go and leaving some sage commentary. That being said, I know I’m a bit behind concerning what was deemed a […]
One Month Later
One month later… There’s not a whole that has changed monumentally surrounding the start of the Obama’s second term living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For what it’s worth, everything, from […]
The Bias of Mainstream Media
Anyone who reads this blog with any level of consistency knows where I stand on the hot-button topics of race, religion, politics and anything else that can be devoured in the […]
Why I’m Still Not Voting Republican
This election cycle has been quite the snoozefest. I’ve mad this observation more than once on Twitter and also in a few posts that I’ve done over at FWD Nation […]
How Long? Not Long: Southern Baptist Convention Elects First Black President, Fred Luter
How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. That quote from Martin Luther King at the steps of the Alabama state […]
Why Chris Hayes Was Right and Shouldn’t Have Apologized
I know it’s old news, but this was a topic I had intended to weigh in and offer my opinion. In case you missed it, last week MSNBC host Chris […]
It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong
Let me put a clear disclaimer before I launch into the deep with this blog post: The institutional Black Church as we know it, something that is a proper noun, […]
Student Loans Are Killing Black Wealth Building Efforts
I just paid my bi-monthly bills two mornings ago. Comfortably so, I might add. But that was because my car is still relatively new and I haven’t run into any […]
Touré, Hip Hop Provocateur or Social Media Pimp: A Devolution of Postblackness
If I had to give this piece a subtitle to the subtitle it would be what the name of the article I have over at FWDNation ”a devolution of postblackness in […]
