

Black Americans, Afro Latinos and Afro Carribeans: Expressions of BLACKNESS part I
By Richard Graves, MA American History: November 14, 2018 Looking at the relationship between Black Americans, Afro Latinos and Afro...


The Cost of Crime: Part 1
This is written by my fellow corrections professional, Alphonso Norman. It lays out the cost of crime, a series that I intend to continue....


The Murder of Markeis McGlockton: Stand Your Ground Strikes Again…
Markeis McGlockton was murdered by Michael Drejka. Simple as that. Was the murder justified? Per the letter of how the Stand Your Ground...


Robert De Niro: “This is how the Radical Left helps the Radical Right WIN elections”
I have always been one to say the radical left and the radical right are two sides of the same coin; but their respective responses to...


Kanye West represents: The “Can’t Tell Me Nothing!” Culture of America
“Old folks talking 'bout, "Back in my day" But homie this is my day Class started 2 hours ago, oh am I late? No, I already...


GOP / NRA Alliance...
At the end of the day, we have another mass school shooting, and GOP lawmakers who are in the pockets of the NRA and gun lobby give us...


Reparations: The Pipe Dream that many Black public intellectuals keep selling…
In many parts of the Black public intellectual world (and the accompanying social media commentary of such), the conversation regarding...


Ta-Nehisi Coates sings the familiar "Its All About Race" song in the October Atlantic....
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a piece for the October issue of the Atlantic: “The First White President: The foundation of Donald Trump’s...


Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Get It, and neither do many Progressives and Liberals….
“Donald Trump is going to be President of the United States in 2016.” If you told someone that three years ago, they would have thought...


Can Black People be “Racist?” By simple definition, ABSOLUTELY.
One of the narratives that is pushed in the discussion regarding race in American society is that “Black people cannot be racist.” The...