Self-Selected to Join the Resistance

February 9, 2019 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Luke Douglas

Self-Selected to Join the Resistance

February 9, 2019 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Luke Douglas

Luke Douglas was being groomed to be a leader of the Christian fundamentalism movement, learn how he transformed instead into a progressive activist.

Why the Democrats Will Lose in 2020

February 5, 2019 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by Amoja Sumler

Amoja Sumler cautions why the Democrats are poised to lose again in 2020 if they don’t correct their current course.

Include Education on Sexual Consent in High School Curriculum

October 10, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, Gender, My take on ..., Residents by Ashley James

Educating both boys and girls about sexual consent needs to begin in high school, at the very least. Ashley James explains why.

At the Table? Or on the Menu?

August 22, 2018 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by Amoja Sumler

As Omarosa reveals an inside view of the Trump White House through her latest book Unhinged and released recordings, she confirms the worst firsthand.

I Just Can’t Anymore

July 5, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by John S. Blake

John S. Blake reflects on this Fourth of July and reviews the current state of affairs and questions our definition of what it means to be independent and American.

Juneteenth: Now More Than Ever

June 19, 2018 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by DeMisty D. Bellinger

Juneteenth is celebrated as the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, and it is also an occasion to speak out about injustices in our country.

What the World Needs Now, Part II: The Story of Slaves / The Story of Kings / The Story of the Africans in America

June 12, 2018 on Current Affairs, Equality, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Chukwu, The Great Spirit That Conquers

In America, in this day and age, it’s time to mine richer material than the tired American Slave Story that chains us. Here are the thought leaders who will take us there.

What the World Needs Now Is Not Another Slave Story, Part I: The One Story We Cannot Stop Telling Ourselves

May 15, 2018 on Current Affairs, Equality, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Chukwu, The Great Spirit That Conquers

Could 2019, exactly 400 years since slavery and its twin offspring of racism and discrimination, be the year in which racism in America dies?

Binary Trending

May 2, 2018 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Hobie Anthony

Hobie Anthony examines how politics are like sports now, taking sides, and how media and algorithms have amplified the combat through quantitative trending.

As Surely as I Stand Here.

March 3, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Ph.D.

As a victim and survivor of a shooting, Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado speaks about the often ignored aspects of mass shootings: the injuries, the damage, the recovery, the trauma. He vows to speak out and joins the Never Again Movement. #NeverAgain