The Kids Are Attacking Elderly Civil Rights Activists
Dr. Ellena Gooch-Reid, 87-year-old Civil Rights leader, left for dead.
How Trump Administration Plans to Kill the Black American Dream
The investigation of Wells Fargo’s race-conscious programs reflects a larger problem.
Is Segregation the Answer for Black People?
What has integration gotten Black Americans? Not enough — but abandoning one another is unlikely to create freedom, prosperity, and unity we deserve.
How America Put a Twist on Racism
How systemic racism protects wealth, preserves power, and benefits a small elite.
Why Financial Literacy Classes Will Never Close Racial Wealth Gap
You can’t solve a systemic problem with individualistic strategies.
Bryan Donalds is Selling Fear, Not a Plan for Florida
His campaign ads distort David Jolly's record, invest a $1000 'hurricane tax,' and lean on Donald Trump's brand to obscure Donald's own record.
Trump Is Up Against An Opponent He Can't Bully: Numbers
He wanted lower rates and obedience. He got neither, and now he is lashing out at every institution that will not bend.
How America Normalized the Rape of Sally Hemings
If It most were anyone else, we wouldn’t be debating it.
Okay, the Chris Brown Love Is Weird
Jasmine Crockett made me say it.
Black People Found Hanging Opens Old Wounds in Black Community
Unchecked racism creates reasonable doubt in official reports.
Black Baby Dolls Are the Racist’s New Favorite Tool
Even children’s toys are not exempt from overt racism.
How Jesse James Went from Being a Racist War Criminal into a Folk Hero
The lost cause was about more than Confederate Generals.
Black Business Month Has No Expiration
A $14 candle in August is nice. A year-round customer — or a corporate contract — is better.
Supreme Court Cases One Vote Away from Changing America
Twelve one‑vote rulings that show just how breakable American freedom has always been.
20 People Who Survived Major Scandals, Committing Crimes, or Fraud and Re‑emerged Successfully
The long road back to visibility
Why Mink Coats Get a Bad Rap While Leather Remains in Fashion
How a luxury status symbol became a cultural scapegoat while other animal skins got a free pass.
How Melania Trump Abdicated Her Post as First Lady and Was Replaced by Natalie Harp
Melania Trump didn’t lose her role. She simply stopped showing up for it — and someone else was waiting in the wings
You Can't Solve Mass Serveillance With a New Invoice
Syracuse ended its Flock contract only to sign a $422,636.28 deal with Axon, demonstrating why vendor changes are no substitute for enforceable privacy laws.
How 9/11 Changed America, and the Policies That Never Changed Back
That day reshaped our rights, wars, and sense of safety.
I Pretend to Love My Father
And that's ok.
When Minstrelsy Became a Children's Classic
Behind the cheerful melody of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is a history of blackface, coerced labor, and the exploitation of Black women.
Why Racism on The Left and Center Needs to Be Called Out
From the right to the left and everywhere in between, anti-Black racism survives when people excuse it in allies and condemn it only in their opponents.
They Gutted the Map. We Still Have to Vote
After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act and lawmakers moved to split communities, the path forward is clear.
The History of Labor Day and Its Significance to Black Americans
What to the Black man or woman is Labor Day?
Why Weren’t Dropping Nuclear Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Considered War Crimes?
The legal world of 1945: a rulebook written by the victors.
Why the American People Don’t Trust the Government About Data Centers
SpaceXAI's Colossus projects promised jobs and clean energy — but unpermitted methane turbines and government silence left Memphis neighborhoods choking.
How Louisiana Uses Slavery Loophole to Punish Homeless People
When sleeping outdoors is punishable by forced labor.
How Immigration Enforcement Targeted a Deployed Sailor's Family
Originally published on big-sarge.blog. Cross-posted here.
Who Owned the Most Enslaved People? The Answer Will Surprise You
A data‑driven look at who actually held America in chains.
How Neglect and Oversight Let Ta'Neasha Chappell Die
What Ta’Neasha Chappell’s death in an Indiana jail (and a $5.6 million check) tell us about how Black inmates die in county custody, and what has to change.