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Black History Month Begins in the Shadow of Memory and the Weight of Truth
It is a sad day. It is an unbelievable time. When I look to my left and my right and into the distance at the crowds around me, I do not see people looking at each other. I see people looking down. Fixated on their phones. Watching their lives unfold through screens while the ground beneath them quietly shifts or better yet stays the same. I watch our communities disappear, voices diminished by redlining around our Country, and families forced to leave homes their grandparen
Feb 10


WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN AND THE PEOPLE GO HUNGRY: HOW FOODSTAMPS WERE BUILT FOR WHITE FAMILIES AND WEAPONIZED AGAINST OTHERS
Two months ago, I stepped away from this blog to breathe, to study, to watch. What I saw while quiet was a government in pause and hungry people everywhere still waiting. In 2025, the halls of Congress locked their doors, but the grocery aisles remained open for everyone except the poorest among us . Meanwhile, the food-stamps program known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was suddenly threatened: more than 42 million Americans, roughly one in eight, faced
Nov 11, 2025


WHEN STATES QUESTION HUMAN RIGHTS
“To deny interracial marriage is to deny the humanity of those who dare to love beyond the chains of race.” Those entrusted with power...
Sep 2, 2025


REPRESENTATIVE NICOLE COLLIER: THE LAW’S SHACKLES AND OUR UNYIELDING WILL
The tactics of oppression are tragically familiar. Whenever those in power feel threatened by voices of justice, they resort to the same...
Aug 21, 2025
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