Black people are messed up. I am sure that a lot of individuals think this or have said this and some believe that some are doing fine while others are messed up. Many believe that Black folk are messed up due to our own doing; that everything negative that has happened to us is by our doing....

I’ve always said that it is going to take a revolution in this country – a mass demonstration by the people in the streets – for the power elite to realize at the very least that folks are pissed off with the way things are going down. Americans love talking about being free and protesting...

One of the ‘baddest’ men in music history is James Brown. “The Godfather of Soul” had a song that he recorded many years ago and it was called “Talking Loud and Saying Nothing.” You and I know a lot of people who talk loud and say nothing. A person like this is someone whose bark...

I am sad and depressed. Why? Because I just don’t know how to feel about my country and the role of government in terms of running this country. I am not sure if they know what they are doing. President Obama has just “compromised” with Congressional Republicans on the Bush Tax Cuts....