Okay, so first we were just suppose to experience an economic down turn – this sort of thing is usually normal we were told – we just had to encourage Congress to prevent a recession. Then it turned into an economic recession that wasn’t suppose to last too long, as long as Congress...

Growing up, I wanted to know the difference between Islam – Sunni and Shi’ite Islam – and the Nation of Islam. After some research, I found out the difference. After watching Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, I really believed that the Nation of Islam was pointless other than to organize Black...

Marijuana...mary jane…cannabis…weed…grass…reefer…trees…the chief…the chronic. Is it really dangerous? Is it more dangerous than say, alcohol? Should it be illegal? My cat loves some catnip...its just weed for cats...she gets high off it...So high like John Legend. So why...

Disclaimer: I am about to get really racial...just for a paragraph. Nigger, Nigger, Nigger, Nigger, Nigger… I am sure that there are some White people who just feel like they need to let loose on a “Nigger” rant…Hell, there are some Black folk that need to let loose on a “Nigger”...

There is a funny commercial on television these days. It is the one where the father listens to his wife and daughter as they are excited that she got accepted to one of the best universities in the country, yet what it sounded like to him was that she got accepted to one of the most expensive...

Libraries are crucial for communities. Both children and adults need them. Access to reading will provide opportunities to read; stimulating intellectual growth and opening one’s mind and frame of reference. I know that I sound like an afternoon special, but reading is so important and...

I’ve written about this before, but the controversial law in Arizona is just something that cannot be avoided. This morning, at the stroke of Midnight, the law took effect in Arizona. Conservatives would have been happy, had not yesterday happened. What happened was that a federal court...

It is so important that in these tough economic times that we keep our heads in the game. We have got to stay encouraged and keep our heads in the game. I know that it is really discouraging at times to be living in the life that we have. Some of us are barely making ends meet. Others aren’t...

Racism is not a real thing; meaning that it is not physical. It is not a state of mind…I would argue that racism is a state of being. You are not born racist. When we are born, we are not born anything. We were not created or born to sin but rather we are born in sin…we are born in...

We live in perilous times. Over the past year and so many months, we’ve been in a recession. It’s been tough on a lot of people and this nation is really feeling the punch. Even the rich are losing money. The funny thing is that the poor aren’t any less poor. The gap between...