June 16, 2025 “He Didn’t Do Nothing”: The Myth That Obama Ignored Black People Every so often, I hear it—from intelligent, well-meaning Black folks; from white people looking for political cover or just drinking the Republican Kool-Aid served…
June 16, 2025 Fatherhood By definition, it’s just “the state or time of being a father.”But for me, it’s something deeper—one of the greatest joys a man can…
June 9, 2025 Paddy Rollers & Slave Patrols There are masked men rounding people up in America. Not in the dark corners of conspiracy, not in some dystopian sci-fi film—but in real…
June 9, 2025 The White Man Ain’t Gonna Let You How many times have we heard that refrain?“You know how the White man is…”“The system.”“They ain’t gonna let you…” This morning, while on my…
June 4, 2025 Whytmanastan I first heard Karen Hunter use the term a while ago, and this morning, Lurie Daniel-Favors said it again on her show—Whytmanastan—to describe the…
May 26, 2025 Before It Was Memorial Day Before the barbecue. Before the beach trips and blowout sales. Before America made it about summer. We made it sacred. May 1, 1865, Charleston,…
May 19, 2025 May 19th Belongs to the Fire Starters: Malcolm & Yuri I’m not here to litigate who killed Malcolm.Not here to debate why the FBI feared him, or how America labeled him a threat while…
May 16, 2025 Y’all Still Buying Eggs? To all you Appalachian-living, no-teeth-having, Walmart-shopping, healthcare-lacking, MAGA hat-wearing inbreds—are you still buying eggs? What did yo’ mans have to give up to get…
May 15, 2025 MOVE I’m a few days late writing this. May 13, 2025, marked what would have been the 40th anniversary of this horrific event. But I…
May 12, 2025 Dear Momma, Twenty-seven—the number of years you’ve been gone. It still hurts. I still don’t really celebrate Mother’s Day. I used to say after you were…