September 2, 2022 The 4th Or the 5th? “I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high…
September 2, 2022 A Funny (not) Thing Happened on the Road to Arkansas Shannon Sharpe said something that Black people have been saying for a long time, “…if you say, “I got black friends” and you can’t…
September 2, 2022 An Abusive Relationship Originally featured as a guest essay on the Michael Smerconish website. Black America is in an abusive relationship. A relationship where everybody knows about…
July 5, 2022 Highland Park Let America be America again – Langston Hughes What to the Slave is the 4th of July – Fredrick Douglas How can someone be…
May 15, 2022 The Saplings The saplings of the strange fruit trees are now maturing in Evanston, these saplings have been nurtured in the secret gardens of north Evanston…
November 11, 2021 This Is What Hypocrisy Looks Like We will not stand for removal of statues of our great confederate heroes, changing the names of schools named after our historical Southern leaders,…
September 6, 2021 Can You Imagine Doobie In Your Funk? Last night I went to the George Clinton Concert at Temperance Brewing Co. hosted by Outer Space in Evanston. At 80, George still brings…
December 14, 2012 Gun Buyback Here is the reality; the people who would turn in a gun for $100 are not the people that use them! Grandma or Grandpa…