Have You Had To Have The Talk?

Excerpts from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tyre Nichols. Public safety depends on public trust, but too often that trust is violated. As many of you personally know, there are no words to describe the heartache…

WHY DO YOU KEEP VOTING FOR THESE PEOPLE?

This happened last week. The REPUBLICAN majority in the Mississippi State House killed every single Medicaid expansion bill without even debating it. These are bills that would’ve provided healthcare primarily to the working poor. 80% of Mississippians favor Medicaid expansion,…

What Politics Should Be And How To Fix It

Politics and Politicians They are not beholden to their constituents, they are beholden to the money that backs them. And that money is increasingly from small groups of right-wing billionaires supporting republican lawmakers. Politics has become a reality TV show.…

We Don’t Die, We Multiply

Here’s a powerful speech given by U.S. House Representation Jamaal Bowman in response to the college board stripping down its A.P. curriculum for African-American studies. Here’s the transcript of the speech: “Black history is American history and I wanna speak…

Put Me In Jail

There’s a phenomenon that happens in the United States that doesn’t get too much attention. And it’s not unique to the United States. The phenomenon is that people are begging and pleading in colder months and really hot months, to…

Failing Upwards

Liars are failing upwards. For current examples think of George Santos and Andrew Tate, they are moving up in position while failing along the way. Our culture rewards lying and we need to create a culture that doesn’t reward lying…

Don’t Upset The NRA

See the difference? Republicans can’t say the words because they need to preserve their donations from the National Rifle Association. At least acknowledge what it is. Rewritten:

The Power of an MLK Quote

Martin Luther King Jr.: “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the great stumbling block is not the White Citizens’ Councilor or the KKK, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice…” The white…

The Second Coup Is Under Way

The republican supreme court members have been placed there by a shadowy organization of lawyers called the Federalist Society, with an agenda that’s not good for the American people. The attempted coup that happened on January 6th, 2021 was unsuccessful.…