Category: Poverty
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The United States of Poverty
In June of 2022, I had something happen to me that’s never like before. An older woman arrived at my front door. At first, my wife thought it was a Jehovah’s Witness. Well, the woman wasn’t trying to share a Watchtower magazine and save our souls from damnation. She told us she’d just buried a son, had…
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Fuck Dem Kids
On Friday, June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that granted all women in the United States access to safe abortions. That decision was a setback for women’s rights. The Democratic Party’s way to combat this decision isn’t to fight to codify Woe V. Wade (Despite having 50 years to…
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Random Thoughts on Black Men: Pride Edition
It’s time to return to “Random Thoughts on Black Men.” In previous articles, I questioned why some brothas feared dogs, why some brothas wore socks with sandals, and some brothas felt the need to Hotep or black men’s colorism towards darker-skinned black women. In 2021, I did the third post on this topic where I praised brothas just…
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Reflections on the Empire: Part III
New World Order If you watch the mainstream media in the United States, the average citizen would be blissfully unaware of the sea change in geopolitics happening thanks to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The global south has refused to condemn Russian actions against the nation of Ukraine. I deep dove into Europe’s latest war in…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Two Palestinian women killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank “It’s gotten to a point where nobody is safe – not Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, not Palestinians in Gaza, not Palestinians in the West Bank, and not Palestinians in forced exile,” #palestine #Israel #WestBank #Conflict Poll: 7% of U.S. adults say they’ve had ‘long COVID.’ That’s 18…
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Reflections on the Empire: Part II
Empire Babies “The world is a freak show, and if you live in the United States. You have a front-row seat.” The quote at the beginning of this essay is to paraphrase the late great comedian George Carlin. We citizens of the U.S are empire babies, and too many of us don’t realize we have a…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Christian “Chris” Smalls
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individuals alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the labor organizer, union president, native New…
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Reflections on the Empire: Part 1
World War III? In February 2022, the fever pitch of calls for war arose in the mainstream press. Russia invaded the nation of Ukraine. Most Americans didn’t think much about Ukraine before this year, despite the fact, the U.S. sponsored two coups in that country in 2014. It enforced policies that led that nation to become…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
How Western Propaganda Has Been Privatized Private companies are doing the censorship and propaganda work of White Empire. Big Brother has been privatized. Hence private companies removed the channel RT, Google is removing search results and videos, Spotify is removing podcasts, and Facebook and Twitter are removing content and accounts. #propaganda #War #Ukraine #WhiteSupremacy At least 19 migrants missing after…
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Men, We Need to Talk
Man Up The strong, silent type is something that men are taught to be from a young age. As little boys, we’re told, ‘boys don’t cry’ and to ‘man up,’ if we are hurt or impacted by something done to us. This leads to bottling up our emotions until we reach the point of no return.…
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