Category: Social Justice
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Evolved Man of the Week: Eugene Bullard

Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Trump’s Mexican Border Wall Would Be an Ecological Disaster “We can predict the damage a Trump wall will cause based on some portions of the border that serve the same purpose now. A menagerie of barbed wire and 18-foot-tall steel fencing is intermittently scattered across 650 miles of the border from California to Texas, part…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Ulysses Diaz, LCSW

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the activist, social worker, community organizer, educator, and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama “Bernie Sanders gallantly tried to generate a leftwing populism but he was crushed by Clinton and Obama in the unfair Democratic party primaries. So now we find ourselves entering a neofascist era: a neoliberal economy on steroids, a reactionary repressive attitude toward domestic “aliens”, a militaristic cabinet eager…
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The Burning Fire

Society’s Embers After spending a week in Big Bend National Park and witnessing the night’s sky in it’s purest form, I feel refreshed and humbled again by the beauty of nature. Now I find myself plugged back into the “so-called” real world. The vicious attack (and video) in Chicago has been replayed ad nauseum throughout…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Chinese Middle Class in Uproar Over Alleged Police Brutality The signatories of at least two online petitions organized through university alumni networks are infuriated by the Beijing prosecutors’ decision last Friday to drop charges against five police over the death of Lei Yang, a 29-year old graduate of prestigious Renmin University, in police custody…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: El Da’ Sheon Nix

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to community leader, motivational speaker, counselor, youth advocate, mentor,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

China just confronted the US Navy in the Pacific- And it looks like China came out on top The first confrontation between the US and Chinese navies concluded on Tuesday, when the Chinese returned an underwater oceanographic drone captured in international waters outside of the Philippines. #China#Trump#International#Navy#ThePacific Brazil’s plan to roll back environment laws draws fire:…
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The Black Atheist Experience

The Age of Reason When I turned twenty years old, I had an epiphany. I had reached the age of reason and realized I was an atheist. It took me many years to get to the point of even writing something like this on a public forum. Being an atheist in America isn’t well-received by…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Tijuana’s record body count is a sign that cartel warfare is returning to Mexico “Tijuana’s location and infrastructure have made it coveted territory for Mexico cartels vying to feed the US’s voracious appetite for illegal narcotics.” #Mexico#DrugWar#Tijuana#Cartels China: Trump’s One China comments ‘risk Taiwan peace’ “Interference may also damage developing US-China relations, a spokesman said.…