President Donald Trump opened his first Oval Office address by going right back to the folks he asked back in 2016, “What the hell do you have to lose?” I was surprised he didn’t mention criminal justice reform and black unemployment since they have become part of his greatest-hits list. Criminal records? Last night he […]
Reading Glenn Redus’ message to our neighbors north, south and across the seas, I was struck by one of the images illustrating the essay. Aptly described as “a moron” was a guy in the “Rope. Tree. Journalist” t-shirt holding a “Blue Lives Matter” flag. Everything about that image is antithetical to what is supposed to be […]
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a series about America’s xenophobic soul. If you missed Part 1, follow THIS LINK The first time I realized that an entirely separate world existed within our nation was a hot, humid and stanky night somewhere in the Virginia mountains. I was headed to my college campus. It […]
Since Donald Trump broke out with his bullshit about former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, professional and academic credentials and then still was elected president, I considered Trump to be a monstrous projection of white America’s id. Nope. It’s way worse. I think Trump is the embodiment of the Krell machines — (do yourself a […]
Nothing’s difficult. Everything’s a challenge. Through adversity to the stars. From the last plane to the last bullet to the last minute to the last man — we fight. WE fight! WE FIGHT! Due process . . . really? No one on the right despairs over due process when police kill unarmed young men; in […]
As another woman (and possibly a third) comes forward to attest to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s character — or lack thereof — in his younger years, the GOP braintrust is feverishly working on how to craft the perfect lie, er, response to get their nominee over the finish line before the shit hits the […]
I heard Barack Obama talking about hope in Donald Trump’s America last weekend and I just had to laugh. America’s Post Racial Society was born in November 2008. That beautiful baby died in her crib in July 2009. By then, a significant number of people who had voted for President Obama discovered two things: He […]
