Tanya Butler grew up on the backroads of a small, predominantly white Pennsylvania town. Much of her time was spent at her grandparents’ home, playing games with her younger siblings and cousins. Nights filled with shuffling and double-dealing weren’t about winning or losing–they were about learning. Games taught Butler and her family members valuable lessons Read More…
Year: 2022
Orrin Checkmate Hudson, Black Educator Launches Free Online Summer Camp Courses
Nationwide — Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, a world-renowned African American educator and founder of a nonprofit called Be Someone, has launched a free online summer camp via Zoom for teenagers and children who need a little bit of help keeping themselves busy this summer. During his online sessions, which are every day from 10am to 11am EST, he Read More…
St. Augustine High School New Orleans
Nationwide — The entire graduating class at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, is celebrating the fact that all of them have been accepted to college. What’s more, they earned a combined $9.2 million in scholarship awards. St. Augustine High School is a private, all-male college preparatory school that has been one of Read More…
The Gantt Report – Trump Walk to Cellblock T
The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt The United States House of Representatives Committee assigned to investigate who plotted, planned and attempted to initiate a government coup has begun public hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of Donald Trump, believers in the BIG LIE and various white supremacy and militia groups, attacked the U.S. Capitol. About Read More…
The Gantt Report – Pray for Andrew Gillum
By Lucius Gantt I am so sorry about the federal indictment of Andrew Gillum, the former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and a Florida gubernatorial candidate in the Sunshine State. I pray he will prevail in his attempts to clear himself from federal charges of wire fraud and any other political misconduct. I know Andrew Read More…
Parsonage for the Pastor
Parsonage for the Pastor: I’m retired now but served three churches as pastor. For most of that thirty-year period my family and I lived in homes owned by the church, the parsonage. An article earlier this year on the subject, Behold, the lowly parsonage, covers much of the details on this. Comments were generally Read More…
School Board Member’s Son Spark: “Shoot Black People”
School board member’s son ignites an uproar after urging people to shoot Black people ‘for fun’ in viral video Child holding gun An investigation is underway after a video went viral showing a Maryland high school student — who is the son of a local school board member — holding a pellet gun and saying, Read More…
Republican Lauren Boebert Emerging Paramilitary Wing:
Republican Lauren Boebert looking like an Extra from and Western DVD. Lauren Boebert. The emerging paramilitary wing of the GOP It’s campaign season, which means Republican candidates for office wielding weapons and threatening to use them. J.R. Majewski, a Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio, ran an ad (since taken down for copyright issues) in Read More…
Trump Is A Domestic Enemy – Treat Him Like One
The hearings of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection have already provided conclusive evidence that the effort to overturn the 2020 election was a conspiracy directed by a corrupt sitting president who knew the effort was based on lies and encouraged violence in pursuit of power. The damning testimony before the committee and Read More…
Al Boogie Roberson Legendary Drag Racer
Al Boogie Roberson: Legendary Grudge Drag Racer Phenom, Al “Boogie” Roberson, Rules the Track as a Consistent Winner Al “Boogie” Roberson Nationwide — In case you haven’t heard, Al Roberson, known on the racetrack as “Al Boogie,” is a legendary, African American, grudge drag racer. In fact, he has stockpiled more wins in the ‘no-time’ category Read More…