Space Traders and Corona Chaos Crusaders
byDerrick Bell in 1992 published Faces at the Bottom of the Well – The Permanence of Racism. One short story embedded in Bell’s opus…
Black America
The First Dunce And the Last Dance
byThis was the American landscape that lay open to the coronavirus. In prosperous cities, an affluent class of globally connected desk workers were blithely…
Our Country’s National Crime is Lynching
byWe are not supposed to have lynchings in 2020. Ahmaud Arbery was jogging in a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. He was shot and killed…
A Letter To The Black Community About Willie Wilson
byThis is an open letter to the Black community. Whites can read and take heed if they so desire, but this is a Black…
Dr. Terry Mason On Public Health And The Coronavirus
byDr. Terry Mason is the former chief operating officer for the Cook County Department of Pubic Health. He was recently relieved of his duties…
The Blond Gorilla And the Yellow Fire Plague (A Fable)
byOnce upon a time there was a country, a beautiful and powerful country. The country was ME-RIC-A. The country had everything – beautiful mountains,…
Keeana Barber of WDB Marketing
byKeeana Barber is the current CEO of WDB Marketing, a design and printing agency. She began her career in promotions and graphic design, but…
Mab Segrest: How Racism Shaped Modern Psychiatry
byADMINISTRATIONS OF LUNACY: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum By Mab Segrest The New Press Publication Date: April 14,…
Black Americans Have the Virus More Than Whites
bySurprise, surprise, surprise! The latest research on COVID-19 reveals that African Americans catch the virus more than the white population. The older you are,…
Stay Safe, Stay Home…But Stay Focused
byGiven the changes to our daily lives – churches closed, services on-line, working remotely – it’s hard not to use an expletive when thinking…
Why Was Dr. Terry Mason Fired?
byDr. Terry Mason, chief architect of Cook County’s COVID-19 response, was relieved from his duties as the chief operating officer for the Cook County…
Biden, Blacks and Corona
byBlack voters resuscitated Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency. Is it not, then, high time to consider some quid pro quo? That Blacks rescued…