If not for the press, Senator Joe McCarthy’s desire to purge un-Americans would have succeeded and Nixon’s treachery wouldn’t have been revealed — Over the last six years, American politics has undergone a transformation unlike anything we have seen in the modern era. To put this into context, consider that for over 240 years, America has been able to sustain its political designation as the world’s foremost democracy. Through a Civil War, two…

Everywhere you look right now a crisis is unfolding. Half the country is either up in flames or underwater. These extreme weather events can no longer be viewed as “natural disasters”. There is nothing natural about the state of Kentucky experiencing flash floods in the middle of the night that…

For well over 2 years now the country and the world has been existing on the brink. According to multiple reports, Americans, particularly our youth have increased their need for mental health medications that help aid in the relief of depression, anxiety, distraction and exhaustion. In the beginning of the…

Active shooter drills, hiding under desks and in closets, wearing bulletproof backpacks — these are just a few of the things our lawmakers expect from American children who want to attend public school. It is now just par for the course that students like Robb Elementary School 4th grader, Miah…

The lure of clickbait versus democratically important news — There is an old saying in media: “if it bleeds it leads.” Meaning that the stories that are the most salacious and horrific, that will drive the most traffic are the ones media outlets will push. In the advent of social media and the capitalistic click bait society we live…

If you don’t recognize the disrespect here, there and everywhere, then you are part of the problem. Six decades ago, Malcolm X stood before a crowd in Los Angeles, California and gave one of his most provocative speeches — a defense of Black women. “The most disrespected person in America…

It’s 4 am and you are nestled cozily inside the crevices of your bed. Darkness still envelopes the sky with stars glimmering above. The streets remain in slumber except for a few sanitation trucks out beginning the start of their day, their occasional rumbles followed by the chirping of nature…

‘There is a big distinction to be made between the Joe Rogans, Meghan McCains, and Megyn Kellys of the world — and Whoopi Goldberg.’ You know that moment in a relationship when you or a significant other utter the dreaded four words: “We need to talk?” Often what follows is…

If currently half of the country no longer believes basic truths, then what does it mean to be American right now? Who are we? — The American project has been in existence for 246 years. (That timing changes, of course, if you are starting with the Declaration of Independence instead of the year 1619 when the first enslaved Africans were brought shackled, bruised, and beaten to our shores.) When the Founding Fathers (and slave masters)…