This past weekend, the City of Dayton braced for what could have been a repeat of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fortunately, what occurred in downtown Dayton on Saturday was very different. As a mere nine people showed up as part of the Ku Klux Klan…

On Wednesday afternoon President Trump met with African-American faith leaders from across the country to discuss criminal justice reform. Among those in attendance was Pastor John Gray of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina who recently assumed the position after serving as an associate pastor for five years under Joel…

I grew up in a quiet suburb of Dayton, Ohio. I rarely went downtown or into the surrounding neighborhoods, except to attend church on Sunday morning. After enrolling into the University of Dayton, however, things began to change. It was the first time in my life where I was constantly…

On Sunday night, rap artist, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs, announced to the world via twitter that he would like to buy the Carolina Panthers. His tweet was promptly followed by a video posted on Instagram in which he then affirmed, “I will be the best NFL…

“I no longer believe we can ‘win’ justice simply by filing lawsuits, flexing our political muscles or boosting voter turnout. Without a moral or spiritual awakening, we will remain forever trapped in political games fueled by fear, greed and the hunger for power…This is not simply a legal problem, or…

Building and maintaining membership of a student-led organization is an exceedingly difficult task. Furthermore, building and maintaining membership of a black student-led organization at a predominately white institution seems nearly impossible. The average percentage of black students on white campuses ranges from 5–10%. As a result, black organizations have very…

All life on the planet is in an ever-present state of development. However, everything that is alive today is not necessarily growing. Development simply means change and while development implies progress, every change is not for the good. It is certainly possible to develop toward death or advance to an…

The election of Donald Trump is perhaps the biggest political upset in American history. Not only did he lose the popular vote but he campaigned on the doctrine of anger, fear, and hate. While there are undoubtfully those who heard his dog whistle as a call to return America to…

“Post-Black means a more individualized notion of Blackness. I just think we’re getting beyond the collective notion of what Blackness was. Blackness was about group definitions so there could be Black leaders who spoke for Black people in total. And I think we’ve moved beyond that and we’re entering the…