It’s how Trump has done business the past couple of decades. After six bankruptcies, Trump did learn a new trick and started selling his name and not trying to run a profitable busines… Read More

To put slave jails in perspective, there are a few other terms I’ll need to explain; breeding farms, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, coffles, Lumpkin’s Alley, the African burial ground… Read More

To properly put Robert Lumpkin’s slave jail in perspective, there are a few other terms I’ll need to explain; breeding farms, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, coffles, Lumpkin’s Al… Read More

Imagine you were taking a trip from Richmond, VA to Atlanta, GA. Except the year is 1828; the Southern railways (which would be built mostly by slaves) was just beginning construction. There… Read More

“The murder rate in New York City went from 650 a year to 300 a year when I left. Most police departments do the same thing, they just don’t report it or use the terminology.&rdq… Read More

We know the Impeachment of Donald Trump is coming. That the House of Representatives will send multiple counts to the Senate for trial is a given. Whether Republicans are able to put Country… Read More

Everything you’ve been told says that the story title will determine whether or not someone is interested enough to click open your story and start reading it. I’m here to tell y… Read More

It’s not as ridiculous a question as it seems. Trump has already hinted at the possibility of not leaving office; even if he completed two full terms in office. Of course, there are tw… Read More

Photo by Patrice StrongIn 1927, James Weldon Johnson published a book of poems based on the oratory of black preachers. Johnson got one of his friends, legendary artist Aaron Douglas, t… Read More

Yes, I said hundreds not thousands or tens of thousands. Like many of you, I read the tips from some of the top-earning writers on Medium. Many I find helpful and a few just aren’t for… Read More

I liked Avengers: Endgame, a lot. It was the culmination of not only eleven years of filmmaking spanning 22 movies. It was watching the heroes of my childhood realistically come to life… Read More

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Republicans like to refer to themselves as, “The Party of Lincoln.” This typically comes in response to questions about racism in an attempt to deflect any charges of discrimina… Read More

Instead of the rats deserting the sinking ship, they appear to be circling the President, waiting to bite a vulnerable spot. It was ironic that Trump recently tweeted about Richard Nixon&rsq… Read More

He was almost unknown a week ago. A longtime accountant for a family firm, Alan Weiselberg will be 71-years-old next month and had to have at least considered a quiet retirement in the near… Read More

Definition – Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others. Donald Trump says it in almost every public conversation. “No Collusion!… Read More

President Trump read some words to the press this afternoon. It can’t be called a press conference as no questions were allowed. He read from a script, probably written by someone else… Read More

Harry T. Upshaw (the T is for Tyrone) is a long time friend of mine. From time to time he would have the occasion to make the following statement, “If you didn’t put your hand on… Read More

In a bombshell announcement, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said he was retiring from the Supreme Court. There had long been speculation he’d retire, his wife allegedly wanted h… Read More

Their covert communications were never intercepted because the CIA, FBI, NSA et. al were never looking in their direction. The target date was September 1st, late enough in the United States… Read More

Melania Trump boarded an Air Force jet to McAllen, Texas, wearing a green jacket saying, “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” Whether she was speaking about this visit to see immig… Read More

When the government does something so heinous they have to hide what they’re doing, you know it’s bad. They have released a few photos of teenage boys playing video games, mostly… Read More

“So Dad, if I get indicted for some of the stuff I did for you, will pardon me?” “It’s not as simple as that Junior. If I pardon you, my lawyers tell me it will almos… Read More

Paul Manafort has a certain sense of style, his fashion sense might not be for everyone, but records show he paid $849,215 to a men’s clothing store in New York. He paid New York tailo… Read More

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As must we all, Donald Trump will eventually meet his demise and the country will be faced with the need for the funeral of an ex-President. Always a revered occasion, these events are typic… Read More

A Manhattan Judge just ruled that Donald Trump must sit for a 7-hour deposition with lawyers from Summer Zervos in her defamation case. Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice… Read More

Paul Manafort has basically been under house arrest while awaiting two trials to start later this year. He is scheduled to begin trial in Alexandria, VA on July 24, 2018, on charges of bank… Read More

The New York Times has obtained a 20-page memo from the then Trump lawyers to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, indicating Trump “could not possibly” have committed Obstruction of… Read More

While it is not quite certain how it ends. That the Trump Presidency is crashing to an end is certain. The proof lies in the increasingly desperate measures the President and those surroundi… Read More

Each day, new revelations reveal the depths of depravity of the Trump campaign, administration, family, and the President himself. What is also apparent is that in every instance reported by… Read More

Forgotten amidst the omnipresence of Stormy Daniels and her attorney Michael Avenatti is the defamation suit brought by Summer Zervos, a former “Apprentice” contestant. Miss Zerv… Read More

While Trump supporters are hoping he is included in the discussion for the Nobel Peace Prize. The truth is there are already thousands injured and dozens dead that wouldn’t be if not f… Read More

Kelly Sadler, responding to Sen. John McCain’s opposition to President Trump’s nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel said, “It doesn’t matter, he’s dying anyway… Read More

The most recent explanation for why Donald Trump paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in the days leading up to the 2016 election is that he, “did it for his family.” We appare… Read More

The New York Times just broke a story publishing a list of 49 questions the Mueller investigation would like Donald Trump to answer. The questions are a result of negotiations between the Sp… Read More

Sean Hannity’s day went south when in a hearing about the disposition of records seized in the raid on Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Sean Hannity was named as on… Read More

“DNA is an acid in the chromosomes in the center of the cells of living things. DNA determines the particular structure and functions of every cell and is responsible fo… Read More

Y’all need to get organized! America is tired of not being able to get through a single day without new stories about who Trump fired, what he tweeted or what new policy he appropriate… Read More

Congressman Paul Ryan (R) Wisconsin, the Speaker of the House, announced today he won’t be running for re-election for Congress. He’s only making clear now what has been obvious… Read More

On April 9, 2018, the offices, hotel, and home of Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen were raided by the FBI which has sent Donald Trump into a frenzy. While one obvious concern is that the… Read More

There’s something troubling about some of the men in the White House and their relationships with women. Let’s start arbitrarily with Rob Porter, famous for having battered his t… Read More

According to the White House (which is always suspect), the Jeff Sessions Justice Department requested a question about citizenship be added to the 2020 Census. The Census is conducted by th… Read More

I watched the Stormy Daniels interview on 60 Minutes so you wouldn’t have to. While we heard many of the things she and her lawyer had been saying in the media the last several weeks… Read More

“Well-intentioned but misguided” “Who paid for all this.” “We’ll see how long they can maintain their enthusiasm?” “Gun control ideas sound… Read More

The world has been destroyed, well most of it anyway. Ironically a few of those shithouse countries in Africa survived, missing the nuclear fallout due to trade winds, good fortune, and perh… Read More

The Trump word for the day is Non-Disclosure. After spending weeks creating distractions trying to keep his affair with porn star Stormy Daniels out of the headlines. Trump gets the double w… Read More

Trump really has no choice, the Mueller investigation is slowly but surely closing in on him and what little hope he had that his financial crimes, his obstruction, and even collusion will g… Read More

The New York Times reports that Special Counsel Bob Mueller has officially subpoenaed records from Donald Trump involving his businesses, some involving Russia. Despite Trump’s claims… Read More

There were those who said if their candidate wasn’t the Presidential nominee, they would rather not vote. “Bernie or Bust” didn’t apply only to the supporters of Bern… Read More

In January 2017, just before the Presidential Inauguration, Buzzfeed published the Christopher Steele dossier which alleged among other things; clandestine meetings between Russians and Trum… Read More

Very little to disagree with. This film is deep on so many levels! The PBS Blog Photo: Marvel Studios Because Eric Killmonger is a reflection of many Black American’s on a much deep… Read More

The National Rifle Association (NRA) and President Donald Trump have come out united in their response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting which left 17 dead and several injured. Earnin… Read More

To the students, parents, administrators, and supporters of the #NeverAgain movement. I invite you to consider a few things as you decide how to move forward. The marches you’ve partic… Read More

I have a process when I write a blog post. Something crosses my mind… and I write about it. Sometimes I’m spurred by the news or something I read. Other times I’m out and… Read More

Baby hair with a woman’s eyes I can feel you watching in the night All alone with me and we’re waiting for the sunlight When I feel cold, you warm me And when I feel I can&rsquo… Read More

The FBI has been under attack from the Trump White House, its surrogates, and Fox News, in an ongoing attempt to discredit and/or end the Mueller investigation bearing down on the President… Read More

There are three minimum requirements to become President of the United States: One must be at least 35 years of age. One shall have resided within the United States for 14 years. One must be… Read More

In his first public statement about Rob Porter after his resignation when reports of physical violence against his two ex-wives and a third unnamed person who reported an incident to the Whi… Read More

Sarah Huckabee Sanders had the day off (allegedly planned well in advance) and the daily press giving was given for the first time by Raj Shah, the Principal Deputy Press Secretary. The bulk… Read More

The rough time Hope Hicks is having extends back a bit more than a year. During the Presidential campaign, when her on-again, off again, boyfriend Corey Lewandowski was being dragged thru th… Read More

Arthur Jones, a 70-year-old former insurance agent, is running unopposed in the GOP Primary for a Chicago area Congressional seat. He is a Holocaust denier, stating the murder of 6 million J… Read More

Black America finds itself in the strange position of pinning its hopes on the FBI which has never been our friend. The FBI throughout its history has done far more to harm Black America tha… Read More

We knew… we all knew including his supporters, that Ben Carson was unqualified to be the head of a large Federal bureaucracy as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He had prev… Read More

Originally posted in AAMBC Journal ENIGMA IN BLACK Photo: bossip.comSo, we find out that Stacey Dash was fired from her job as a contributor at Fox News… last fall. We can be excused… Read More

Photo: bossip.comSo, we find out that Stacey Dash was fired from her job as a contributor at Fox News… last fall. We can be excused from not knowing this earlier because neither she n… Read More

Photo: billboard.comOn June 17, 2017, after five days of deliberation, a mistrial was declared in the trial of actor/comedian Bill Cosby. He was charged with three counts of aggravated indec… Read More

Bad news first, Gabrielle Union’s hit show, BET’s “Being Mary Jane” is coming to a close in 2018, ending with a two-hour movie in lieu of a fifth season. The good new… Read More

Multiple news outlets are saying you might have secretly taped people in the White House and you’re now trying to find a lawyer to either; Protect you if you get called as a witness by… Read More

On Thursday, January 18, 2018, The House Intelligence Committee released seven hours of testimony recounting the interview with Glenn Simpson of FusionGPS. The Republican-controlled com… Read More

Photo: thenakedconvos.comIn 1996, Prince released a cover of The Stylistics, “Betcha By Golly Wow.” Before he began singing, he said, “Sometimes the words of another&hellip… Read More

Although Congress has until Friday to pass a funding bill. It’s not going to happen for a variety of reasons. There is still hope that they will pass a continuing resolution and keep t… Read More

So, Steve Bannon voluntarily appeared before the House Intelligence Committee, offering to answer their questions. He brought his lawyer as would be expected, but that evolved into a situati… Read More

In testimony under oath, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson told the world why Donald Trump prefers immigrants from Norway as opposed to those from any part of Africa, El Salvador, or Haiti! She… Read More

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then wal… Read More

Almost two years ago, I made an appointment to interview a young man in anticipation of one day writing a book about him. Not for the things he had accomplished, but for what he would. He wa… Read More

In a meeting with lawmakers on immigration in the Oval Office. Donald Trump asked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” He finally said out lou… Read More

After Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R) Iowa announced he would not be releasing the transcript of their 10-hour interview with the head of Fusion GPS regarding the Trum… Read More

In the brilliant HBO Series, “The Wire,” when they yelled out, “Omar’s coming!” You knew to run, hide, throw him whatever you had he wanted, and hope he’d… Read More

The first rule of obstruction is that you don’t talk about obstruction. When Donald Trump went to FBI Director James Comey to ask him to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn. He tal… Read More

In the new book, “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff, one of the things missed by many after all the salacious quotes including Steve Bannon calling Ivanka, “dumb as a brick&r… Read More

The United States Senate has been pretending to conduct a serious investigation of Russian meddling in our elections and involvement if any of the Trump campaign and administration. While th… Read More

If unwell meant the same thing as totally insane then the title might be true. My question is, how sane are the people who continually praise Trump despite his being totally distanced from r… Read More

I have been trying for almost five years to have a serious conversation with some black conservatives. I get that it’s possible to be supportive of what used to be considered conservat… Read More

Like the crabs in a barrel that allowed none to escape by clawing at each other and bringing each other down. There is a group of intellectuals, real and otherwise whose existence seems base… Read More

 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient t… Read More

On September 5, 2017, Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would be ending DACA, the Obama-era program that allowed undocumented immigrants that were brought to this country… Read More

On December 14, 2017, Joe Biden said, “I wish I had been able to do more for Anita Hill, I owe her an apology.” He was referring to the 1991 Senate Confirmation Hearings for Clar… Read More

I don’t know you Omarosa, I am writing to send you a word of encouragement after your resignation firing from the Trump administration today. I want to commend you for navigating the s… Read More

So, Alabama, you walked to the edge of the precipice, and this time didn’t jump off. The state that has given us Bull Connor, George Wallace, and Jeff Sessions, and embraced Steve Bann… Read More

On January 7, 2017, I introduced a feature on my Enigma In Black blog, Shadow Warriors. The intent was to shine a light on those putting in serious work on behalf of their respective causes… Read More

Stringer Bell (played by Idris Elba) was the 2nd in Command of Avon Barksdale’s criminal organization in the fictional TV series, “The Wire.” Unquestionably one of the top… Read More

To fully understand how the death of Net Neutrality will harm Social Justice organizations and impact the ability of grassroots organizations to thrive, one must first understand what it is… Read More

Matt Lauer is “embarrassed and ashamed” and has, “no words to express my sorrow and regret” for the pain he caused women he now professes to admire. Lauer said, &ldqu… Read More

Michael Flynn and Michael Flynn, Jr “The SJW (Social justice warriors) are out in full this morning, the disappointment on your faces when I don’t go to jail will be worth all y… Read More

Michael Flynn just plead guilty to a charge of, Lying To The FBI.” He acknowledged lying about negotiating a deal with the Russians, not to respond to sanctions against Russia imposed… Read More

From the White House podium, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has officially pronounced that “Pocahontas” is not a racial slur and in fact, Elizabeth Warren is the real racist, not Donald… Read More

Donald Trump simply doesn’t know when to shut the hell up. At a ceremony honoring three Navajo Indian veterans who served as code talkers during World War II, Trump went off script and… Read More

“There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children, I’ve yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.” &nd… Read More

Two indictments… One guilty plea… So much more to come… Thankful for the Mueller Investigation! Read More