Louisiana’s Special Session Is About Power, Not Paperwork
When a governor calls a special session, it usually sounds like routine business. A date change here, a policy fix there. But not this time. The special session happening right…
Katrina Memorial: How Katrina Changed New Orleans’ People & Culture
Meta Description Katrina Memorial Series – Episode 1 Remapping Race: How Katrina Reshaped the Faces of New Orleans August is upon us, and for many New Orleanians, that familiar hurricane…
Ibrahim Traoré: Between Hype, Hope, and Hard Truths
When it comes to African leadership, too many of us are forced to choose between extremes. Either a man is the next Sankara or he’s the next tyrant. Either he’s…
A Sequel to “The Pope Is Black”
Race Is a Man-Made Concept In my last post, The Pope is Black, I made the point that race is a made-up construct.It was invented centuries ago for nefarious reasons.…
Not Innocent, Not a Kingpin: What the Diddy Verdict Really Means
The Verdict Dropped. Phones Buzzed. And the Nation Took Sides. Many Americans waited with bated breath for the Diddy verdict. Phones buzzed. Group chats exploded. Around office water coolers, people…
The Pope Is Black
A Divine Discovery Imagine that you discovered, all in one day, that you are Pope and that you are Black. Does God have a sense of humor, or what?! I…
This Juneteenth, We Celebrate Freedom—and Fight to Keep It
Juneteenth marks the day when the last enslaved Black people in Texas learned they were free. That was 1865. But in 2025, we still need to remind America that freedom…
The Paradox of Being Black: Should We Stand With Protesters Who Don’t Stand With Us?
The streets of Los Angeles are full again — not with joy, but with anger. Protesters, mostly Hispanic, are rallying against ICE raids and Trump’s latest decision to deploy federal…
Don’t Get Left Behind: Why Black Folks Must Embrace AI Now
Let’s be honest: Black people are falling behind in the AI space. That’s not speculation—it’s reality. We don’t understand it. We don’t trust it. Some of us are even afraid…
Is the New Pope Black? Why Pope Leo XIV’s Identity Matters
The Catholic Church Made History — But Is the New Pope Really Black? The Catholic Church made history this year. The new pope, Leo XIV, has Black Creole ancestry from…