1+ day, 51+ min ago   (211+ words) Melania Trump didn’t lose her role. She simply stopped showing up for it — and someone else was waiting in the wings It’s been 112 years since an American president had someone acting as the First Lady other than their spouse. You…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (365+ words) After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act and lawmakers moved to split communities, the path forward is clear. Ten weeks later, on July 24, a three-judge federal panel looked at a congressional map that slices Black Memphis into three…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (106+ words) From the right to the left and everywhere in between, anti-Black racism survives when people excuse it in allies and condemn it only in their opponents. Wayne Ince Sep 9, 2026 The History of Labor Day and Its Significance to Black Americans…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (258+ words) What to the Black man or woman is Labor Day? Apologies to Frederick Douglass for paraphrasing the title of his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” As was the case with the Fourth of July…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (106+ words) A data‑driven look at who actually held America in chains. America’s Breeding Farms: What History Books Never Told You | by William Spivey | Medium Railroads and the Making of Modern America Wayne Ince Sep 3, 2026 Blackouts in Black Communities is the…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (221+ words) Everyday Americans don’t need a press conference to know what the economy feels like. I’ve never thought of Donald Trump as a teacher. To be honest, I never thought of him as particularly intelligent. I can name 44 other men who…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (90+ words) Black people are denied the grace extended to white suspects. William Spivey Aug 26, 2026 Why Black People Report Better Outcomes with Black Doctors Dr. Allison Wiltz Aug 25, 2026 Did the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” Between Two White Attorneys Destroy Karmelo Anthony’s Chances at Trial?...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (85+ words) Tools of mass surveillance seem neutral, but aren’t evenly applied. William Spivey Aug 20, 2026 America Tried to Distort History. DNA Didn’t Jeffrey Kass Aug 19, 2026 The Pentagon White Wall Under Pete Hegseth Wayne Ince Aug 19, 2026 The Great White Fleet: Not as Racist…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (940+ words) Who gets to lead, who gets remembered, and who gets left at sea. That’s one data point. It isn’t the story by itself. But it’s where the story starts, because eighteen months into Hegseth’s Pentagon, the same question keeps surfacing:…...