by Mae Johnson Love the Skin You Are In There will be those who love you and those who do not care for you. There will be those who make you feel good about yourself and those who will tear you down. This article is about Choosing your acquaintances carefully and learning to feel comfortable Read More…
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The Gantt Report: GOP Soul Searching
By Lucius Gantt The Gantt Report: The GOP is currently soul searching. I’m not talking about their spiritual soul, I’m talking about their political soul. The Gantt Report has a history with members of the Republican Party. I don’t need Arbitron or Neilson media raters to tell me, Stevie wonder can see that Republicans Read More…
The Black Political History of Reddick – Unrequited love, Devotion & Duty
by James Overstreet The Black Political History of Reddick – The three ladies who have taken the Town of Reddick from conservative Republican, white minority rule to more moderate, Democratic majoritarian status, under matriarchal leadership, have successfully engineered a social and political revolution several decades in the making. Although Reddick was incorporated in the 1880s, Read More…
The Gantt Report – War in a Babylon
By Lucius Gantt The Gantt Report: The withdrawal of American troops from the country of Afghanistan will not stop the war there nor will it stop any war anywhere. The war of the worlds cannot and will not be stopped by the rearrangement of soldiers and military resources. Every conflict is about land, money Read More…
Freedom Rider: Gun Violence Starts at the Top
Freedom Rider weekly column: If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. “No one should be surprised when a well-armed population makes use of their personal arsenals.” Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough that recent Read More…