When the Ancestors tell you to go to therapy by HESS LOVE DECEMBER 1, 2020 CULTURE, FEATURED, RELIGION, SPOTLIGHT Generational work is breaking the cycle of sweeping mental health under the rug. I do this for myself, my ancestors and my descendants. -@Hess2love TWEET THIS There aren’t enough accessible therapists to go around. I met this reality after an Ifa divination Read More…
History
Black Lives Matters vs. Black Churches
Which Black Lives Matters vs. Black Churches By Olivia Smarr When I came home from college for winter break I noticed a flyer on my church’s Facebook page that said December 14th was designated as “Black Lives Matter” Sunday. It was a couple weeks after the Grand Jury decision to not indict the killer of Eric Read More…
Hereditary Wounds: A Short Story
by Dom Alexander Hereditary Wounds: A Short Story by CONTRIBUTORS I try to focus on that and not my father. It’s difficult, especially when the cold blade is tucked into my hand. Rummaging through a dead man’s possessions is, perhaps, the strangest thing I’ve ever done. I sit on the floor in his room. The Read More…
Books N Bros, Book Club
Books N Bros, Book Club, Created by SIDNEY KEYS III, a sophomore at Pace Academy in Atlanta, is finding success in a book club he created for Black boys. The teen’s club, Books N Bros, allows Black children to come together and read stories which represent their own reality. Sidney started his club when he was 11 years Read More…
13th Amendment & H.R. 40 Reparation
REPThe Real Deal On Reparations: How American History Has Justified H.R. 40 Those who were willing to commit to spending 4.5 billion dollars over the next decade to “celebrate” Juneteenth have no excuse for failing to support H.R. 40. Distorted portrait of Black male. / Photo Credit: Getty Images If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any Read More…
Moorish Sovereign Citizens
The Moorish sovereign citizen movement is a collection of independent organizations and lone individuals that emerged in the early 1990s as an offshoot of the antigovernment sovereign citizens movement, which believes that individual citizens hold sovereignty over, and are independent of, the authority of federal and state governments. Extremist Group Info: Date Founded 1990 Ideology Sovereign Citizens Read More…








