Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Many of us thought that after the last challenge to the Affordable Care Act was defeated, it would finally just be accepted as the law of the land.  President Trump said as much after his republican cohorts in congress failed to repeal it and failed to construct a suitable template for a replacement.  But that should have been one of all of our strongest indicators that it was not going to be allowed to exist and that they would not [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>The questions remain, what does July Fourth mean to Black People and what has been done to change that meaning?  Just like last year, we want you to think about these questions and more as you listen to Douglass's Speech on the Fourth of July.  Leave your thoughts and comments below.Speech TextThe Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.mp3File Size:19510 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​In June of 2019 Netflix pulled back the curtain on Clarence Avant, a Black Man from Greensboro, North Carolina born in the 1930s who rose to become one of the most influential Black Persons in Entertainment.  Best friends with Quincy Jones, mentor to a slew of Black Entertainers of all strips, and supporter of politicians, this documentary pulled out all the stops featuring 2 former presidents and a whole host of A list Black Stars to te [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​We are at this moment in the middle of a crisis.  Drug prices are simply out of control and superbugs are on the rise making drugs less effective.  However, out of control prices are the first issue of concern right now because millions of people have to make do without the drugs they need because they cannot afford them.  Enter generics, the low-cost option for those that cannot afford expensive brand name drugs.  However [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>Earlier this year a bomb dropped as Katherine Eban released the culmination of roughly a decade of research and investigative work on the Generic Drug Industry, and the explosion should be huge.  In this Episode of Lessons from the Screen we are going to be taking a look at Bottle of Lies: Inside the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban.The book starts out introducing us to an FDA Inspector that ends up in a foot race down a hallway chasing [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​​​During this episode of Lessons from the Screen we are going to be looking at the Women that have been profiled thus far highlighting the fact that everyone can make up their minds to do something beneficial for the community and have an impact.  It doesn’t matter whether you get famous or not, it simply matters what you are doing. ​LftS Black Women Celebration Profiles 3.mp3File Size:12362 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​​During this episode of Lessons from the Screen we are going to be looking at the Women that have been profiled thus far highlighting the fact that everyone can make up their minds to do something beneficial for the community and have an impact.  It doesn’t matter whether you get famous or not, it simply matters what you are doing. ​LftS Black Women Celebration Profiles 2.mp3File Size:31745 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>During this episode of Lessons from the Screen we are going to be looking at the Women that have been profiled thus far highlighting the fact that everyone can make up their minds to do something beneficial for the community and have an impact.  It doesn’t matter whether you get famous or not, it simply matters what you are doing. ​LftS Black Women Celebration Profiles.mp3File Size:28530 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thanks for listening.Unfortunately we weren't able to produce the show we wanted to as an introduction to our Black Women's Celebration Month of May for technical reasons.  But we have decided that, given the current political environment, to re-run the show on How Democracies Die.  To go directly to that show post Click Here. How Democracies Die Re-Run.mp3File Size:28716 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thanks for listening.​The turmoil happening in Venezuela while definitely extreme is not totally unique when the extremeness of the situation is removed.  A less extreme but potentially more explosive situation is occurring right now in Sudan.  Most of us are somewhat familiar with Sudan with the southern portion of it becoming a separate nation in July of 2011.  This made South Sudan the first new country to come into existence in Africa since Eritrea split from Ethiopia in 199 [...]