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Voter suppression – a poll tax paid in time. Georgia voters have defied efforts to suppress them. On Tuesday afternoon, they waited over an hour and a half to vote in Atlanta in the Georgia Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Unhoused  Black gay and bisexual men are disproportionately impacted by HIV and severe cases of (MPV) Monkeypox. In 2019, Black people accounted for 13% of the U.S. population but 40% (479,300) of people with HIV. According to the CDC, Black gay and bisexual men accounted for 82% of HIV acquisitions. Black gay and bisexual men also account for […]

Until we see antisemitism as a toxic species of the white supremacy that threatens Black security and democracy’s future, none of us are truly safe.Martin Luther King in 1968 asked when will the Black community take against the vicious antisemitism. Nearly 55 years later, the actions of two Black figures will ask us that question […]

Thank you all for the work you did on getting out the vote in the Midterms. We sent 43,400 texts20,000 Social Media Posts, 895 letters 200 postcards, worked on 10 Phone Banks, and canvassed in key districts. Your efforts allowed the Democrats to retain control of the Senate, and choke the so called “Red Wave” […]

The Red Wave is just a trickle In the latest results from the pivotal midterm elections, Democrats appeared to defy historical odds in critical midterm elections as an anticipated “red wave” did not materialize. The President’s party has averaged a loss of 28 House seats and four Senate seats. Turnout smashed all records. That might […]

The word “gay” is increasingly being substituted by queer or, more broadly, L.G.B.T.Q.,which are about gender as much as sexual orientation. The word “queer” is climbing in frequency and can be used interchangeably with gay, which itself not so long ago replaced the dour and faintly judgmental homosexual. Only 10 years ago, for example, queer […]

I have blogged on white racism and colorism but one subject that is also of concern is a form of “lite” supremacy, in which fairer-skin people perpetuate a modified anti-Blackness rather than eliminating. Without doubt, America is experiencing a browning of America, white supremacy could simply be replaced by — or buffeted by — lite […]

Here in Los Angeles there has always been a wide range of ethnic and racial diversity and politics. Over the weekend a secret audio recording in which the Los Angeles City Council president, two of her colleagues and the county’s top labor official discussed race and power in coarse and at times racist terms behind […]

SCOTUS (the Supreme Court} starts again on Monday and will feature major disputes on affirmative action, voting, religion, free speech and gay rights.As we approach the midterms get ready for a lot of 6-3 right wing judgments. So, SCOTUS will be another reason to vote to protect your rights The last SCOTUS term ended with […]

This book is really well worth reading, not just for white folks but for anyone that wants an accurate account of US racial history.The  author, Roland Martin, doesn’t hold back on the truth of this country….from the past to the present. His Daily Digital Show, “Roland Martin Unfiltered”, does the same. “White Fear” explains and […]