At the center of his psyche, Donald Trump understands he is a natural born loser in disguise and his rage at having it exposed is dangerous to all of us.Never, ever, have I heard people in combat, friend or foe, referred to as “suckers” and “losers,” and yet, that’s what President Trump is reported to […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves In this coming Saturday’s New York City lien sales of 4,700 properties, we see how America’s legacy of racism is baked into the system, showing itself at key moments in our lives, enveloping our lives and limiting our horizons from the moment of birth.In a release calling for Mayor De Blasio […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves It’s a short hip hop from the misogyny, materialism and alpha male worship of too much rap music to the 13 percent of Black men who voted for Donald Trump in the last election.The posturing, the bravado, the flaunting of supposed wealth, Trump was the embodiment of that rap […]readmore
View From Here By David Mark Greaves Kamala Devi Harris Takes Election 2020 To Center Stage We said Joe Biden couldn’t go wrong picking a VP with the talent pool he was working with. And he made a very thoughtful choice in Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Even after she attacked him mercilessly […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves Black August is more than a second Black History Month. It commemorates and celebrates the freedom-fighting spirit of those who were, and are, at the tip of the spear in the struggle for liberation. Whether it was Gabriel Prosser’s Rebellion, August 30, 1800, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, August 21, 1831, […]readmore
John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one last time on his final journey home. He has left us to continue on our own journey, and we are on unusually rough road that looks like it’s worsening up ahead. The clashes in the streets of Portland, Oregon, is reminiscent of what we see happening in […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves Rev. C. T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis, the firebrands of the 1960’s Civil Rights Era,were the hammer and the anvil of a fired-up people intent on bending the arc of the nation toward justice and equality. They were “Race Men” who stayed faithful to their mission of paving […]readmore
I spent about 2 hours watching fox & Friends this morning and it is obvious why it’s Trump’s favorite show. The coronavirus pandemic not only did not lead the news, it was mentioned only with one emergency room doctor in a Houston interview. Not mentioned were any statistics on the spiking of deaths in Texas, […]readmore
