The Impact of Texas’ Redistricting Map on Black Americans
- August 30, 2025
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Redistricting in Texas has long been more than a cartographic exercise; it is a political act with profound implications for representation, power, and civil rights. In recent cycles, the Texas Legislature’s approach to drawing district lines has raised significant concerns, especially for Black Americans whose political influence remains vulnerable to dilution despite constitutional protections and (more…)...
Project 2025, Power Plays, and the Stakes for Everyday Americans
- August 18, 2025
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- truthseekerx
American politics rarely feels so high-stakes. Today, the convergence of several seismic developments: Project 2025, the “Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump’s reported desire to remove Jerome Powell, Texas’ redistricting battles, and an unexpected meeting with Vladimir Putin, isn’t just fodder for headlines. These events could reshape the daily lives of Americans, especially Black Americans, in ways...
Project 2025 and the Plantation Blueprint: A Tale of Two Kevin Roberts
- June 18, 2025
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- truthseekerx
When people speak of Project 2025 today, they usually mean the Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, a sprawling, nearly 1,000-page blueprint designed to reshape the federal government under a future conservative presidency. However, there is another document worth knowing, one far removed in tone yet chillingly connected in spirit: a 2003 dissertation...
The Things We Were Never Taught — And What We’re Going to Do About It
- May 25, 2025
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- truthseekerx
The destruction of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. (Wikimedia Commons) I Wasn’t Taught This I was in my late 30s before I learned that Black Wall Street wasn’t just a myth, before I understood what Tulsa, Oklahoma, really meant. I had two degrees, multiple mentors, and a whole bookshelf of theory behind...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill”: Winners, Losers, and What the Senate Might Change
- May 23, 2025
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- truthseekerx
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks alongside other House Republican leaders after the House passed budget reconciliation legislation at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025. | Francis Chung Congress’ latest legislative leviathan—H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—is a sweeping effort to reset America’s budget, tax code, defense priorities, and safety net systems. Passed...
The Black Code: Our Sacred Oath to Liberation
- May 11, 2025
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- truthseekerx
By a Black elder with 60 Years of life experience in his words When I was a young man, they told me survival was about ducking and weaving.Now I know: real survival is about building, healing, and protecting — starting with us. The image of Angela Davis — righteous, unbowed — reminds me daily that...
Born Here, Belong Here: The Price and Power of Birthright Citizenship in Black America
- April 23, 2025
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- truthseekerx
To be born in America and know you belong, that’s something many people never have to question. But for Black Americans, that certainty was never handed over. It had to be wrestled from a country that once insisted they had no rights at all. The promise of belonging, secured by birthright citizenship in the 14th...
Resistance and Responsibility: A Constitutional Reflection on Black America, the Right to Resist, and January 6th
- March 15, 2025
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- truthseekerx
In classrooms and public forums, we often debate this classic constitutional question:“At what point do citizens have the right to protect themselves from their own government?” For some, this is a theoretical discussion.For Black Americans, it’s lived experience. And then came January 6, 2021—when hundreds stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the...
Black History Month: The Weight of Everyday Life
- February 27, 2025
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- truthseekerx
Black History Month is a time to honor the rich legacy, achievements, and resilience of Black communities throughout history. Originally established as Negro History Week by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926, it became a month-long celebration in 1976 to recognize the significant contributions of Black individuals to American society. It is also a moment...
The Profound Impact of Christianity on Black America Prior to 1964