Politics & Current Events

A Corporate Decision With Human Consequences What’s happening in Lexington, Nebraska is not just a business decision; it’s a human one with cascading consequences. When Tyson Foods announced mass layoffs at its plant, the headline numbers alone told a devastating story. Roughly 3,000 people are set to lose their jobs in a town of about […]

The Question That Keeps Coming Back I keep asking the same question because it refuses to go away: do we still need some kind of savior voice, or have we already done enough? I’ve been asking that question for more than a decade, and the longer I sit with it, the clearer the answer becomes.

When Comedy Was Still a Warning Back in 2012, The Dictator was received as crude satire, exaggerated on purpose so audiences could laugh without feeling implicated. The film leaned into absurdity, presenting power as cartoonish and violence as theatrical, safely distant from everyday American life. Around that same period, many people were still using Idiocracy

Here We Go Again Hang around and get your snacks ready, America, because Congress looks like it’s about to shut the entire kitchen down again. We are officially counting down to another government shutdown in January 2026, and the clock is already loud. This came right after we survived the longest government shutdown in history,

Nigerian authorities have reported that world-famous boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in a serious road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the vehicle he was riding in lost control. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria, the Lexus SUV was traveling at excessive speed. Authorities say the driver attempted an improper overtaking maneuver.

Section One: Why Simple Things Become Impossible Peace, love, unity, and joy are simple ideas. They are not complicated philosophies or elite concepts meant for a few people. Every human wants them, recognizes them, and understands their value instinctively. But simplicity does not mean compatibility with every system. In a colonial situation, those basic human

Section One: This Is Not Journalism Let’s say it plainly and without hedging: Fox News is not practicing journalism right now. Journalism investigates power, challenges authority, and demands accountability. What Fox News is doing instead is running interference for Donald Trump. As renewed attention on the Jeffrey Epstein case raised serious questions about who was

Section One: The Seduction of Comfortable Lies There is a strange comfort in being told everything is fine, even when lived experience says otherwise. When someone says racism no longer exists, or that the economy is thriving for everyone, or that the country is in its greatest moment, they are offering reassurance, not truth. Those

Why This Situation Hit a NerveThe DK Metcalf suspension struck a nerve because it fits a pattern people have seen too many times to ignore. When Black athletes respond to racist provocation, the system suddenly becomes very strict, very fast, and very unforgiving. According to reports and circulating footage, Metcalf had words with a fan