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Talent Isn’t Enough: A Father’s Lesson on Character and Success
The narrative is a personal story from a father’s perspective about teaching his young Black son an important life lesson: talent and success aren’t enough without good character. It describes a basketball game where the son’s behavior—trash talking and poor sportsmanship—led to consequences, despite his skill on the court. The father uses this moment to…
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Beneath the Beauty: The True Story of Downtown Charleston
Downtown Charleston is beautiful. That’s what they’ll tell you—the pastel houses, cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages. But beauty doesn’t mean innocence. Charleston’s charm hides a brutal past, one that was never truly buried beneath the cobblestones. This city was America’s gateway to slavery. Nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States first stepped…
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Larry Hoover: The Untold Story of an American Prison Legend and Cultural Force
Narrative: Larry Hoover has been behind bars since 1973 and is now 72 years old. Hoover is the central figure in the creation and rise of the organization once known as the Gangster Disciples. Over decades, that group evolved into what is now known as Growth and Development, a movement that has spread far beyond…
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Elon Musk, Money, and Moral Accountability: The Clash Between Power, Faith, and Global Responsibility
Narrative:Elon Musk, your recent embrace of Middle Eastern money raises a question that echoes loudly: do you truly need that capital, or is it Donald Trump who is desperate for such backing? It’s hard not to recall the sharp words you once used — calling Arabic “the language of the enemy.” How then do we…
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The Hidden Truths of American Plantations: From History to Present-Day Realities
Narrative:When I was a kid visiting family in Louisiana, they took us to a plantation for a tour. The focus of the tour was what you might expect: the harsh experiences of enslaved people, the brutal realities they endured, and the remarkable skills they developed under unimaginable conditions. For most of my childhood, I believed…
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Why Contempt Is the Relationship Red Flag You Can’t Ignore
A Short Story to Set the Stage Contempt is the single clearest sign a relationship is headed for a break-up. It goes beyond ordinary anger because it turns irritation at a behavior (“You forgot to pay the bill”) into a judgment of the person (“You’re useless”). That shift creates a built-in hierarchy: one partner is…
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No Allies, No Safety: Why Anti-Black Attitudes Hurt New Immigrants Most
1. What I Keep Seeing When new immigrants of color arrive in the U.S., some quickly look down on Black Americans. It surprises me every time—but I shouldn’t be shocked. Many come from places where skin-bleaching is normal and lighter skin is praised. So when they meet proud, dark-skinned people in America, they hit a…
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Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso, and the Struggle to End Neo-Colonial Control
The Day the Masks Came Off Kinshasa – dusk, December 14, 2023 Rain had hammered the tin roofs of Marché Gambela all afternoon, but the crowd stayed, trousers pasted to their calves, eyes fixed on the plywood stage beside a lone palm. When the downpour eased, a wiry man in a cobalt-blue boubou stepped forward…
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How an Enslaved Woman Outsmarted the First President and Exposed the Limits of America’s ‘Freedom’
Ona “Oney” Judge was born around 1773 on George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate.Her mother, Betty, stitched gowns for Martha Washington; her father, Andrew Judge, was an English indentured tailor. From the day she could walk, Oney carried fabric scraps and fetched needles—training for a lifetime of service she never chose. Philadelphia, 1796 When Washington became…
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Boston Celtics 2025 Off-Season Outlook: Run It Back or Break Up the Core?
Boston Celtics 2025 off-season outlook (updated with reports through mid-June 2025) Core under contract 2025-26 salary Years left Trade limitation?* Jayson Tatum (PO ‘26-27) $53.7 M 2 none Jaylen Brown $60.2 M 4 can be dealt at any time (one-year anniversary of ’24 super-max has passed) Kristaps Porziņģis $31.7 M 2 15-Dec lift Jrue Holiday…