Following O Magazine’s monumental cover with Breonna Taylor, the long-standing Conde Nast glossy tapped iconic Black artist Amy Sherald (previously best known for her portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama) to paint a portrait of Taylor
In honor of the revolutionary’s birthday, race essayist Dr. Cynthia Alease was tasked with addressing his ideas, and her connection with them as an educator and Black woman. She doesn’t hold back, and we think Mr. Garvey wouldn’t have it any other way. I can be described as not an ordinary anti-racism essayist and educator,
OpEd Marcus Garvey: Putting the Dichotomy and Redundancy of My Ambivalence Aside Read More »
Ever since she recently posted a commentary on social media regarding Social Security and its potential demise under the Trump administration, Dr. Cynthia Alease Smith received several post comments with attachments that speak about “solvency” and “insolvency” of the Social Security system. These comments explain, mostly by implication, how it is virtually impossible for Americans
OpEd Social Security Solvency, the Gaslight Argument and My Special Kind of Stupid Read More »
If your ancestors came over to this Country, immigrated to America from some other shore after the Enslavement, then this essay is not for you unless you are genuinely interested in reading about how white supremacy in America is controlling the very people who believe that they actually have power in this country by virtue
OpEd For White People Who Don’t Know Who is Really in Charge (Or Who Think They Are) Read More »
As BET airs their 5-part docu-series about No Limit Records, new interest in Master P. and his blueprint for Black Ownership in the music industry continue to inspire at a crucial time where the Black dollar is no longer a commodity — it’s a movement. In an interview with Master P. and No Limit artist Mia X, BALDWIN editor James R. Sanders talks Black home-ownership, protecting Black women, fatherhood, and good credit
VIDEO: No Limit to Master P’s Seeds of Hope Read More »