Beyond the Minefield: A Black Expat’s Journey Toward Panamá
For Black Americans seeking relief from constant racial tension, Panamá offers a shift: foreigner first, Black second. Here’s what I’ve learned so far, and how I plan to navigate it.
Fascism Doesn’t Just Fade: How It Rises, How It Falls, and What History Teaches Us Now
Berlin, 1933The crowd gathered in the torchlight. Drums beat against the night as banners unfurled across the square. The Reichstag fire had just gutted Germany’s parliament building, and emergency decrees followed like...
The Genius Act and the Future of Money (not financial advice, but the horizon just changed)
Back in 2017, when I first fell down the rabbit hole of crypto, the world still laughed at the idea that digital coins could be anything more than a tech bro hustle....
Ultra-Processed Culture: A Mirror Held to Our Time
We don’t always have a name for what we’re feeling—but that doesn’t mean it’s not real. This thing we’re caught in, this shiny surface that reflects everything but shows us nothing? This...
One Drop to Glory
Well, they never expected it to work like this! The one-drop rule wasn’t a celebration of ancestry. It was a containment strategy—an old-world firewall designed to protect the fragile fiction of whiteness....
Trump Blinked
Sun Tzu whispers across twenty-five centuries: “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Miyamoto Musashi nods from the edge of a tatami mat: “Generally speaking, the Way...
The Beast (666) Has a Hype Man
Before I get into this, it’s important that you know that, I’m not writing this to predict dates or declare identities. I’m writing because the world is starting to feel like it’s...
No One Will Announce the End of Democracy—But You’ll Know It When You Feel It
I. AMERICA ON THE BRINK: THE TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY On the day before a nation falls into authoritarianism there won’t be a parade to mark the occasion. There won’t be some grand...
Decolonizing the Afrikan Mind: A Path to Reclaiming Heritage
For Afrikan communities, both on the continent and in the diaspora, a history of enslavement and colonization of the African continent has left profound scars. It’s not just about the kidnapping and...
Of Leaders …
For Afrikan Americans, the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality has seen the rise of great men and women of vision. And though there have been many such leaders and their ideologies,...
