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The Death of Black Owned Media: The Last Piece of Black Ownership at BET Is Gone
The recent buyout of Tyler Perry's ownership stake in BET+ by Paramount Skydance (formerly Paramount Global) is more than a routine corporate move—it's the end of the last direct...
A $30 Minimum Wage in New York Will Lead to More Unemployment — Here’s Why
In politics, policies are often judged by their intentions. In economics, policies are judged by their outcomes.
That distinction matters as New York City Council...
Congress Votes to Keep Sexual Misconduct Complaints Secret — Here’s How Your New York Congressmen and Congresswomen Voted for it
This week, the United States House of Representatives quietly held a vote that most Americans will likely never hear about.
The question before Congress was...
Our Students Can’t Read at Competitive Levels — Yet We’re Arguing About Everything Else
America Is Preparing for the AI Economy — But Many of Our Schools Are Not Even Preparing Students for Today
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming...
Trump Signals Cuba Could Be Next After Iran Operation, Raising Questions Across the Caribbean
While the official purpose of the White House event was to celebrate the 2025 MLS Cup champions Inter Miami and soccer star Lionel Messi, President Donald...
Westchester County Opens New Mental Health Safety Net Clinic in White Plains
New facility aims to reduce wait times and expand access to behavioral health services
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WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County has officially opened a new...
Trump Moves Kristi Noem Out of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Taps Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
President Donald Trump has removed Kristi Noem from leadership of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and tapped Senator Markwayne Mullin as her replacement, marking the first major cabinet-level shakeup of Trump’s...
America Is Preparing for the AI Economy — But Our Schools Are Still Stuck in the 1990s
Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from the realm of science fiction into the center of economic and national policy. At a recent White House...
From Worf’s Warrior Code to Feminized Klingons: The Changing Identity of the Klingons
For decades, the Klingons in Star Trek represented one of the most clearly defined warrior cultures in science fiction. Honor, lineage, loyalty, and courage were not...
The Case for a Pause: When Medical Caution Is Not Discrimination
Public debate often reduces complex policy questions to moral slogans. The current fight over gender-related medical treatments for minors has fallen into that pattern....
Inside the Congressional Briefing: What Lawmakers Were Told About Iran
When governments use force, the relevant question is not whether the adversary is hostile. The relevant question is whether the action taken produces a...
Did Trump Violate the War Powers Resolution? Law, Logic, and the Question of Outcomes
Whenever American forces engage in combat abroad, the same constitutional alarm is triggered: Who has the authority to take the nation into war?
With the...
Offensive Strikes, Defensive Shields, Saudi Arabia’s Red Line, and Canada’s Support: What This War Is Becoming
International conflicts are rarely spontaneous. They are usually the result of long-standing incentives, alliances, and institutional groundwork.
The recent U.S. and Israeli strikes inside Iran...
MIDDLE EAST RESET: KHAMENEI KILLED, GLOBAL TENSIONS SURGE
In a move that has reshaped the geopolitical chessboard overnight, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following a coordinated U.S.–Israel military strike...
Trump Orders Major Combat Operations in Iran: A Defining Moment With Global Consequences
In a nationally televised address, President Donald Trump announced that the United States military has begun what he described as “major combat operations” inside...
Mount Vernon Cannot Afford Fiscal Romanticism
Affordability for Whom? The Fiscal Case for Scrutiny in Mount Vernon
Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced more than $240 million in tax credits and subsidies...
Mamdani Meets With Trump: From State of the Union Protests to Oval Office Negotiations
New York — Only days after Democratic lawmakers staged visible protests during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, New York City Mayor...
The State of the Union: What it Means to Black America
Trump’s 2026 State of the Union was confident, forceful, and built around a single narrative: America is strong again. But speeches are not the...
The New Paternalism in American Politics and the Illusion of Progress
Every political era has its governing instinct. Ours is paternalism.
Not the crude paternalism of segregation or overt exclusion, but a more refined version —...
Black Power Is Not a Feeling: What Amos Wilson Got Right—and Today’s Black Politics Still Misses
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Black History Month often celebrates faces, moments, and symbolic firsts. However, it rarely examines why outcomes remain unchanged despite decades of representation. Dr. Amos Wilson did not confuse symbolism with...
