SNAP Isn’t Gone—But You’ve Got to Show Up: What New Yorkers Need to Know About the New Work Rules
While headlines across the country scream about massive food stamp cuts and families being thrown off assistance, let’s be clear about one thing: New York...
Joy Reid’s Interview Reveals the Cost of Black Emotional Politics
Joy Reid’s recent interview with Piers Morgan was more than a media clash—it was a case study in what happens when emotional narratives replace...
TSA’s Next Move: The End of the 3-1-1 Liquids Rule and What It Means for Travelers Nationwide
For over two decades, travelers have had to navigate TSA’s post-9/11 security rituals — including removing shoes, unpacking laptops, and squeezing liquid toiletries into...
The New York Budget Crisis: $22 billion deficit, Self-Inflicted and Predictable
New York State is facing a projected $22 billion deficit. Predictably, politicians are pointing fingers everywhere but the mirror. Governor Hochul blames Washington for...
Systemic Exclusion of Latino Voices in the Mount Vernon Charter Revision Process
Westchester Latinos Unidos Founder and Executive Director Elvira Castillo wrote a strongly worded letter, Tuesday, July 15th, to Charter Review Committee Chairwoman Tamala Boyd...
“Before We Rewrite the Charter, Let’s Pause and Rebuild the Process” – Former Mayor Richard Thomas
Mayor Thomas urges Mount Vernon to delay charter proposals, fix the process, and return stronger in November 2026.
Former Mayor Richard W. Thomas released a...
Black Leaders, Black America First — Stay Focused
The Rescissions Act of 2025 has stirred outrage in some corners of Black leadership. Many are decrying the billions in foreign aid cuts to...
The Epstein Files: When Political Loyalty Replaces Public Accountability
In a society where transparency is lauded as a democratic virtue, the ongoing saga surrounding the Epstein files exposes a disturbing reality: when political...
Why Nobody Is Talking About the 300,000 Missing Migrant Children
In a country where even cereal boxes are politicized, you’d think the disappearance of over 300,000 migrant childrenwould spark national outrage. But instead of a...
Here Is The Mt Vernon Charter Revision Commission Report, Now That You Have The Information, What Are You Going To Do With It?
There has been a lot of discussion, rumors, email blasts, social media posts, and comments about the proposed Charter Review Commission report for 2024–2025...
It’s Not The Mount Vernon Charter — It’s Who Mount Vernon Elects
Mount Vernon’s leaders want to rewrite the rules, but refuse to fix the habits. That’s not reform — that’s misdirection.
There’s growing momentum to revise...
So Now the Pulpit is a PAC? Why The IRS Just Gave Churches a License to Politic & What That Means for Our Communities
The IRS just made it official:
Churches and houses of worship can now endorse political candidates to their congregations without losing their tax-exempt status.
Let’s be...
Charter Review Commission Public Forum, Thursday, July 10, Last Chance To Be Heard
Councilman Derrick Thompson is hosting a public forum on the Charter Review Commission ballot initiatives on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM in...
Whiteness Is a Powerful Drug (Part II)
Let’s confront history — not the whitewashed version, but the raw, unfiltered truth of what was done to African people and the land they...
The National Farm Security Plan: What Does It Mean for Black America and Black Farmers?
The National Farm Security Plan: What Does It Mean for Black America and Black Farmers?
The USDA just launched a National Farm Security Action Plan,...
RFK Jr. Demands Doctors Learn Nutrition — And He’s Right
In a country that spends more on healthcare than any other nation on Earth, you would expect doctors to understand the foundational role nutrition...
Charleston White Reverses Course and Defends Karmelo Anthony: A Wake-Up Call for America’s Broken Lens on Black Youth and Justice
In a society governed by laws, justice is supposed to rely on facts, evidence, and due process, not emotions, assumptions, or internet outrage. Yet,...
The Truth About Medicaid: From the ACA to the Big Beautiful Tax Bill
If we want to survive what’s coming next, we must stop viewing public policy through emotion and start seeing it through logic. Medicaid —...
914 Spotlight: Ashley Robinson – An Aspiring Journalist Who Hosts & Produces Her Own Cable TV Show While Graduating With A 4.0 GPA
In a time when headlines too often highlight the struggles, stereotypes, and systemic barriers faced by Black youth, it becomes even more important to...
Descendants of Frederick Douglass Read His Speech ‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’
In the summer of 2020, the U.S. commemorated Independence Day amid nationwide protests for racial justice and systemic reforms in the wake of George...
