Did you really think that was the real Rachel Jeantel in the Seminole County courtroom. Subsequent interviews show her to be a bright and witty teen. Now Tom Joyner wants to give her a college scholarship. (Kudos to Joyner–this is what you do with the influence and wealth The People give you.) I hope Rachel becomes an attorney and kick some butt in the legal cesspool. But whatever she does with her life, she’ll do with gusto and purpose and tell all the naysayers…

The St. Louis governance model: Default to plantation
Former Missouri State Attorney General and now Senator Eric Schmitt was crystal clear in his analysis of the campaign to rid St. Louis of its Black female legislators. Sure, his post-election post was braggadocious in nature but do not get lost in the tone. Focus on the words which confirmed my declaration that there has been a campaign to rid St. Louis of any Black, forward-thinking elected officials, making St. Louis white again.