Protecting Juneteenth from the Jaws of Consumer Capitalism
Published by BlackCommentator.com on June 22, 2023 Now that we’ve had a couple of years of the Juneteenth holiday, I have some observations to share. President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday in 2021. If we don’t grab the reigns of this run-away horse, descendants of enslaved Africans risk losing the […]
Working People are the Losers in the Debt Ceiling Agreement
Published by BlackCommentator.com, June 8, 2023 Your president recently signed the bi-partisan legislation which brought the country’s potential default to a screeching halt. After weeks of political posturing and wretched wrangling over the current $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Joe Biden held his signing pen up in victory. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy beat his chest […]
Dealing with the Mental Health of the U.S.
Published by BlackCommentator.com, May 25, 2023 May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As the month ends, we can conclude that this country doesn’t take the issue seriously. It has never been healthy, based upon the violent nature of its founding – the theft and pillage of Indigenous land and culture, the enslavement of African peoples, […]