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This is the article I’m referencing here. I read a post on LinkedIn the other day from my friend Eche that made my heart beat a little faster. It painted a vivid picture of the Nigerian diaspora wiring $20 billion home, with a staggering $19.5 billion going to consumption…”parties, not products.” It contrasted the empty […]
The final buzzer hadn’t even finished its jarring cry when the court became a chaotic sea of bodies. Watch the footage. In February 2024, after Wake Forest upset Duke, thousands of students swarmed the floor. In that crush was Duke’s seven-foot center, Kyle Filipowski. As he tried to escape, fans, celebrating students, just like you […]
Before the United States had a constitution, it had a warning. The nation’s architects, fresh from a revolution against a distant, monolithic power, looked to the future and saw a new tyranny waiting to be born not on a battlefield, but in their own halls of government. John Adams, with grim foresight, called a “division […]
For over three decades, the Essence Festival of Culture has been a pilgrimage, a necessary “family reunion” for Black America. But in the summer of 2025, the reunion felt strained. The crowds seemed thinner, the energy more fraught, and the online post-mortem was a brutal mix of economic grievances and cultural critiques. A narrative battle […]
Tomorrow, the sky will burst with light. The air will smell of barbecue and sulfur. We will celebrate our Independence Day with a familiar, comfortable rhythm. But this year, comfort feels like a luxury we cannot afford. The divisions are too deep, the anxieties too raw, the very ground of our democracy feels unsteady beneath […]
