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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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This weeks LTH WEEKLY author interview show

Hi this is George Cook the host of the African American literary talk show LTH Weekly and I would like to invite you to check out my interviews with author Jarold Imes the author "Age ain't nothing but a Number and with DEX author of "Detroit Green House. You can listen here

 http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/LTHWEEKLY.html

Jarold Imes Age ain't nothing but a number
Book Description--Juan Morales lives in the Delta Center after a lie has forced him out on his own. There, he meets Jazmyn Walters, a budding entrepreneur that wants to make him her own piece of work. Together, they work out their desires and face the obstacles of being thirteen years apart and slowly falling in love while being homeless...
DEX Detroit Green House
Book Description--In Detroit Green House by Dex, readers follow the friendship of Tywon Miller and Maurice `Money Bunny' Bonner that began in their early childhood. From the start, Money showed traits of jealousy yet they were blind to Tywon; who really cherished their bond. As the two aged, various situations tested their friendship, but Tywon personified the saying `can't see the forest for the trees' and constantly down-played instances where Money's integrity was in question. When Money was incarcerated, Tywon started making large sums of money from selling marijuana. Upon Money's release, he noticed Tywon's increased cash-flow and new circle of friends which made him feel replaced. Those feelings caused Money's jealousy to flare with an added dimension; revenge. It was not until Tywon's brother got shot, and possibly killed, that he took a hard look at their friendship. When thousands of dollars turned into millions, would Tywon be able to continue his life-long friendship with Money? Or would his rose-colored glasses shatter, revealing Money for what he really was?