As the year winds down, the holiday season brings out the shopper in all of us. Stores are bustling, deals are everywhere, and while the meaning behind the holidays might get lost in the shuffle, one thing is clear: this is the time when our dollars have the most power. But have we thought deeply about where those dollars go? How they impact our communities? And how we, as a people, can make them work for us—not just for someone else’s profit? There’s been a lot of talk about

East Elmhurst, Queens N.Y.C—known for producing a long lineage of creatives, from rappers to fashion designers—has always been a place where ideas breathe before the world notices them. Among those visionaries is Brother Willie Chambers , a designer whose commitment to authenticity has kept his brand alive for more than three decades. I’ve known Brother Willie for years. His creativity has always stood out. In a neighborhood where talent spilled onto every corner—rhyming on t

Health-care In the world of politics, millions of people are caught in the middle of government shutdowns and endless debates about healthcare. It is tragic that something as essential as healthcare can be treated as a bargaining chip. In a nation as wealthy and advanced as the United States, healthcare should not even be up for debate—it should be a guarantee. Most advanced industrialized countries provide universal healthcare to their citizens. Even some developing nations

Unity We are living in a time of great uncertainty. Some may even say that scripture has already foreseen these days, yet that does not mean we cannot prepare ourselves for what lies ahead. History remains the greatest teacher, and when we look back at how our people endured the Middle Passage, slavery, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement, the consistent thread of survival was unity through group economics and the circulation of resources. Even in the days of segregation,

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The current debates on Capitol Hill about DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) may be important to some, but for Black America, the...

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