Humanity Democracy Forum at Martha’s Vineyard Was Hosted by Joy-Ann Reid, One of the Most Trusted Voices for Black America When Give Black Alliance and Black Voters Matter came together on Martha’s Vineyard for a conversation about voting rights, Black political power and the future of American democracy, Joy-Ann Reid was the natural choice to lead it. On Friday, August 14, The Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs hosted By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Copyright: AP2011, Credit: AP, Creator: Gerald Herbert Humanity Why the Angola Farm Line Ruling Was a False Victory Angola sits on land with one of the darkest histories in America. During the 1830s and 1840s, Isaac Franklin, one of the nation’s largest slave traders, pieced together several plantations into a massive cotton operation worked by hundreds of enslaved Africans. The plantation’s name reflected a common practice By Victor Flavius • 5 min read
Humanity Muni Long's Recent Health Admission Exposes the Grim Reality of the Lack of Transplant Donors for Black Women “I hope she’s okay.” That is the sentence I uttered aloud while watching Muni Long struggle to get through her performance at the highly anticipated “The Boy Is Mine” tour stop in Atlantic City, NJ last November. She’d go on to perform just two songs: “Made For Me” By Brenda Alexander • 4 min read
Humanity The Emotional Cost of Being the Exception Why Black parents must consider the psychological, emotional, and sometimes physical toll of raising children as “the only one.” The first thing I thought about when I heard Nolan Xavier Wells had disappeared wasn’t the investigation. It wasn’t the conflicting accounts surrounding a Fourth of July trip with By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
Humanity When Your Child's Experience With Fatherhood Doesn't Match Yours I grew up a daddy’s girl. My dad asked me until I was at least 12, in jest, “Who do you love? Me or your mom?” And I’d proudly choose him. We’ve always been inseparable. Even today, at 35, either one of us can call the other, By Brenda Alexander • 4 min read
Humanity Pastor Jamal Bryant Breaks Ground on New Birth Village, Launches Black Ground Initiative to Build Generational Wealth As the nation commemorates Juneteenth and reflects on the ongoing pursuit of freedom, economic equity, and opportunity, Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant, Senior Pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, is taking action to create a pathway toward lasting economic empowerment in Black communities. On Sunday, June 21, during Juneteenth weekend, By Pamela Broussard • 3 min read
Humanity Forget the Dating Gurus: Minister Louis Farrakhan Gives the Best Relationship Advice in Black America I was scrolling through social media recently when I came across another clip of Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking about relationships, marriage, and responsibility, and honestly, I had to stop and replay it twice because of how direct and practical it was. There are no gimmicks, no screaming or gender baiting. By Dr. Christal Jordan • 6 min read
W.E.B. Du Bois Humanity Du Bois - Rebel With a Cause, A Conversation with Rita Coburn. “One ever feels his twoness, – an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.” – W.E.B Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 When my grandfather passed on December 15th, By Stone E. Mims • 4 min read
Humanity I Look Into the Mirror, and I See Jim Crow If I had to recommend one novel to an American confounded by the great political storm we are now in, it would be Octavia Butler’s seminal work, Kindred. Butler’s speculative narrative imagines Dana, a Black woman living in 1976, who is thrown back in time, against her will, By Stone E. Mims • 5 min read
Humanity The 2nd Annual Ben Crump Human Rights Honors Returns to Atlanta Enchanted Branding & Public Relations proudly announces the 2nd Annual Ben Crump Human Rights Honors, hosted by renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, taking place on Sunday, February 22, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Park Tavern, located at 500 Tenth Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. By Dr. Christal Jordan • 2 min read
O.T.Genasis, Miriah Renee and daughter Marley Rose | Photo: DaeRae Media Humanity Love in Action: MarleyCon X8 Elevates Awareness Through Celebration Marleycon X8:For one unforgettable weekend in Los Angeles, the energy surrounding NBA All Star festivities had a heartwarming rival. While basketball fans filled arenas across the city, more than 500 families gathered in Santa Monica for a celebration rooted in love, inclusion, and purpose: MarleyCon. Now in its sixth By Datrick Davis • 3 min read
Photo by Darius Bashar / Unsplash Humanity Against The Genocide of Children …but our children are not ours/ nor we theirs they are future we are past - Nikki Giovanni, Always There Are The Children, 1976 Every Christmas, after dinner, but before my younger step-siblings and cousins open their presents beneath the tree, my grandmother and I play rummikub on an old, By Stone E. Mims • 8 min read
