In The Twilight Zone, Maple Street turns on itself without a single shot fired by the so-called invaders. All it takes is a flicker of lost power and the whisper of suspicion to unravel a neighborhood. Today, the MAGA movement follows the same script—stoking fear, scapegoating neighbors, and igniting chaos not through direct attack, but through seeded distrust. Rod Serling warned that the most dangerous monsters are not external enemies, but internal fractures. And as red hats replace pitchforks and comment sections replace front porches, America’s greatest threat may still be the fear of one another. Continue reading
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Beyond America: Why African American Institutions Must Establish Diplomatic Relations with the Caribbean and Africa
“HBCUs must move beyond being America’s internal petitioners and become global actors. By establishing diplomatic relations with the Caribbean and Africa, African American institutions can stop pleading for inclusion at home and start wielding power abroad. The Diaspora is vast, the future is global, and the time is now.” Continue reading
The Silence on Haiti and Sudan: When African America Spends Its Limited Capital Everywhere but Home
African America’s tradition of fighting every injustice is noble, but it has come at a price. As rallies and headlines center on Palestine, Haiti and Sudan slip into silence. Haiti, the world’s first Black republic, is unraveling under gang rule and political collapse. Sudan’s war has forced nearly 19 million children out of school, a catastrophe with generational consequences. These are crises where African American advocacy could shape U.S. policy, strengthen HBCU partnerships, and reaffirm Pan-African credibility. Yet scarce resources—political, financial, and institutional—are being poured into causes where the likelihood of impact is minimal. History will not judge African America by how loudly it spoke for others, but by whether it stood with its own when Haiti and Sudan called out for help. Continue reading
The Death of Expertise in America: Why Loud and Wrong Now Trumps Quiet and Learned
America has entered a cultural moment where opinion outweighs evidence, and loudness overshadows learning. Expertise, once a cornerstone of democracy, is now ridiculed and sidelined in favor of uninformed conviction. For African American institutions, the stakes are especially dire: HBCU scholars and policy experts are drowned out in a society that prizes noise over nuance. Loud and wrong has become the new standard, while quiet and learned is treated as elitist. If America continues to dismiss expertise, African American institutions must hold even tighter to it, weaponizing knowledge as a form of power and protection in a world where freedom itself depends on truth. Continue reading
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