First it was my mother-in-law. “Mark, you cannot be deported. Your family needs you.”  Then it was my wife. “Did you see the New York...

“Jews will not replace us!” “You will not replace us!” Hundreds of torch wielding white nationalists shouted these chants as they marched...

It is an understatement to say that the times in which we are living in America are troubling. But it is the truth. These times are...

On Ash Wednesday, I was contemplating what I would give up for Lent. I considered fasting meat, altogether, for the first time. I...

Since it was first announced five months ago that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show  in New Orleans,...

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” —Martin Luther King Jr.   As a Black immigrant, who grew up in...

Recently, I came across the following post from the AND Campaign : “Many have turned away from the idea of reconciliation, seeing it as...

It should go without saying, but it needs saying: Immigrants are people. To many people, however, immigrants are not people. The...

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” —Matthew 5:4 Yesterday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the...

This for my people Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful So hard to survive a world so lethal —Joey Bada$$, “FOR MY PEOPLE”    I am...

“Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved.”   —J. Cole, “No Role Modelz”   America’s original sin is something that is often spoken of....

Last week, with over 75 million votes, Donald Trump was re-elected to the office of President of the United States. Religious voters,...

I hate the fact that I harbor distrust towards some of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Over the last nine years, since 2015, through...

“See, this weight is on my shoulders, pray, Jehovah, lift me up.”   —Vince Staples, “Lift Me Up”   The 2024 election season has been...

“Damn, Stunna, I loved you. . . . Hate it came to this.”   —Rick Ross, “Idols Become Rivals”   Last November, I wrote an open letter  to...

Dr. Umar Johnson (or as I refer to him, Malarkus Garvey), over years, has garnered a reputation for making provocative statements. From...

Over the weekend, on Saturday, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. As usual, Mr. Trump launched  into a rambling,...

“A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.”   In 1936, a black flag heralding this message was famously flown  outside the NAACP headquarters in New...

There have been terrible fathers throughout the Game of Thrones Cinematic Universe. Craster. Roose Bolton. Balon Greyjoy. Randyll Tarly....

As a follower of the Way of Jesus, a practicing Christian, a New Yorker, and a husband to a wife who is a diehard New York Giants fan,...