Say Something Real Some Blacks Actually Received the Promised Land By Michelle Bryant For most of my life, I’ve heard the idiom “40 Acres and A Mule”. In the Black community, the phrase always represented a broken promise and the fact that America would never make good on reparations due to formerly enslaved Africans. However, […]
Milwaukee Public Schools Prime for Takeover
Say Something Real Financial Turmoil Spells Trouble By Michelle Bryant “The math ain’t mathing” accurately sums up the recent financial turmoil facing Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Per Urban Dictionary, the popular phrase means that something doesn’t add up or when you are skeptical about something you are hearing or seeing. Over the last few days, […]
The Wheels on the Bus
I value the work of the Biden-Harris Administration to provide funding and resources for school diversity and equitable access to education.
Medical Desert: Drought of Options in Black Communities
Clinic Closing Leaves Real Void
Gig Work and the Black Community
The Need for Worker Education and Protections
PFAS and the Black Community
What We Don’t Know and Are Not Told is Killing Us
Say Her Name: Sade Robinson
A Tragic Example of the Need for Recognition
Scholarship Opportunities Exist: Where Are the Students?
Too Many Families Leaving Dollars on the Table
She Works Hard for the Money
Say Something Real Women Still Face Workplace Uphill Battles By Michelle Bryant In 1983, Odetta Johnson had no idea she would become the inspiration for the “Queen of Disco”, Donna Summer’s huge hit “She Works Hard for the Money. The pop star recounted on the You Write The Songs television show, that she encountered Johnson […]
“Uninstructed Delegation” Train Gaining Riders and Delegates
Protest Voters Must Figure Out Where This Route Will Lead