Kweku’s Korner By Tyree D. Brinson, PsyD Licensed Clinical Psychologist (IL) | PsyPact Certified to Practice Virtually in Over 40 States Including Wisconsin Private Practice Psychologist | Clinical Consultant | Clinical Director of an Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program in Downtown Chicago Adolescence is a critical stage of life marked by rapid emotional, physical, and social […]
First COVID, Now Tariffs: Black Businesses Need Us to Show Up!
Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant We’ve all heard the saying when America catches a cold, Black folks get pneumonia. It is with that understanding that many are fearful that the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s tariffs, could prove fatal to small Black-owned businesses. We need to look no further than to the impact […]
Wisconsin Deserves Better Than Budgetary Chaos
By Senator Dora Drake Week after week, lawsuit after lawsuit, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have thrown our state into chaos, cutting meaningful programs that provide services, relief, and assistance from the federal government. Each time they make cuts to federal funding or assistance, they say to us, “It is the responsibility of the states […]
A Critical Juncture for Black Americans (Afrodescendants)
BlackEconomics.org® In a BlackEconomics.org’s March 28, 2025 release, “An,” we discussed the accelerated pace of world developments—domestically and internationally. However, Black Americans (Afrodescendants) should not be so vulnerable and unmoored as to permit tsunami-like domestic and global political and economic waves to carry us in their wake as a rudderless People. Worse yet, we should […]
When the Birds Stop Singing
By Ben Jealous Where I grew up in California, on quiet mornings, you could hear the birds before anything else – finches, warblers, sparrows. They made the dawn feel like something alive. Those songs filled the sky with beauty and made the world feel whole. Now, those voices are going silent. A new study published […]
Chaos, Confusion and Delusion —100 Days of Lies and Insanity
By Julianne Malveaux Are you better off than you were three months ago, when the current President was sworn into office on January 20? That’s the question President Ronald Reagan posed to voters when he squared off against President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Voters concluded that they are worse off and chose Reagan over Carter. […]
The Shedeur Sanders Controversy: Exposing the NFL’s Plantation Mindset
By LaKeshia N. Myers The recent controversy surrounding Shedeur Sanders and his NFL draft prospects has once again pulled back the curtain on the deeply entrenched systems of control and racial bias that continue to plague professional football. As the talented quarterback and son of NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders prepares for his professional […]
Barkley Needs to Buy a Clue
Say Something Real Football Isn’t Just a Game, Trump Isn’t Just the President By Michelle Bryant I read somewhere that Saquon Barkley, of the Philadelphia Eagles, has a structured salary worth around $41.2 million. If correct, this would make him the highest-paid running back in NFL history. So, with all that money, I wish he […]
Mindfulness: A Safe Remedy for Sleep Loss and Medication Risks
Kweku’s Korner By Derek H. Suite, M.D. One in three Americans–roughly 84 million people– is sleep deprived and 50-70 million suffer from sleep disorders, with nearly 50 million confirming the use of a nightly sleep medication. The long-term use of sleep meds– not just chronic sleep deprivation – leads to chronic illness and early death. […]
Headline Thoughts No. 8: Black America’s Game to Win
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction “Headline Thoughts” (HLT) reflect our contemplations of, and conclusions about, recent and important media headlines from a Black American (Afrodescendant) economic perspective. HLT No. 8 considers—from a distance—global concerns about the potential fall of the United States (US) as the world’s hegemon, and an increasing interest by non-Black and Black Americans of actions […]
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