by destrecht | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
“It’s 11 O’clock… do you know where your children are?” For millions of parents in the 1970’s, this was the reminder they received nightly just prior to the late evening news. After the curfews enforced due to the riots of the 60’s, many saw variations of this...
by Lawrence Johnson | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized
#NotAnotherHoliday Recently, I was made aware of this tweet from conservative activist, Blexit leader, and talk show host Candace Owens: “Juneteenth is soooo lame. Democrats really need to stop trying to repackage segregation. I’ll be celebrating July 4th and July 4th...
by Lawrence Johnson | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized
On November 7th, 2018, 27-year-old Telemachus “Tel” Orfanos was shot and killed at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. Around 11:18 pm, 28-year-old ex-Marine Ian David Long opened fire on the approximately 260 employees and patrons gathered...
by Lawrence Johnson | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized
Regardless of how you view society, it has fundamentally changed. Once, marriage was not only between one man and one woman, it was also a societal norm. Living together, on the other hand, was frowned upon just a few short years ago-it is now much more acceptable....
by Lawrence Johnson | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized
THE ENEMY WITHIN Summer of 2020. Coronavirus was just starting its takeover, shortly before the mask mandates. As a bread vendor, I was working at a store filling the bread on the lower shelves. This anonymous woman (who happened to be White) stopped as she was...
by Lawrence Johnson | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized
SELF INFLICTED It was November 2nd, 2015. On this cold Monday afternoon, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was playing with a few other children in South-side Chicago’s Dawes park. Dwright Boone-Doty, then 21, approached Lee, and begin to earn his trust by playing basketball...
