More Advice and Solutions About Life.

 

We live in a new generation in the year 2026. It is certainly important to talk about solutions. For years and decades, we have known of the problems found domestically and internationally like racism, xenophobia, sexism, imperialism, colonialism, and other wickedness that have no justification in the world.   Today, we have an ideological battle between people who want freedom and justice versus those who want fascism and authoritarianism. Here are 10 solutions that I wrote that can be a starting point to improve the lives of my black people and all people who love truth and wisdom. The following words don't show everything that must be done, but it gives a vibrant, strong blueprint on actions that people can enact to grow our society and liberate humanity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

1. LOVE OF BLACKNESS: The origin of all human life is black people. That has been confirmed genetically, historically, and scientifically. Respecting your melanin and what have you have been born to be is all about respecting yourself. Our ancestors were the epitome of Blackness who lived their lives filled with courage, honor, resiliency, hope, and action. There is a big lie that being pro-Black is about being hateful of everyone else. We are not colorblind as nature and the Universe is filled with color. Seeing and acknowledging the diversity of color is not evil. Hating someone because of color is evil. Therefore, we are color respectful, not color blind. Being conscious of color represents a fact of history and commonsense. Black is Beautiful is a revolutionary statement said by legends from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., etc. That concept is about living our lives, growing our intellectual development, and seeing our total identitiy as beautiful (beyond lies and false stereotypes). 

2. SELF-ESTEEEM AND CONFIDENCE (ALONG WITH THERAPY AND ACCOUNTABILITY): Self-esteem is the life blood of human development. In our time, many people have self-esteem issues. That is why it is important to educate children, men, and women to promote healthy self-esteem. Self-esteem is about seeing the dignity in one's person, promoting human autonomy, and realizing that life is improved when anyone doesn't give up. Some evil people may dehumanize people in trying to lower someone's self-esteem, but we will never go into that route. We believe in standing up for ourselves and treating people with dignity and with respect. Major solutions always relate to growing self-esteem, having confidence, and using therapy plus embracing accountability. Many decades ago, going to therapy was taboo in mainstream society. In the 21st century, therapy is less taboo as therapy is about communication, developing strategies to grow in our lives, and seeking solutions to various issues common in human beings. There are tons of therapists of eveyr color and background willing to help human beings with mental health issues, issues of job searches, issues of financial turmoil, and changes going on in people's lives. Some actions of progressive behavior is refusing to interrupt people, lacking trust in people unjustly,  Therapy can be about helping human beings to eliminate bad habits. Therapy is not weakness, and therapy should not be used a crutch to be lazy. We still all should do the work to analyze our lives, heal, and seek truth beyond distractions. Accountabilty relates to checking ourselves, growing our lives, and it is not about being emotionally crippled forever. Something as simple as saying sorry if you are guilty of something goes a long way instead of harboring bitterness and resentment. THe purpose of growing self-esteem is never to please other people but to be the best version of yourself for improving their own lives. It is fine to say no and to implement the plan of action to see a better future emotionally and physically. 

3. MEN AND WOMEN  PLUS THE REST OF HUMANITY WORKING TOGETHER: One of the most important issues of our generation revolves around relationships among men and women. I have written about this subject for years. As human beings, there is no solution unless relationships (both romantic and platonic) are improved upon among men and women. Men and women are born equal in value. There is no inferiority among people of every sex and background. Each human being born in the world has dignity and worth. Also, there are many physical, genetic, psychological, and hormonal differences between men and women too. That means that men and women deserve equality, and we should acknowledge our differences at the same time. There are many fundamental truths that we have to accept. They are that patriarchal supremacism exists (which is a system filled with male privilege, and the human beings with the most political and social power on Earth are men. This system allows women and non-conforming human beings to have rights restricted), the oppression of women is real, the suffering of men should be acknowledged (but it wasn't caused by women collectively), and trashing every woman or trashing every man (in dehumanizing terms) as total trash is slanderous agent behavior. Therefore, at the core of any relationship is embracing self-respect for yourself and for the Creator God of the Universe. If you can't respect yourself, you can't respect other people. It is as simple and mundane as that. In the beginning of humanity, many males (not men) organized a system where women were made into subordinates in terms of power, human rights, and other aspects of human living (there were exceptions in ancient times as matriarchal societies did exist millennia ago). That is shown in the Medieval age in Europe, where women were treated as objects, and in other places of the world where women couldn't even vote in America until the 1920s. Sexism, racism, and xenophobia are some of the many evils that have to end in order for human liberation to exist. Mutual respect is a prerequisite for a strong relationship among human beings. Without that, nothing changes. That means that a man must respect a woman's humanity, autonomy, ambition, goals, and personal humanity (plus vice versa). The suffering of women and men has been downplayed by those who hate all men and women. That is wrong as women and men are valuable and needed in the world. The issue is that the suffering of men isn't caused by every woman in the street but by the one percent who imposes toxic masculinity (instead of healthy masculinity) and other evil actions that has crippled many men's emotions and personalities (especially men with low self esteem, the extreme poor, etc.). In other words, you can be a man and have healthy masculinity (filled with protecting people, having hobbies, helping people, standing up for yourself plus others, and executing plans without oppressing women and scapegoating women for every evil in the globe). 

There are many reasons why I don't agree with the passport bros. movement. This movement has been going on for years and decades, whereby Western men travel to developing nations to find romantic partners. The issue is not about traveling. Traveling to many nations is very positive to grow cultural awareness, to respect the humanity of diverse cultures, and to gain new insights and understandings of humanity in general. The problem with the passport bros. is that the motivation behind their activities is to scapegoat or blame American women for relationship issues (when the issues are a product of complex factors like the system of oligarchy, economic inequality, toxic manosphere agenda, not all American women), and many of the passport bros promote misogynistic and exploitative mechanisms for seeking romance overseas. They view women on a scale of inferiority and superiority based on nationality or ethnicity, which is the essence of misogyny, racism, colorism, and self-hatred in many circumstances. Advocates of this fetishization of women overseas claim success stories, but their stories are not all the same. Many people in the passport bros. movement report financial exploitation (among both parties), theft of resources, and some of them are in prison due to cultural misunderstandings or other reasons. Many of the men are targets of scams, extortion, and demands for money from extended families. Some males in this movement sexualize women overseas as some trophy wives instead of developing genuine attraction and human connection with women overseas (as total equals). Many members of the passport bros. movement advocate extreme manosphere and anti-feminist rhetoric, constantly seeking to brainwash many younger men to accept their lies. There is nothing wrong with marrying a woman overseas, but the motivation has to be sincere, without scapegoating every American woman for dating issues in America. Many passport bros. mess it up for many sincere men and women who travel overseas (in places like Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, Thailand, France, England, Spain, South Africa, Colombia, etc.) for business, cultural growth, vacations, and other legitimate reasons. Therefore, love is special, unique, and beautiful. It doesn't need to be cheapened as the passport bros. advocate. At the end of the day, there is no true relationship without healing, accountability, working to be the best version of yourself, humility and strength to stand for integrity (including moral boundaries). Real love can be found in America and overseas, but real love is not based on a sexist, exploitative fantasy. It's based on the reality of expressing an authentic connection with a human being for the right reason. Being yourself always is important. Authenticity matters in the Universe among us human beings. 

That is why I don't believe in the manosophere, because women are not the enemy. Women aren't monolithic. Also, attraction is important in a relationship, but relationships can last longer by common interests, respect, and a sense of purpose to fulfill goals (beyond just looks). We don't want people to date people who they aren't attracted to, but relationships will never be 100 percent rosy and perfect all of the time. Storms will come, and people have to find solution making avenues to overcome storms. Now, people should absolutely leave a relationship immediately if there is abuse, exploitation unjustly, infidelity, and if things just aren't clicking. I want to make that absolutely clear. You shouldn't be forced to be in or stay in a relationship if you don't desire one. Also, a relationship ending doesn't mean that a man or woman is worthless. Sometimes, it is a matter of things not working. The Golden Rule is a pristine blueprint for love to grow. 

4. SELF-DEFENSE: Self Defense is a universal human act of survival. If your life is in danger or after all other peaceful tactics have been exhausted to the limit, you have every God given right to use self-defense by any means necessary. This doesn't mean that nonviolence is a weak force. One of the strongest people in human history have used non-violent resistance to oppose injustice and stand up for our human rights. We know many of these individuals' names and histories. Yet, people have every right to use self-defense to preserve their lives and the lives of their neighbors. This fact doesn't glorify violence in any capacity. It is about promoting human dignity and justice that is the birthright of all people. Malcolm X was a great advocate of self-defense. When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail and threatened by white racists, Malcolm X sent a telegram to white racists that he was willing to send black men to use self-defense to protect the rights of black people in Selma who are only desiring the right to vote in America. 

5. EXERCISE AND HEALTH: One of the most important solutions in the world is to improve our human health. That is non-negotiable. All human beings will go through the rain at times. Yet, that is not an excuse to give up. We should never give up. There are countless stories of people who have extreme obesity, and these men and women did the work to lose dozens and hundreds of pounds in a forthright, positive fashion. There are people in wheelchairs with outstanding physical strength and great health. Like always, we reject body shaming, and we believe in body positivity. That means that humans can be healthy and exist in a diversity of shapes and sizes. No one should be dehumanized because of race, color, shape, age, physical appearance, and gender. One of the most important parts of health improvement is to learn about your major vital signs. The reason is that each person is different as what methods may work for one person may not work for another human being. These health biomarkers deal with the measurable biological indicators of body functions, disease risks, and overall wellness. For metabolic health, there are HbA1c (shows average blood sugar over three months), fasting glucose (measures sugar after fasting), and fasting insulin (tracks early metabolic strain). The heart health metrics deal with LDL and ApoB (which count harmful cholesterol particles), triglycerides (that measure fats in your blood), and blood pressure (that tracks force in our arteries). Involving inflammation and organs, there are VO2 levels (involving lungs), the hs-CRP (that detects low grade chronic inflammation), liver enzymes (found in the ALT/AST relating to liver health), and TSH (that evaluates thyroid hormone function). There are other indicators like heart health overall, weight, body fat percentage, family history, waist circumference, etc. 

More health information relates to metabolic health, sex hormones, thyroid health, inflammation, liver health, kidney health, nutrients, energy, the immune system composition, DNA health, brain health, gut health, and toxin exposure. To maximize human health, people should have strength-building exercise, cardio exercises, and flexibility exercises. Strength-building builds muscle as armor (as we age, we lose muscle vitality unless we use regular strength-building exercises like weightlifting, resistance training, etc.), cardio fuels the body with blood, and flexibility deals with developing joint health and being able to move efficiently. To grow health is also about reading, doing puzzles, gardening, and being intellectually stimulated, including being social with people to reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. People need 7-9 hours of sleep, drink water, reduce stress, get regular health checkups, and eat healthy (with proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients). Exercise and improving overall health will definitely improve human longevity. 

6. COMMUNITY WORK: We all have to do the work. There are people right now organizing recycling campaigns, having literacy programs to read books, going about to end crime via conflict resolution programs, using charity to help the suffering, and standing up for social justice. The people who do these things are readily unsung, and they ought to receive our support and solidarity. Community work is real, and it is the basis of any resolutions that we desire as a people. 

7. PAN-AFRICAN UNITY: I will always believe in Pan-African unity. Now, Pan-African unity means that we have different cultural differences as black people in the African Diaspora, and we are still one people of black African heritage at the same time. Some people are xenophobic and get the definition mixed up. Some people don't want to be called African American anymore when their genetics came from West African and Central Africa mostly. Some people with this deluded mentality have the embrace of Afrophobia that I reject. I was born in Virginia, and I consider myself African American or black American without apology. Additionally, black people deserve racial justice. All forms of discrimination and anti-black policies harming black people access to housing, employment, policing, wealth, political power, health care, etc. should be abolished. Black people have every right to establish their own institutions that they own and control. Black Americans suffered Jim Crow, redlining, and recently about 600,000 innocent black women lost their jobs in the Trump 2nd term alone. This reality should cause outrage among any person. I believe in reparations for black Americans as accountability must be made for centuries of anti-black oppression in America. At the end of the day, we should promote connections with our black Brothers and black Sisters worldwide with love, solidarity, and mutual respect for each other (while celebrating our cultural differences at the same time). 

8. FINANCIAL LITERACY, FIGHTING POVERTY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (WITHOUT POOR SHAMING): Also, another solution is that people should have financial literacy, fight poverty, and have economic development. Our culture as black people has always embraced the concept of community and collective development. Selfish individualism never works as that philosophy has brought about economic inequality, bankruptcy, and other economic turmoil that plague people globally, not just in the United States of America. That is why it is important to advocate for strategies to combat poverty like showing compassion to the poor, strengthening the social safety net, and educating especially young people about the basics of economics (like savings accounts, checking accounts, retirement, Social Security, credit, market rates, bonds, CDs, stocks, etc.). Financial literacy is valuable at any age, because regardless if you believe in capitalism or not, you still need to understand about the dynamics of economics. In that sense, it can be changed to benefit all of the people, beyond the one percent. Fair wages and labor standards are key to promoting the right methods to fight poverty. Local businesses doing the right thing deserve grants, business training, access to capital, and other methods to grow. There should be subsidized childcare as supported by most Americans. The housing affordability crisis is real, and we need affordable housing by using community land trusts, zoning changes, investments, and changes in the rent system. There are those who advocate a radical form of black capitalism that believe that black people must quit their jobs and start businesses and even be millionaires by day trading. That is not only unrealistic. It's false, because we need not only businesses. We need teachers, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, clergy people, judges, community activists, and a diversity of black people to grow the black community in an exceptional fashion. We don't need the extremes of laissez faire capitalism or Stalinist Communism, but a fair, progressive economic system that all of humanity can benefit. If you claim to fight for economic empowerment and don't advocate for living wages and labor standards, then you are hypocrite. That is why we need to advocate for policies that benefit workers collectively. So, we don't need to quite our jobs to achieve excellence. We need the politics and economics of this society to radically change, so all human beings can benefit in it filled with economic justice. You can't have generational wealth spread in the black community without a clean environment, without rights promoted to all people, without universal health care, without a strong social safety net, without a strong educational system, and without an end to laissez faire capitalism harming humanity globally. 

9. SPIRITUAL/MORAL GROWTH (WITH ETHICS): There is no solution without morality and boundaries. Boundaries that you maintain are necessary to develop character and not be a doormat for anyone. We have all certain boundaries that are not to be played with, and we have the right to establish our boundaries. Spirituality has helped many people. In our generation, some people may mock religion, mock spirituality, and demonize anyone of any faith. Yet, people have the right to believe what they want, and there is nothing wrong with believing in God at all. Morality is beyond just a rule book of dos and don'ts. Morality is about embracing integrity and ethics that deal with fundamental truths of not disrespecting people, protecting the lives of people, refusing to lie, opposing cheating and adultery, taking responsibility for your own actions, growing your character, and seeking advice when necessary. 

10. TRAVEL (IF YOU ARE ABLE TO): If anyone is able financially and physically to travel all over the country and the world, do so. Traveling can open the human mind to respect diverse cultures, gain new insights of existence, and learn to appreciate humanity and the Earth in a more progressive fashion. Also, traveling can allow people to expand connections in business, social communication, romance, and develop vacations that can cause a lifetime of memories. Traveling in the right way can create joy and happiness among human beings too. Traveling doesn't even have to be extremely complex in its composition. People can travel to a local museum, travel out of a state for a festival, and travel overseas to visit powerful locations of wonder. 

By Timothy

 

The 2026 United States Track and Field Championship (in New York City).

 

The United States Track and Field Championships has existed in New York City from July 23 to 26, 2026. It has taken placed at Ichan Stadium. This championship had para track and field championships for the United States too. This comes before the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship held in Budapest, Hungary. This is historic as it is the first championships in New York City since 1991. On July 21, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a lottery for 500 free tickets to the events. For the men's 100m race, Noah Lyles won gold with a time of 9.79 seconds, Ronnie Baker won silver with 9.88 seconds, and Kenny Bednarek won bronze with a time of 9.88 seconds. Noah Lyles said that he is not playing after his victory. For the women's 100m, Sha'Carri Richardson won gold with 10.77 seconds, Kyal White won silver with 10.90 seconds, and Tamari Davis won bronze with 11 seconds. For the women's 400m, Aaliyah Butler won gold, Alexis Holmes won silver, and Sanaria Butler won bronze. For the men's 400m, Chris Bialey won gold, Khaleb McRae won silver, and Demarius Smith won bronze. For the men's high jump, Tyus Wilson won gold, Scottie Vines won silver, and Shelby McEwen won bronze. For the women's pole vault, Sandi Morris won gold, Emily Grove won silver, and Tori Thomas won bronze. For the shot put, Chase Jackson won gold, Abria Smith won silver, and Adelaide Aquilla won bronze. For the men's long jump, Isaac Grimes won gold, Malcolm Clemons won silver, and Steffin Mccarter won bronze. For the men's decathlon, Garrett Scantling won gold, Kyle Garland won silver, and Hakim McMorris won bronze. For the women's 100m, Alia Armstrong won gold, Alayhsa Johnson won silver, and Tara Davis-Woodhall won bronze. For the women's 1500m, Nikki Hiltz won gold, Addy Wiley won silver, and Emily MacKay won bronze. For the women's 200m, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won gold with 21.69 seconds (which is a season's best), Cambrea Sturgis with 22.22 seconds, and Camryn Dickson with 22.58 seconds.  Vasthi Cunningham won gold in the women's high jump. For the women's long jump, Alyssa Jones won gold, Monae Nichols won silver, and Tara Davis-Woodhall won bronze. For the men's 800m, Cooper Lutkenhaus won gold, Wes Ferguson won silver, and Hobbs Kessler won silver. The men's discus gold medal winner was Texas Tanner, Reggie Jagers for silver, and Mitchell Weber was bronze. For the women's 400m hurdles, Ann Cockrell won gold, Deonca Bookman won silver, and Shamier Little won bronze. For the men's 200m, Garrett Kaalund won gold, Brandon Hicklin won silver, and Max Thomas won bronze. 

By Timothy

On America in 2026.

On this day of July 4, 2026, we have reached the milestone of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. People have eaten foods in barbeques, used fireworks, eat hot dogs, marched in various parades nationwide, and learned about American history in unique ways. 

As a Virginian, our story is certainly related to American history as all Americans are, irrespective of where they are born. It has been a long journey in America. We went from people traveling in horses to witness pass jets that can travel in thousands of miles in mere hours. Also, we have to believe in the true history of America. To this day, many people believe in three pernicious myths. The first myth is that we must minimize our African heritage as African Americans. Africa is the land of the origin of humanity in general. As a black American, when I took DNA tests, it confirms that most of my DNA came from Western and Central Africa. Therefore, anyone, who is a black American, that curses, minimizes, or ignores the roots of their origin (being in Africa) is a traitor to the truth (many self-hating black people now refuse to acknowledge their African ancestry but consider themselves solely American without mentioning their African origin or solely Native American which is very disgraceful. Africa has many blessings made by God, and Africa should never be disrespected unjustly for self-hating scheming movements). So, I am never ashamed of my black African ancestry and my black African heritage as a black American. When the Declaration of Independence was signed, my people were enslaved by the same racist system that bashed Africa. Now, this same system lies about Africa and the beauty of Africa, and you have some self-hating black people (like Dane Calloway who believes in the lie that Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman never existed when we have living descendants or relatives of both people living now. We have documents and other historical evidence confirming their existence. Dane Calloway is known for his anti-African and historical revisionist lies) doing the same unfortunately in various movements. The second great lie is that every Framer were holy men and created the Constitution to help humanity out. The reality is that many Framers were degenerates who enslaved black human beings and promoted the myth of white genetic supremacy like Thomas Jefferson (and Benjamin Bannenker wrote a note to Jefferson refuting the ideals of white racism conclusively). The third myth is that since many Framers were stone cold racist and wicked men, we must somehow glorify the British Empire. The British Empire allowed the murder of millions of people worldwide, even in the 19th century and the 20th century. The concept of authoritarian monarchy is antithetical to not only democracy but eternal truth. Therefore, we should know the reality of our American history. That history starts with Native Americans.

Native Americans made tons of contributions from agriculture, mathematics, art, and other confines of human culture. Later, European imperialism caused millions of Native Americans to die via genocide. This genocide was so vicious that more than 90 percent of their lands today are gone and not owned by them in both Americas. Black people were in the Americas long before the Mayflower. Black people were in America the 1500s, the 1600s in Virginia, and beyond. Black slavery and Native American genocide were the two great sins of America's origin. 

The American Revolutionary War caused America to be a nation. Colonists rebelled against the British Empire to seek representation in the British legislature. King George III refused to give colonists representation. My black people were on both sides of the American Revolutionary War to seek freedom from bondage. This war caused America to grow at the expense of the rights of tons of people. That is why black people, and people of every color had to fight to expand rights that should have been ours by birthright to be a reality in American law. America didn't voluntarily give equality to black people, women, Latino people, Asian people, Native Americans, etc. America had to pass progressive legislation kicking and screaming from the 13th to 15th Amendments, the Amendment giving women the right to vote, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other labor rights protections that resulted in many blessings (these laws and policies should be enacted in our society) in America but still not true liberation for us. After all of this time, we have made some achievements from minorities having more opportunities and economic and cultural growth. The problem is that we are not free yet. For example, to this day, innocent unarmed black people are murdered in the streets, some states are using policies to strip black people of fair black political representation, diversity programs are banished, books bans exist even in public library, ICE continues to harass citizens and immigrants (of any status), we have racist Patriot Front group of people marching in D.C. in 2026,(with masks on their faces like cowards and waving Confederate flags. Confederates are traitors to America. Patriot Front members are total fascists), economic inequality has grown since 1968, and we still have systematic racism (as documented by tons of sociological studies like black people with a college degree having a harder time finding a job than white people without a college degree). 

We have seen massive accomplishments made by Americans like the defeat of the Nazis in WWII, the 1969 travel to the Moon, the Human Genome Project, and the 2026 Artemis I mission that allowed astronauts to travel the farthest in space in human history, and other monumental deeds. Yet, we have a far way to go, because we are still fighting racism, economic inequality, sexism, xenophobia (many far right people now want to denaturalize certain American citizens), and other evils. We have a Supreme Court who did the right thing to preserve birth right citizenship but created other terrible decisions too. That is why we should have our joy and be about the business to stand up for our liberty too. People like us truly love America, because we tell the truth about America in desiring it to better. Those who hate America want to lie or whitewash the reality of America. America has both freedom lovers and wicked people. America has gorgeous landscapes and wonderful neighbors (showing how cultural diversity is part of our strength as people of every color can follow the Golden Rule and embrace righteousness) along with the haters of democratic values whose ideology we have the right to oppose heroically. Therefore, we will dissent with the policies of the Trump administration. We certainly honor our black ancestors who sacrificed their lives so we can live in this 21st century and the third millennium.

By Timothy

The 60th Year Anniversary of the Black Power Movement.

 

This year is the sixtieth anniversary of the Black Power movement. I dedicate these words to God, my black ancestors, to black people, and well-meaning people of every color. A lot has gone on historically since that time being filled with progress and the regression of our God-given rights as black people (from many of our voting rights suppressed, the whitewashing of black museums, and the attacks of legitimate DEI programs). We witnessed many triumphs and setbacks. To start, our history as black people is filled with resiliency. We are the first humans on this Earth who originated from the Motherland of Africa, as Black is Beautiful. We made advanced civilizations all over the continent of Africa from Kush, Ghana, Mali, and to Songhai. Later, white racists (along with traitors which made up a minority of black people in Africa) used the Maafa to murder, rape, abuse, split families, eliminate cultures, eliminate religious traditions, and assault black people in a vicious fashion. Black people fought back against the Maafa and oppression in general in the Motherland of Africa, in the ships, in the Americas, and worldwide for liberation. Our ancestors lived to see the end of the Maafa, the end of the American Civil War (that resulted in the defeat of the Confederate enemy in 1865), Reconstruction (with the first time that black people had political office federally in America), and Jim Crow apartheid. Advocacy of Black Power existed long before 1966. Richard Wright, a black author and social activist, wrote about Black Power in the 1950s. Kevin K. Gaines, W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, Julian Mayfield, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and people spoke about black empowerment and black self-determination. Malcolm X fought for black liberation and black independence too. Malcolm X promoted Black Nationalism and wanted to be more revolutionary by 1965 (in questioning his own definition or labeling of Black Nationalism by 1965). Robert F. Williams of Monroe, North Carolina wanted African Americans to promote self-defense against racist terrorism back in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement (made of black people and people of all colors) fought hard to allow the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act to exist as a way to combat racial discrimination and oppression. 

There was progress in the 1960s, but many reforms weren't readily sent to the grassroots, poor, and working-class black Americans. In the West (during the 1965 Watts rebellion in Los Angeles), the Midwest, and the North, civil rights legislation already existed in various states by the 1960s. Yet, those regions had de facto segregation or segregation by custom or unwritten rules filled with educational issues, health issues, economic injustices, widespread discrimination, high unemployment, underemployment, housing restrictions (which is why activists inspired Congress to pass the Fair Housing Act in 1968 to combat housing discrimination), and other problems. SNCC started to move from using nonviolence as a way of life to promote the revolutionary principle of self-defense. SNCC stands for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which was created at Shaw University (in April 1960), an HBCU. Ella Baker was the Mother of SNCC, and SNCC followed her philosophy of promoting grassroots, decentralized, and democratic activism to promote freedom for black people. These are the roots of the Black Power movement. Many Black Power advocates viewed the civil rights reforms as being too limited and not comprehensive enough to establish true black freedom. Congressional leader Adam Clayton Powell gave a 1966 speech at Howard University (a well-known HBCU) to promote Black Power as an audacious way to set up own institutions. This has inspired Kwame True to call for Black Power in public in Greenwood, Mississippi, by 1966. Kwame Ture was born in Trinidad, raised in New York City, and was part of SNCC. Kame Ture wanted nonviolence to be used as a tactic, not as a way of life. Then, James Meredith was shot after he protested for justice on June 6, 1966. So, Dr. King, Kwame Ture, Cleveland Sellers, Floyd McKissick, the armed Deacons for Defense and Justice, CORE, SNCC, the MFDP, MCHR, etc. joined to promote the March Against Fear to defend James Meredith (and the human rights of black people). NAACP's Roy Wilkins left the march, because he disagreed with the Deacons for Defense and Justice protecting the protesters with arms. Whitney Young left the march too over ideological reasons in his disagreements with Kwame Ture. The people of the March Against Fear marched in the South in Mississippi. Marchers of all colors chanted Freedom Now! Kwame Ture was pushed by one police officer unjustly. Ture was about to swing at the officer, and Dr. King held Ture's arm to prevent him from doing it. The march continued. Dr. King and Kwame had a respectful disagreement on tactics, not on the goal of equality and justice for black people. Both men were friends, and Dr. King mentored Kwame Ture (Kwame Ture cried when he heard the news of Dr. King's assassination). At night, Kwame Ture gave a speech in favor of Black Power in 1966 after protesters were hit with gas weapons at Greenwood, Mississippi. This development was shown worldwide. Many marchers chanted Black Power!

The Black Power movement was born, and it branched off into 3 major groups. One group was more progressive like the Black Panthers who had economically progressive views and wanted opposition to imperialism and colonialism (including their opposition to the Vietnam War). The conservative side of Black Power advocates wanted basically black capitalism, private wealth and equity growth, and many supported conservative Republicans like Richard Nixon. By the 1970s, CORE switched to be more conservative than initially being more liberal. The third major faction of the Black Power movement are cultural nationalists who were apolitical and wanted black African culture to be used a means to cause true liberation. The moderate NAACP (in 2026, the NAACP is much more progressive now) leadership back then (and some liberals) condemned Black Power as racist and compared it to the Klan, which is an old slanderous lie. The concept of Black Power desired black self-determination, love of justice, growth of black institutions, love of Blackness, and a belief in black independence. The Klan advocated violence including lynchings against innocent black people (and others), Jim Crow apartheid (which is evil and antithetical to black liberation), rape, violence, burning churches, the false view of racial inferiority of black people, and bigotry. Roy Wilkins at the 1966 NAACP Annual Convention in Los Angeles condemned Black Power and challenged SNCC and CORE on its advocacy of it. The NAACP believed in integration in a pluralistic society. The NAACP leadership back then labeled Black Power as "black racism." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a more nuance view of Black Power. Dr. King wanted actions beyond just slogans. He believed in Black Power's advocacy of self-determination to oppose domestic colonialism, and Dr. King believed in the growth of black owned institutions. Yet, Dr. King rejected separatism. He felt that some people may have the connotation of Black Power being in league with violence when that isn't the case. Dr. King saw that Black Power existed as justified cry and hurt at the failure of American society to deliver on civil rights (as said in his address at the SCLC staff retreat at Frogmore, South Carolina on November 14, 1966). Dr. King agreed with amassing black political and economic power, but it must go beyond a slogan. True Black Power never advocated unjust violence. His views are shown in his classic, outstanding 1967 book called "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos and Community?" Dr. King was right to say, "Yes, I'm Black, I'm proud of it, I'm Black and I'm Beautiful." Dr. King correctly predicted that the growth of automation (and now, we have A.I.) will harm some jobs via massive deindustrailization plus a rapidly changing economy, so we need a radical redistribution of political and economic power to help workers. Some wanted a Freedom Budget as promoted by A. Philip Randolph which was a massive federal program for the poor, and Dr. King wanted the Poor People Campaign to eliminate poverty from American society. Dr. King and Whitney Young had a debate on the Vietnam War. Whitney Young said to Dr. King on March 6, 1967, at a party that his actions will harm LBJ on his civil rights program. Dr. King to Whitney Young that you may receive a government grant, but you won't be in the kingdom of truth. Ironically, Whitney Young would oppose the Vietnam War in 1969, because he felt that the war diverted essential funding from domestic anti-poverty programs. 

The Black Power movement continued to grow to oppose the Vietnam War, to support the 1968 Olympic protests in Mexico City (with Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists in the air to demand human rights for black people), and saw a revolutionary outlook on life socially and culturally. For example, by 1966 and beyond, more black Americans wore cornrows, had Afros, chosen African first and last names, embraced their African heritage more, wore African inspired clothing, and displayed more confidence about their black heritage. Cicely Tyson wearing cornrows, Muhammad Ali displaying confidence, and James Brown showing funk represent black cultural power in action. Tons of black women were in the Black Power movement or embraced many of its principles like Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver, Ericka Huggins, Mae Mallory, Gloria Richardson, Frankye Adams-Johnson, Katherine Durham, Nikki Giovanni, and Miriam Makeba. 

The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival represents the era of Black Power and black cultural excellence in general. Gladys Knights and the Pips are shown here performing great music. 

Fundamentally, power is the ability of human beings to establish their own destinies economically, socially, culturally, and politically without overt oppression. Also, power is about self-determination and pure, unadulterated independence. It is important to realize that there is no true power without environmental justice, universal health care, voting rights, human rights, an end to imperialism, educational opportunities, and the progressive growth of society collectively. There is no freedom without a clean environment, health inequalities gone, and the system of white racism eliminated from the Universe. Selfish individualism is folly as we need a community to grow power comprehensively. We are not islands on our own. We want economic justice with living wages, the right to form a union, no tax breaks for the super wealthy, and an end to poverty without disrespecting the poor or marginalized people. Black Power is the psychological embrace and love of our Blackness and the power of black people to establish their own freedom via self-determination without apology. We reject bigotry as Hoteps exploit the legitimate concepts of Black Power to advance sexism and bigotry in general which we all oppose vehemently. I believe in Pan African unity forever. The Black Power movement was the inevitable powerful revolution and evolution in the black freedom struggle that allowed tons of black people to gain confidence, power, and a revolutionary mindset to achieve human excellence. 

Now, you know the story of the Black Power movement on its 60th year anniversary. 

By Timothy

The 60th Year of the Black Panther Party of Self Defense.

 

This year, 2026, is the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The Black Panthers Party was created in 1966, being inspired by tons of members of the black freedom struggle. Many of our Brothers and our Sisters sacrificed their lives for our own freedom as black human beings indeed. They existed after the victories of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Rides, the Selma Voting Rights Movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Black Panthers were founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who vehemently opposed police brutality, racism, and the capitalist economic exploitation of oppressed communities in America, including the world. Both of them opposed the Vietnam War as an imperialistic war. Many younger people back then wanted more economic, social, and political gains as gains were very slow by the late 1960s. There was the post-World War II period that left out millions of workers and the poor. Many African Americans came to the West, the Midwest, and the North via the two Great Migrations (during the 20th century) seeking job opportunities and escape from the oppressive Jim Crow apartheid system. Many black people worked in auto factories, steel mills, and other jobs. There were legitimate legislative gains and other reforms that existed in the 1960s in fighting against Jim Crow apartheid in America. The problem of class exploitation, economic inequality, racism, and other evils persisted in the North, West, and Midwest (which resulted in many rebellions throughout the 1960s from Harlem to Watts). 

Also, there were many pro-self-defense black organizations before the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense existed in the South, like The Deacons of Defense, and Robert L. Williams (who wrote the 1962 historic book Negroes with Guns). Even some members of SNCC viewed nonviolence as a legitimate tactic for freedom, not as a way of life. Yet those who follow nonviolence as a way of life can be just as passionate for freedom and justice as those who subscribe to self-defense. The Black Panther Party was first created in the Western city of Oakland, California, which is located in the Bay Area. The Black Panthers embraced a hybrid philosophy mixing socialism, black nationalism, and Maoism. They were the progressive wing of the Black Power Movement, seeking freedom, justice, and self-determination. The Panthers embraced the motto of "power to the people." They expressed solidarity to the oppressed of the Third World who sought liberation from imperialism and colonialism. The Black Panthers had the 1967 incident when members went to the capital in Sacramento, California, to protest the California State Assembly legislators discussing the Mulford Act (which was designed to ban public displays of loaded firearms). Black Panthers walked into the legislative session. During that time, the Black Panthers had a legal right to do it. Later, Bobby Seale and five others were still arrested. The Mulford Act of 1967 was signed by California Governor Ronald Reagan (yes, that Reagan). Ironically, Reagan was an FDR liberal in the 1940s and later became a far-right Republican by the 1950s. The Ten Point Program (in wanting free health care, full employment, an end to police brutality, ending wars of aggression overseas, decent housing, and education) comprehensively describes the political, economic, and social aims of the Party. The Black Panther Party gave confidence and inspired the African American community. They regularly worked with progressives of every color too. 

The Panthers weren't just men and women who wore leather jackets, displayed weapons, and patrolled city streets on the lookout for police misconduct (which they have the God-given right to do). They formed a Breakfast Program to feed people in the community, they gave transportation (like a free ambulance program) to help the sick and elderly travel to hospitals, they tested people for sickle cell anemia, they created health clinics to help people, and they were active in protesting for basic, fundamental human rights. The Black Panthers spread globally, and one innovator of the organization was Fred Hampton, who criticized capitalism (including black capitalism), endorsed socialism, and wanted a coalition among freedom fighters of every color to confront and end oppression in general. Fred Hampton was assassinated along with fellow Panther member Mark Clark on December 4, 1969, by the Chicago Police Department. Hampton's fiancé, Deborah Johnson, was nearly killed by the police, too. She was 8 months pregnant during that time. FBI informant William O'Neal infiltrated the Chicago Black Panther organization. O'Neal later committed suicide in 1990. The hypocrite and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover hated the Black Panthers. Hampton and the Panthers in general were constantly monitored by the FBI illegally via the COINTELPRO program. The FBI conspired with local departments in cities across America to promote frameups, arrests, divisions among black revolutionary organizaiton, and outright murders like that of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Geronimo Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, was one of many victims of police frameups. He is related to the great actress Kyla Pratt. Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party is a book by Stephen Shames and Ericka Huggins to show the stories of more than 50 women Black Panther members. Other members were Raymond Hewitt, Kwame Ture, Emory Douglas, Daid Hilliard, Bunchy Carter, Charles Barron, Dhoruba bin Wahad, Safiya Bukhari, and Paul Coates. Tupac Shakur and his friends had ties to the Black Panther Party. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur was a member. Sekou Odingo was a founder of the Bronx Black Panther Party. Afeni's friend, Yaasmyn Fula, was part of the Black Panthers, too. Tupac Shakur's blood is literally related to the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. 

As many as 10,000 Black Panthers existed, along with a newspaper circulation of 250,000. The Black Panthers started to decline in power (by the 1970s) because of FBI infiltration, police infiltration, divisions on tactics, various splits and infighting (like the famous one between Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver. Ironically, Cleaver would sell out by being a supporter of Ronald Reagan), sexism among some members (Some Black Panther members unfortunately were sexists and abused women. The irony is that many of the greatest Black Panther Party members have been women like Afeni Shakur, Ericka Huggins, Kathleen Cleaver, Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, Angela Davis, Barbara Easley-Cox, and Fredrika Newton. Many Black Panther members rejected sexism to be clear), some lacked an emphasis on working class power (as many of them rejected working class power to embrace solely the lumpenproletariat. The truth is that the working class and the lumpenproletariat must work together to create liberation), and other reasons. The Black Panthers were courageous, intellectual, and represented a firm personification of black courage and black strength. The Black Panther Party officially ended in 1982. We should celebrate the Black Panther Party members who had morals, did the right thing, and legitimately inspired social change. Despite its imperfections (which we must never condone), the good parts of the Black Panther Party should be cherished as part of the long part of the freedom movement that continues in our generation in 2026 indeed.

By Timothy

Conspiracy Facts

 

There are always conspiracy fictions or lies in the world. There are also conspiracy facts. I was about to write about this issue very soon. Salt from Salt-n-Pepa certainly inspired me to create information on this issue on another level. Salt in a recent 2026 interviews talked about not following the agenda of the elite and occultists, and that inspired me to write this information too. Salt told many truths about politics and lie in general. Here are some truths that we should accept as we enter further into this new 21st century.:

Lie #1: No one has historically called for a new world order or global government.

Conspiracy Fact: There are tons of people who have called for a new world order and global government. The concept of new world order may be interpreted as many things as possible to different people, but the concept of global government is blatantly self-explanatory. Global government seeks to end national sovereignty as we know it to allow a select few to control all of the governmental institutions of the Earth. Walter Cronkite was part of the Federalist Society, where he blatantly advocated for one world government. After the Persian Gulf War of the 1990s, the late President George H. W. Bush called for a new world order. Joe Biden in 2022. The new world order is a concept that many people desire to change the world political order, basically for neoliberalism to control the economic and political functions of the world in many cases. Some use the concept of the new world order to explicitly call for global government. For example, Bertrand Russell explicitly said that, "War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government." Isaac Asimov advocated a world government with regional and local autonomy safeguarded and with cultural diversity promoted. Jawaharlal Nehru said that: "I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government." 

Lie #2: The corporate elites are completely wholesome and never did evil internationally.

Conspiracy Fact: We know that many corporations and elitists have been exposed to have done nefarious activities in the globe. There is a 2021 book called "The Monsanto Paper: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice" by Carey Gillam. It is a book that uncovers the corporate efforts to hide the health risks of popular weedkillers. Arrianna Huffington wrote a 2003 book that exposes corporate executives and politicians involving in corporate corruption. 

Lie #3: Scapegoating everyone in all religions is the right thing to do.

Fact: Some agents and liars want to blame all religions for all the evils in the world. That is a lie, as history is very complex in its cosmology or composition. Humans of diverse creeds, or no creed, have done both good and evil for millennia. We know about the dedicated atheists, Stalin and Mao, who murdered millions of people during the 20th century. We know that many people hide behind religion or exploit religion to commit atrocities, like many Crusades, using pogroms against Jewish communities throughout Europe, the Klan terrorizing black people (including Jewish people, Italians, etc.), and slaveowners who oppressed black people globally via imperialism plus colonialism. Therefore, you can never judge a whole religion based on the evil done by some folks who claim to be its "adherents." You judge a religion based on its original founder or founders and its original teachings plainly speaking. For example, we don't blame all Christians for the Maafa, and we don't blame all atheists for the Communist extermination of millions of innocent human beings during the 1900s. We are logical to mention how numerous religious leaders have historically been at the forefront of legitimate social movements like Harriet Tubman, Septima Clark, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther king Jr., Dr. Benjamin Mays, etc. I believe in God without shame. Likewise, I won't use my religious beliefs as an excuse to oppress human beings period. I follow the Golden Rule which is a preeminent ideal that we must all adhere to.

Lie #4: No true conspiracies have existed in history.

Conspiracy Fact: There are still those in the 21st century in 2026 who believe that no conspiracies have ever existed in human history. The fundamental truth is that conspiracies have existed throughout human history as a conspiracy just means more than one person planning an event, usually of nefarious intent at times, and carry it out. So, conspiracies are abundant like Operation Ajax, The Tuskegee Experiment, the Maafa, the Shoah, Operation Phoenix, and the wicked, evil assassinations of Malcolm X, President Abraham Lincoln, etc. Therefore, anyone denying the existence of actual conspiracies in the world is heavily mistaken and just purely incorrect.

Lie #5: Submitting to the status quo or being centrists is the answer.

Fact: Another lie shown by the establishment and agents, especially, is that we must embrace the status quo and be moderates or centrists for us to be free. This faulty argument has been promoted by many folks like Fetterman, Stephen A. Smith, the Third Way movement, and other acolytes. The truth is that being bold, revolutionary, and progressive makes more sense for us to see human liberation and the Promised Land for real. When Jim Crow apartheid was at its zenith, revolutionary people from Paul Robeson to Septima Clark advocated strident progressive action to achieve black freedom. Later leaders of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation workers used protests, demands, and other actions to seek pure economic justice. Even FDR (who did good and had imperfections) was never a centrist. Today, human beings use civil disobedience, protests, grassroots organizing, mentorships, and some people running or political office exist in desiring real freedom too. Centrism doesn't work, because it places numerous people like the poor out of the equation. Also, compromise to our oppressors is never equivalent to justice for all. Centrism is just plain tokenism. Our leaders were visionaries, not compromising moderates. Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Fannie Lou Hamer, Nina Simone, Lorraine Hansberry, Malcolm X, Dr. King, and Medgar Evers were grown men and grown women who stood up for our people without centrism.

By Timothy

The 100th Year Anniversary of Black History Month.

 

It has been a century since Black History Month celebrations have commenced. Over the course of a century, massive developments have existed in the world. We sent from the Roaring Twenties to the 21st century icons like Allyson Flex, Yolandia Renee King, Gabby Douglas, Ruth Simmons, Carla Hayden, Edward Enninful, Simone Biles, and Usain Bolt. We went from highways not being modernized to roads formed to drone aircraft delivering packages worldwide. Still, we rise. Our ancestors suffered the most brutal form of slavery in human history called the Maafa. They survived the whips, the chains, the abuse, and other unjustified atrocities in active defiance against tyranny. Our black ancestors herorically fought back too in Africa, in the slave ships, and in the Americas for their rightful freedom and liberation. Today, we are black people still rising to the occasion. Black history is not monolithic or static. It encompasses science and music. It deals with education and dance (with icons like Alvin Ailey, Katherine Dunham, Raven Wilkinson, the Nicholas Brothers, and Dorothy Dandridge). Black history also deals with art as black genius artists have changed the world from Elizabeth Talford Scott to Garrett Bradley. It can also focus on human resiliency and engineering as well. Black history can be close to home with our scrapbooks, our stories involving our families, our humor, and living our lives daily in the world. It is certainly a fundamental fact that culture revolves around us as the world always copies the way we talk, the way we use fashion, and the way we express ourselves in general. Yet, they can't duplicate us, because we are the original human beings on this Earth. 

We are Black History. Black History Month is one part of the year when we honor our heritage, our creativity, and our authentic identity as black human beings. For example, Gordon Parks showed art and groundbreaking film culture as a photographer and film director. Harriet Tubman not only freed slaves, but she was a person who led a battle during the American Civil War during the Combahee raid. Rosa Parks, Claudette Clovin, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Septima Clark, and other heroic black people didn't just talk about black freedom. They took active steps in public to advocate and defend the right of black people (from protesting, writing literature, using civil disobedience, creating black institutions, and forming other strategies to stand up for our liberation) to be free and independent in the Universe. The creator of Black History Month was Carter G. Woodson. He and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) helped to handle Black History Month. The celebration lasted for one week from the 1920s until 1970. The celebration was a full month in 1970. This goal was planned since 1969. One of my fondest memories of Black History Month was in February of 1996, when I was in middle school. During that time, I showed the historical contributions of Malcolm X on a poster that was celebrated in my middle school's library. It was a very joyful time in my life. Also, during elementary school, other classmates and I would sing the Black National Anthem of Lift Every Voice and Sing all of the time. For over one century, two truths abide forever. One is that Black History Month is to be celebrated yearly, not just in one month. Another truth is that Black History Month is about celebrating black history, black culture, and globally beyond just one country like America. 

By Timothy

The Legacy of Sister Assata Shakur.

 

Recently, an icon and hero passed away on September 25, 2025. She taught us a lot. Thinking about her, you realize her transcendent presence. Her presence wasn't just about being against the evils of imperialism and colonialism (that have destroyed millions of black lives and the lives of people of every color). She wanted black people to be free. Being free means owning your dignity. It means to have self-expression and fundamental self-control over your own life without oppression or injustice. Her freedom was her earnest, legitimate goal. She lived and breathed in the realm of desiring justice unequivocally. The late Assata Shakur was in many freedom groups like the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panthers, etc. She lived up North in New York City, and she lived down South in North Carolina. Yet, she never relinquished her quest for freedom and justice. Her braids and her smile certainly gave us not only cultural appreciation of our heritage. They represent her soul being honest and filled with beauty inside and out as a black woman. There are a lot of feelings in my mind, especially as we live during these controversial times. Likewise, I am reminded about the glory of Blackness and the omnipotence of God.

Assata Shakur risked her life for us. She spoke about Afro-Cubans and black people in the Diaspora for us. As an African American, I will always show my respect to my black Brothers and black Sisters worldwide, irrespective of nationality. Now, she is resting with the ancestors. The lies about her life are abundant, but we recognize the truth of her cause, the joy in her spirit, and the subsequent inspiration that we have in our consciousness to end the system of fascism that still plagues our world. Our ancestors suffered the worst form of slavery in history, but we never came from weak people. We come from a strong people who survived the whips, the chains, and mistreatment to shine like diamonds as athletes, scholars, STEM experts (including inventors), teachers, lawyers, theologians, judges, journalists, reporters, political leaders, and freedom fighters. Black liberation will always be our aim. We all send condolences to Assata Shakur's daughter, to the rest of her family, and to her friends. She will be deeply missed, and her spirit will always live on.

Rest in Power Sister Assata Shakur.

The 2025 Tokyo World Track and Field Championships.

 

The 2025 Tokyo World Track and Field Championships have been completed after taking place in Tokyo. The whole circumstances of the games have been inspiring and historic in many ways. By the end of Day 1, many people have already won gold medals, and many have advanced to the semifinals. For the men's 35k race walk final, Evan Dunfree of Canada won gold, Caio Bonfim of Brazil won silver, and Katsuki Hayato of Japan won bronze. The women's 35km race walk final had Maria Perez of Spain winning gold, Antonella Palmisano from Italy winning silver, and Paula Milena Torres from Ecuador winning bronze. These events are taking place in the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. There were speeches from the World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe and the Governor of Tokyo Koike Yuriko. The Crown Prince Akishino of Japan declared the Championships Open. The heats of the men's 3000m steeplechase started. The track and field long jump athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall said that she feels no pressure, and she is doing this for herself, her family, and the young Black boys and girls. She won her heat. For the 100m women's heats, Sha'Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson, Dina Asher-Smith, Tia Clayton, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, and Marie Josee Ta Lou Smith proceeded to the semifinals. Dayll Neita of Great Britain and TeeTee Terry of America also qualified for the semifinals of the 100m. The women's 1500m heats have Jess Hull qualified from Australia. Noah Lyles goes into the semifinals after winning his heat in the 100m. Other people who qualify for the men's 100m are Ackeem Blake of Jamaica, Terrence Jones of the Bahamas, Kenney Bednarek of America, Jerome Blake of Canada, and other people, including Canada's Andre de Grasse. Ryan Crouser won gold in the men's shot put. For the women's 10,000m finals, Beatrice Chebet won gold from Kenya, Nadia Battcloetti won silver from Italy, and Gudaf Tsegay from Ethiopia won bronze. As for the 4x400m mixed relay final, America won with the teammates of Bryce Deadmon, Lynna Irby, Jenoah McKiver, and Alexis Holmes. Silver was won by the Netherlands with Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver, Jonas Phijffers, Femke Bol, and Eveline Saalberg. Bronze was won by Belgium with Dylan Borlee, Imke Vervaet, Alexander Doom, Helena Ponette, and Jonathan Sacoor.

Day 2 of the Tokyo World Track and Field Championships has more winners in many track events. A dream came true for one black woman. She had an amazing year in 2025 in track and field, winning tons of races. Now, she is the 100m women's world track and field champion, and she is Melissa Jefferson-Woodson with a time of 10.61 seconds. Silver went to Jamaica's Tina Clayton with 10.76 seconds, and Julian Alfred of St. Lucia won bronze with 10.84 seconds. ShaChari Richardson raced in the finals, too. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's time of 10.61 is among the top 5 fastest times in the women's 100m. For the women's marathon, Peres Jepchirchir from Kenya won gold, Tigst Assefa won silver from Ethiopia, and bronze was won by Julia Paternain. For the women's long jump, Tara Davis-Woodhall from America won gold with 7.13m, Malaika Mihambo from Germany won silver with 6.99m, and Natalia Linares won bronze with 6.92m. Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrated her victory, filled with power and charisma. For the women's discus throw, Valerie Alman of America won gold, Jorinde van Klinken of the Netherlands won silver, and Silinda Morales of Cuba won bronze. For the men's 10,000m, Jimmy Gressier won gold, Yomif Kejeicha from Ethiopia won silver, and Andreas Almgren from Sweden won bronze. For the men's 100m, Jamaica's Oblique Seville won gold, Kishane Thompson of Jamaica won silver, and Noah Lyles won bronze. The Jamaican team has built a large rivalry with the American team for over 20 years now, and it will continue.  

There are many new winners of the 2025 World Track and Field Championships. For the men's 3,000m steeplechase, Geordie Beamish won gold from New Zealand, Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco won silver, and Edmund Serem of Kenya won bronze. For the men's marathon, Alphonce Simbu won gold from Tanzania, Amanal Petros won silver from Germany, and Illiass Aouani won bronze from Italy. For the men's pole vault, Armand Duplantis won gold from Sweden, Emmanouil Karalis from Greece won silver, and Kurtis Marschall from Australia won bronze. For the women's hammer throw, Camryn Rogers won gold from Canada, Zhao Jie won silver from China, and Zhang Jiale won bronze from China. For the 100m hurdles, Ditaji Kambundji won gold from Switzerland (she is from the famous Kambundji track and field family), Tobi Amusan won silver from Nigeria, and the American star Grace Stark won bronze.

  

There are a lot of big, exciting developments in the 2025 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo. For the men's 400m, Collen Kebinatshipi of Botswana won gold, Jareem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago won silver, and Bayapo Ndori of Botswana won bronze. In the 1500m's men race, Isaac Nade won gold from Portugal, Jake Wightman from the UK won silver, and Reynold Cheruiyot of Kenya won bronze. For the 110m men's race, Cordell Tinch won gold, Orlando Bennett won silver for Jamaica, and Tyler Mason won bronze for Jamaica. For the men's 35k walk, Evan Dunfee of Canada won gold, Caio Bonfirm from Brazil won silver, and Hayato Katsuki from Japan won bronze. For the men's high jump, Hamish Kerr from New Zealand won gold, Woo Sang-yeok from South Korea won silver, and Jan Stefela from the Czech Republic won bronze. For the men's long jump, Mattia Furlani from Italy won gold, Tajay Gayle from Jamaica won silver, and Shi Yuhao won bronze. 

Kerhorn Walcott won gold from the men's javelin throw, Anderson Peters from Grenada won silver, and American Curtis Thompson won bronze. As for the men's hammer throw, Ethan Katzberg won gold, Merlin Hummel from Germany won silver, and Bence Halasz won bronze. The icon Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won gold in the women's 400m in the greatest 400m women's race in human race. She had a career record and the 2nd fastest 400m time in history, being 47.78 seconds. Silver was won by the Dominican Republic's Marledidy Paulino. Bronze was won by Salwa Eid Naser from Bahrain (she is of Nigerian descent). The women's 1500m was won by Faith Kipyegon from Kenya, Dorcus Ewoi from Kenya, and Jessica Hull from Australia. For the women's pole vault, Katie Moon won gold from America, Sandi Morris won silver from America, and Tina Sutef from Solvenia won bronze. For the triple jump, Leyanis Perez won gold for Cuba, Thea LaFond won silver from Dominica, and the charismatic Yulimar Rojas won bronze from Venezuela. People of every color and background make these games excellent.

The end of the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo has been filled with history and excellence. In the men's 5000m race, Cole Hocker of America won gold, Isaac Kimeli of Belgium won silver, and Jimmy Gressier of France won bronze. For the men's 4X100m relay, the American team won filled with Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey, and Noah Lyles (including Ronnie Baker, Trayvon Bromell, and T'Mars McCallum). They had a comeback race winning gold for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Noah Lyles won his 4th 200m gold championship. Silver was won by Canada with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse. The Netherlands won bronze with Nsikak Ekpto, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, and Elvis Afrifa. The 4X400m men's relay was won by Botswana in gold (with Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndor, Collen Kebinatshipi, and Leungo Scotch), America (with Vernon Norwood, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, Rai Benjamin, Demaius Smith, Christopher Bailey, Jenoah McKiver, and Bryce Deadmon) won silver, and South Africa (with Lythe Pillay, Udeme-Okon, Wayde van Niekerk, Zakhiti Nene Gardeo Isaacs, and Leendert Koekemoer) won bronze. The men's marathon was won by Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania, Amanal Petros of Germany, and Iliass Aouani of Italy. The 20k men's walk was won by Caio Bonfim of Brazil, Wang Zhaozhao of China, and Paul McGrath of Spain. The men's triple jump was won by Pedro Pichardo of Portugal, Andrea Dallavalle of Italy, and Lazaro Martinez of Cuba. For the men's decathlon, Leo Neugebauer won gold for Germany, Ayden Owens-Delerme won silver from Puerto Rico, and Kyle Garland won bronze from America. For the women's 800m, Lilian Odira won gold from Kenya, Georgia Hunter Bell won silver from the UK, and Keely Hodgkinson won bronze from the UK. For the women's 10,000m, Beatrice Chebet won gold from Kenya, Nadia Battocletti won silver from Italy, and Gudaf Tsegay won bronze from Ethiopia. For the women's relay in the 4X100m race, America won gold (with Twanisha Terry, Sha'Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooten, Kayla White, and Jacious Sears), Jamaica won silver (with Tina Clayton, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, and Jodean Williams), and Germany won bronze (with Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk, Sina Mayer, and Gina Luckenkemper). This is Melissa Jefferson-Wooten third gold medal in the 2025 Tokyo Championships. 

Also, it is important to give honor and respect to the icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's last race in track and field on Sunday, September 21, 2025. She was the greatest woman 100m sprinter of all time, having a career spanning over 20 years. Usain Bolt sent her best wishes, and tons of people in the world have done the same. She had a child and came back to win gold, which was an incredible accomplishment. Her track record speaks for itself. She won three Olympic Gold Medals, ten gold World Championships, and one World Indoor Championships title, and secured silver in her last race for Jamaica in the women's 4x100 m relay. She ran professionally from the 2000s to the mid-2020s, which is incredible. In 2023, she won the Laurens World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year. Thank you, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, for doing God's work in showing the world your talent. We all wish her the best in your next chapter of your life. For the 4X400m women's relay race, America won gold with Isabella Whitaker, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Aaliyah Butler, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Alex Holmes, Rosey Effong, Quanera Hayes, and Britton WIlson. Jamaica won silver with Dejanea Oakley, Stacey Ann Williams, Andrette Knight, Nickisha Pryce, and Roneisha McGregor. The Netherlands won bronze with Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Lissanne De Witte, Femke Bol, and Myrte van der Schoot. The women's high jump was won by Nicola Olyslagers of Australia, Maria Zodzik of Poland, and Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Angelina Topic of Ukraine and Serbia, respectively in bronze. For the women's shot put, Jessica Schilder won gold from the Netherlands, America won silver with Chase Jackson, and Maddi Wesche won bronze from New Zealand. For the women's javelin throw, Juleisy Angulo of Ecuador won gold, Anete Sietina from Latvia won silver, and MacKenzie Little won bronze from Australia. For the heptathlon, Anna Hall from America won gold, Kate O'Connor from Ireland won silver, and Taliyah Brooks from America plus Katarina Johnson-Thompson. from the United Kingdom, won bronze.  Now, we await more races, more World Championships in the future, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. More stories and chapters will be written about these events, and I will be here to record the events. Congratulations to all of the participants and victors of the 2025 Tokyo Track and Field World Championships. 

 

By Timothy

The 2025 United States Outdoor Championships (in Eugene, Oregon).

 

The United States Outdoor National Championships is taking place in Eugene, Oregon over on the West Coast. The winners will go on to the World Track and Field Championships. The events on the track and on the field represents a transitional age in the history of track and field. We have the younger generation asserting their legacies now in 2025 and an even longer group of athletes who have displayed massive. So, in the 100m for the men, Kenny Bednarek won gold with 9.79 seconds, Courtney Lindsey won silver with 9.82 seconds, and T'Mars McCallum won bronze with 9.83 seconds. For the women's 100m, we have Melissa Jefferson-Woodson winning gold with a world record of 10.65 seconds, Kayla White with 10.84 seconds, and Aleia Hobbs winning bronze with 10.92 seconds. Melissa Jefferson-Woodson now is on a mission as she has won tons of races in this 2025 season alone. She wants that gold in the World Championships in Japan plus beyond. For the 10,000m men's race, Nico Young won gold, Grant Fisher won silver, and Graham Blanks won bronze. In the 400m race, Sydney McLaughlin-Levorne won gold, Isabella Whittaker won silver, and Aaliyah Butler won bronze. Sydney McLaughlin-Levorne is adding to her legendary career with her accomplishments. For the men's discus throw, Reginald Jagers III won gold, Sam Mattis won silver, and Marcus Gustaveson won bronze. For the women's heptathlon, Anna Hall won gold, Taliyah Brooks won silver, and Allie Jones won bronze. Anna Hall has been inspired by her mentor and the track and field icon Jackee Joyner-Kersee (who is one of the greatest athletes of all time). For the women's long jump, the charismatic Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold, Claire Bryant won silver, and Quanesha Burks won silver. For the women's high jump, Vashti Cunningham won gold, Sanaa Barnes won silver, and Emma Gates won bronze. For the men's 200m race, Noah Lyles won with a world leading score of 19.63 for this year, Kenny Bednarek won silver with 19.67 seconds, and Robert Gregory won a personal best with the time of 19.80 seconds. It is no secret that Lyles and Bednarek have had a personal track and field rivalry for years. Even during the 2024 Paris Olympics, their body language showed the animosity among both athletes. Lyles is confident and cocky at times, but Bednarek has no right to push him in the back for no reason. Noah Lyles could have been seriously injured by the man seriously. Keeping your hands to yourself is a valuable truth. 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 200m race with the time of 21.84 seconds in a personal best, Anavia Battle won silver with a time of 22.13 seconds, and Gabby Thomas won bronze with a time of 22.20 seconds. Valarie Allman won the women's discuss throw in gold, Laulauga Tausaga won silver, and Gabi Jacobs won bronze. For the 5000m's men race, Cole Hocker won gold, Grant Fisher won silver, and Nico Young won bronze. In the 110m's men hurdles Ja'Kobe Tharp won gold, Cordell Tinch won silver, and Dylan Beard won bronze. For the women's 100m hurdles, Masai Russell won gold, Grace Stark son silver, and Alaysha Johnson won bronze. Masai Russell still is making great contributions to her career. For the 400m women's hurdles race, the icon Dalilah Muhammad won gold with a time of 52.65 seconds, the young lion Anna Cockrell won silver with 52.89 seconds, and Jasmine Jones won bronze with 53.23. Dalilah Muhammad inspired a whole generation of women and men 400m hurdles runners, and Muhammad's contributions in the 400m hurdles should be acknowledged and appreciated. For the men's high jump, Tyus Wilson won gold, Shelby McEwen and JuVaughn Harrison won silver, and bronze wasn't awarded. For the men's long jump, Isaac Grimes won gold, Will Williams won silver, and Jarrion Lawson won bronze. As for the women's triple jump, Jasmine Moore won gold, Agur Dwol won silver, and Euphenie Andre won bronze. For the women's marathon, Susanna Sullivan won gold with a time with 2:21:56, Erika Kemp won silver with a time of 2:22:56, and Jessica McLain won bronze with a time of 2:22:43. For the men's decathlon, Kyle Garland won gold, Heath Baldwin won silver, and Harrison Williams won bronze. For the women's javelin throw, Evie Bliss won gold, Taliyah Brooks won silver, and Allie Jones won bronze. 

By Timothy

My 8 Core Convictions (i.e. Principles that I Live by).

 

It is vitally important to make sure that present and future generations know where we stand on issues. We stand on the courage and actions of previous generations like Generation X, the Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation, the WWII Generation, etc. Therefore, our modus operandi is never about downplaying the legacies of past icons, because they have valuable insights in how we should conduct our own lives. The following eight principles are what I believe in my heart and spirit. It has been a long journey creating blogs, being on forums, showing the facts in public, and writing information on other social media for over 20 years now. For almost three decades since 1997, I learned of the truth on a higher level. I created my first major blog in 2005 being in my early 20s. Now, in 2025, I am in my early 40s. Therefore, time has rapidly transversed in my life. My maturity and understanding about how the world works has certain improved over the course of more than 2 decades. We live in a new time now as we are not children anyone. Numerous people, who are Millennials, are in middle age now. As a middle aged black human being (me being a Millennial too), you think about the big picture and reflect more on life. A lot of legends have passed away. We miss them to this day.

Being on this Earth, you get the time to know people of many walks of life. You grow, and you realize what is fundamentally important to show love and the truth to the people. It is about working in our communities to improve our lands, and it is to work together in a common cause to promote peace, justice, and truth. Not to mention that following morality, integrity, sacrifice, and righteousness will lead into a fruitful life spiritually, emotionally, and physically (as exercise and healthy eating will work wonders for people. This is done not for narcissism as some claim. It is about living a more expansive, tranquil longevity). I have been around in many places of the world, and I have known a lot of human beings. One secret lesson in life is to always strive to be the best version of yourself intellectually, spiritually, physically (exercising, eating healthy, drinking water, read, learning more vocabulary, develop social skills, getting rid of toxins, and getting regular medical checks up will cause you to live longer. Also, get blood work, so you can know your vital health metrics), emotionally, and financially (without materialism and a lust for money). Doing that will bless you in manifold ways. Doing something is better than doing nothing. Doing action makes sense. Another key point that I want to make is that we should promote compassion and empathy too. Far too often, some want to show meanness including disrespect (or a passive-aggressive attitude), and disguise it as being "real." That isn't being real. It's all about promoting evil. So, in our lives, we should show our empathy and human compassion to those suffering as other people have shown humility and compassion towards us before. Maintaining your boundaries like always is vital, but we should never lose our humanity. Never give up in life as life is a precious gift meant to be explored, lived, cherished, and filled with development. Our humanity certainly means that we show goodwill towards human beings of every background. Also, it is important to give wisdom and inspiration to the younger generation (who are in their 20s from Generation Z, Generation Alpha, etc.) who are doing great work in sending the truth out to humanity. As I have mentioned before, anyone 25 years old or younger is a baby to me. So, we must allow the babies to grow (with our advice and tools) and establish their legacies (expressing their own power) as human beings. 

 The younger generation has used technology from TikTok to various new school apps and being in the streets to express their unique ideals that ought to be respected. I wanted these 8 pristine principles to encompass my core convictions. Obviously, there are more than 8 principles that I live by, because we are multifaceted human beings. Yet, I chosen these specific types of principles as they are highly important in my value system or my moral core. If someone wants to know what my political views are all about, then these 8 precepts wholeheartedly exemplify what I am all about ideologically. These are the values that I hold dear and live by in my daily walk in the Earth. Here they are:

1. The Protection of Civil Liberties: For millennia, human beings have developed civilizations. These civilizations spread in the four corners of this Earth filled with scholars, inventors, architects, teachers, lawyers, doctors, entertainers, athletes, entrepreneurs, religious leaders, financial experts, etc. Our civil liberties always matter for many reasons. Civil liberties protect our individual and collective rights. They teach us about the importance of community and our power as individuals. The Bill of Rights promote the concept of civil liberties that can't took away. Many people take civil liberties for granted, but other nations in the world have much less rights than we have in America. Numerous folks don't realize how blessed they are. Therefore, we must realize that our civil liberties (which are fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to individuals) ought to be protected and strengthened like the freedom of speech, the right to protest, the right to bear arms (I believe that gun rights is an individual right, but I agree with reasonable gun control regulations to save lives and protect our communities), protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, the right of due process, etc. 

2. Environmental Justice: I will forever be pro-environment. I live in an urban environment and that environment taught me that planting trees, throwing trash away in trash cans, and being careful on how I treat Nature are important actions to pursue. You can't be a revolutionary or a person who cares about the world without being in favor of helping the environment. When I was a child, the cartoon show Captain Planet certainly inspired to care for the environment in a higher level. It is important to promote clean air, clean water, and protections of animal species. Also, with climate change, we realize that the Earth is much warmer than decades ago as proven by scientific research filled with true data. Even back during the Johnson administration during the 1960s, authorities warned the public about climate change. That is why clean energy has worked wonders to help humanity globally to deal with the real problem of climate change. Helping the environment means to get rid of toxins in the waters including the oceans, it means to improve our health, it means to think about things beyond ourselves from recycling to improving air quality. Earth Day reminds us of that deforestation, biodiversity loss, and other evils must be combatted. We certainly don't need more cuts to NOAA. We desire more investments in disaster relief funds and NOAA, so we can save human beings' lives. With new issues like BPAs, radiation, etc., we must be cognizant on the importance of developing a better Earth. 

3. The Freedom of the Press, Speech, and Religion: Those three freedoms are what I cherish. In this generation, many people want to bash all of the media. I don't agree with that view, because tons of independent media institutions are doing yeoman's work in presenting to the people the unvarnished truth without censorship like The Real News Network, etc. The freedom of the press means that the press should be given the right to do their jobs without harassment or unfair scapegoating from any administration (or any human being). It means that the press should ask the tough questions to anyone without partiality. It's all about getting the story right as accurate as possible as it pertains to the motivation of the agenda of the press. The press has every right to ask questions about numerous issues like political issues, economic matters, social issues, and other issues pertaining to the human race. PBS has a strong media service historically that ought to be invested in. The freedom of speech means to express our ideals. I have been censored even in YouTube before, so I know what it feels like to have my words gone. The freedom of speech is about human expression, being bold at times, being honest about your thinking, and going out to express other freedoms. We know that slander and libel are not about the freedom of speech, but malicious activities done to hurt people. So, I don't agree with slander and libel. 

The freedom of religion is self-explanatory. Many Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, and religious minority groups are persecuted worldwide now in places like Nigeria, China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and other countries. That is wrong as no one should be persecuted because of his or her religious faith. In America, we have the freedom of religion which I agree with. This doesn't mean we support a theocracy as extremists believe, and this doesn't mean that showing religious expression in public should be banned as other extremists desire. It means that people can publicly or privately express their religious faith as long as it doesn't violate the human liberties of another person. I believe in the separation of church and state as the government shouldn't have the right to endorse a religion or infringe on the rights of others based upon religion. Also, people have the right to believe in religion or not in a free and open society. That means that religious people, atheists, agnostics, etc. should have equal rights in the Earth. For me personally, I believe in God. I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior (Yeshua HaMashiach) who died on the cross and rose from the dead saving the sins of the whole world as the only begotten Son of the living God. I believe in God the Father, and I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha Kodesh). 

4. The Rejection of Tyranny and the Rejection of Fascism: I reject authoritarianism. We have to keep it real and realize that Donald Trump is a tyrant and we live in America now filled with fascism. For over two decades, I have written in opposition to authoritarian governments, Big Brother policies that infringes on human civil liberties, and fascism. Many of our ancestors fought fascism during WWII as two of my distant cousins, who are Leslie Goffigon Jr. and Delaware Floyd Harris Sr, fought the Nazis at Normandy on June 6, 1944. For the record, I don't agree with the creation of the new world order. I don't agree with the creation of a global government as I believe that nation-states can trade and cooperate with each other (even with alliances) without such an agenda that centralizes power more into fewer hands. 

I oppose the agenda of oligarchy. There is irony on this issue. Alex Jones and people of that ilk (who are far right compromised MAGA extremists) during the 1990s and 2000s talked about black helicopters, tyranny, camps, and the military in the streets. These same people are silent in 2025 (during the 2nd term of Donald Trump) when we have military in the streets of Los Angeles, ICE arresting even U.S. citizens without due process of law, we have Trump allowing the construction of actual internment camps to house migrants and immigrants, we have actual Muslim bans, and Stephen Miller desiring if habeas corpus should be abolished (to promote his xenophobic agenda). Alex Jones slandered the Sandy Hook victims, and he has been ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families. That shows them (people like Alex Jones, etc.) to be hypocrites as they don't want to criticize Trump on his blatantly authoritarian policies including the Supreme Court giving Trump near total immunity on any crime. This is an example of how we must remain consistent to oppose tyranny and fascism regardless of who is in office. It is wrong to witness DEI programs gone, to witness innocent federal workers to be fired for no reason, to see families split because they are migrants, to witness a massive increase of the executive branch of government enacting unconstitutional policies, and brainwashed people agreeing with Trump unconditionally. We will endorse liberty and freedom without compromise. 

5. Equality for all: I mean that precept. I believe all people are created equal in the image of God and are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without exception. Equality doesn't mean that everyone is identical. Even twins aren't genetically 100 percent identical. Many far-right people (like red pill extremists, Hoteps, racists, sexists, xenophobes, MAGA followers, etc.) confuse equality with identical. Equality means that everyone has equal worth and equal value, deserving to be treated with the same dignity and respect afforded to all people. I reject sexism and xenophobia. Some of the far-right extremists obsess over the concept of criticizing "woke" not to oppose extreme political correctness, but many of them desire to deprive minority groups of fundamental human rights. Woke means acknowledging the dignity, humanity, and suffering of oppressed people and advancing the necessity to take action to eliminate injustices and discrimination. Equality doesn't mean to ignore oppression or embrace the falsehood that we live in a complete meritocracy. It does mean that injustice and oppression should be fought against, so the system of racism/oppression can be replaced with an authentic system of justice and liberty for all in the human race. 

6. Advancing the General Welfare (and the Social Safety Net): For the eons of human history, people always honored the general welfare. The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution cited the right of the government to promote the general welfare of the people. That means that the government does have the right to provide resources to help human beings for sincere reasons. Therefore, I will always believe in a strong social safety net to help the homeless, the poor, the working class, and the middle-class people of the Earth. It has been sixty years after the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, which were signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The social safety net is readily grown by our work. We work hard and earn our Medicare and Social Security benefits. Medicaid is for the poor, those with disabilities, and other human beings who desire them. We have an unjust law that cuts Medicaid, SNAP, and other social programs massively while giving $1 trillion in tax breaks for the super wealthy. That is why people from across the political spectrum desire a strong social safety net to assist millions of Americans and other people worldwide. By nature, I am opposed to austerity as radically cutting the social safety net and radically cutting foreign aid (including cuts to the highly successful Pepfar program that has helped to save people's lives from HIV/AIDS overseas) will harm people in America and worldwide. During the Great Depression (and before that event), millions of Americans didn't have adequate retirement insurance. That is why people made President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to sign a law to make the Social Security Act in order to allow Americans to have Social Security after a certain age, usually in their late 60s now. Social Security has saved tons of lives for generations. A robust public social safety net is a blessing for the human race in general. 

7. Economic Justice: I am fully an economic progressive for life and for eternity. That means that I don't believe that large corporations should do what they want whenever they desire. There should be legitimate regulations in how businesses, corporations, and people in general should operate. For example, we should have policies involving handling air safety, so plane crashes can decline. We want regulations on food and drug safety, so people won't be sick or ill from bad foods or dangerous drugs. We desire a great disaster response and public health safety in order to safe human lives literally. These legitimate regulations have nothing to do with harming economic power. It is about making the economy truly fair for all people, irrespective of a person's income level. Economic justice means living wages, universal health care, affordable housing, and a system that fights against poverty (not grows it). No American can live on $7.25 an hour, especially if that person has children. In our time, that income can't allow people in the United States to get benefits, pay for rent, get food, buy a car, and pay for utilities in a modern-day society. So, the minimum wage in America should be higher than that amount to be a living wage.  

That is why we can't view Capitalism or Communism as infallible (I don't agree with Stalinist Communism as that philosophy violates human civil liberties, makes humans just cogs in the wheel of the state, and Stalin himself became an anti-Semitic, unstable male before his passing). These are man-made economic systems with imperfections. Anyone who makes capitalism a deity (or wants capitalism to be followed unconditionally) is doing idol worship, and capitalism does merit some legitimate critique. We have the problems of many large corporations who ship millions of Americans jobs overseas, oppress workers overseas, pollute the environment, lobby for governments to promote unfair trade agreements, and allow people to scapegoat immigrants (who desire to live a better life) in a xenophobic fashion (instead of the one percent) for economic sufferings in the world. It is false to assume that capitalism is ordained and preordained to rule the economic system of the world (to manage humanity in just the rich, middle class, and the poor in a survival of the fittest mentality) when Adam Smith, David Richardo, and Thomas Malthus (capitalist leaders) either supported eugenics, followed anti-poor scapegoating, and desire other systems that makes a lax effort to promote the rights of workers. I certainly do agree with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, Ella Baker's and Malcolm X's critiques of capitalism too. Some have talked and wrote about the necessity of a class struggle to enact true economic justice. By the 2010s, I accepted this premise as I lived through the Great Recession and saw the suffering of many people in dealing with the recession while Wall Street had massive bailouts in the billions of dollars. Therefore, I had to analyze things more to witness the importance to promote a radical redistribution of economic and political power in order for class oppression to be gone. 

It is hypocritical for the far right and neoliberal moderates to lecture to the poor about a work ethic to escape poverty when these same people (who love MAGA) live in gated communities and support economic policies that strip the poor of living wage jobs that they need to support themselves. In other words, there is nothing wrong with having money, but far too often, many people (especially some super rich people) exploit money to look down on the poor, advance materialism, love covetousness, and desires a selfish individualism that doesn't take into account the collective responsibility of us all to promote economic justice for all people. The vast majority of the poor, working class, and middle class work very hard all of the time, refuting the lie that poor people lack a strong work ethic. Workers have every right to have labor rights, to have adequate benefits, including pensions, and the right to strike. We don't want corporate welfare for the super wealthy, we reject financial fraud, and we want the government to really work for the people. True government is made by the people and for the people, because true government exists to increase the blessings of liberty and justice for all people. 

8. Racial Justice: I am a black American man, so I believe in racial justice by default. Racial justice means that black people should have the same rights as anyone else without oppression, without racism, and without discrimination. This has nothing to do with hating non-black people. It has to do with not whitewashing our history, not following the myth that America is without sin (or America is infallible) and desiring true representation in our society. To this day, black people are unjustly murdered by the police, discriminated against, called slurs (recently a white racist woman called a black child the n word in Rochester, Minnesota. The racist white woman has been funded with massive financially support by white racists), abused, kidnapped (as missing black people are underreported by many in the corporate media), and exploited constantly. That reality has been ignored or minimized by racists. We should keep on fighting for justice and never bow down to injustice. The current oppressive and racist system must be replaced with a system of justice, period. 

Black culture is great too. Black culture is diverse. It relates to how we cook our cuisine from gumbo, rice dishes, various vegetables, many meats, and to greens. Black culture is how we write literature from books to magazines that showcase our genius, our beauty, and our personalities. Black authors from Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, and tons of other people, we black people have mastered the art of literary expression as found in the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance, etc. Black culture focuses on our great entrepreneur powers from Black Wall Street to modern day black owned businesses that have grown in the 21st century. Black culture deals with STEM and inventions with great STEM scholars like Mae Jemison, George Washington Carver, Katherine Johnson, Valier Thomas, Granville Woods, and Lonnie Johnson who researched the natural functions of the Universe, math, other sciences, and technology to be a beacon of light in the Universe. Black culture is about true music, filled with legends from Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrell, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Etta James, Diana Ross, and Jennifer Hudson. We know that black culture relates to athletics with Arthur Ashe, the Williams sisters, Michael Jordan, Gabby Thomas, Simone Biles, and Althea Gibson, who also promoted philanthropy, helping the younger generation, and social activism (beyond displaying their physical talents to the world). 

Additionally, Black culture deals with us standing up against evil, advancing a positive health culture, showing resiliency, having a strong work ethic, and speaking truth to power among leaders like Gloria Richardson and Wilma Rudolph. Black culture deals with our rhythm, our swagger, our fashion, expressing love, and being cultural leaders in general. We set the trends that the world follows us. We are never inferior as many racists try to mimic or copy our melanin, our rhythm, our speaking tones, our bodies' phenotypes (and racists have stolen our DNA to create medical treatments. That is what happened to Henrietta Lacks. Racists only want to control us. That is why we condemn racism), and other ways in how we live our lives. Our melanin is gifted from God. We don't worship our melanin or our phenotype. We only worship God alone. Melanin can convert light into energy, melanin can protect us from radiation by absorbing and scattering electromagnetic radiation, including UV, visible, and infrared light (which has been documented by mainstream scientific studies found in the National Institutes of Health or the NIH). Now, we have new studies showing that neuromelanin plays a key role in protecting neurons and sequestering toxic molecules. So, black culture is very diverse and very beautiful. We are wonderfully made in the image of God with our great melanin and our Blackness shining. Now, you know the truth. 

This representation (of showing more stories of black heroes and supporting black people making a difference in society) adds to our diversity, and diversity is part of our strength within the human family. Subsequently, I am inspired by the stories and legacies of Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Octavius Valentine Catto, Diane Nash, Ella Baker, Septima Clark, Gloria Richardson, and other black heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom in 2025. I believe in voting rights, I oppose racial profiling, I believe in black unity globally, I adhere to black liberation, I do support reparations for black Americans, and I believe in Black Love. I believe in global Pan-African unity as Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Europeans, Africans, Afro-Latinos, Afro- Turks, the Siddis, etc. are my Brothers and my Sisters. I do believe that Black is Beautiful. 

*So, if anyone want to know my cherished views, this list shows fully about what I stand for. 

By Timothy