Author: DAMON K JONES
The Rescissions Act of 2025 has stirred outrage in some corners of Black leadership. Many are decrying the billions in foreign aid cuts to Africa, the Caribbean, and global health programs. But let’s stop and ask the uncomfortable question no one in these circles wants to raise: why were we funding global development before we fixed our own house? America’s inner cities are bleeding — not from foreign wars, but from neglect, broken schools, economic dependency, and moral confusion. We don’t need another USAID roundtable. We need functioning school boards, fathers in homes, land ownership, business financing, and the restoration of…
In a society where transparency is lauded as a democratic virtue, the ongoing saga surrounding the Epstein files exposes a disturbing reality: when political calculations override truth, the public pays the price. What began as a pursuit of justice has devolved into a partisan blame game where both parties jockey for advantage, while the central issue—accountability—remains unresolved. Let’s dispense with illusions. The American people were told Jeffrey Epstein’s death ended the matter. That Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction closed the book. But as evidence continues to surface, and court documents hint at names shielded from scrutiny, the question isn’t whether there’s more…
In a country where even cereal boxes are politicized, you’d think the disappearance of over 300,000 migrant childrenwould spark national outrage. But instead of a moral reckoning, we get collective silence. No marches. No press conferences. No hashtags. Why? Because telling the truth would offend the narrative too many people are emotionally and politically invested in. If 300,000 children disappeared from gated communities in Connecticut or private academies in California, the FBI would be involved, the media would be in crisis mode, and Hollywood would already be filming the dramatization. But when it’s vulnerable, brown, undocumented children—some trafficked, others placed with…
Mount Vernon’s leaders want to rewrite the rules, but refuse to fix the habits. That’s not reform — that’s misdirection. There’s growing momentum to revise the city charter. On the surface, structural reform sounds like progress. But in practice, it often becomes a distraction from the deeper problem. The truth is simple: it’s not the charter that has failed Mount Vernon — it’s who the city continues to elect to operate it. You can draft new rules and reorganize the structure of government all you want, but if the same ethically compromised individuals remain in control, the results will be…
The National Farm Security Plan: What Does It Mean for Black America and Black Farmers? The USDA just launched a National Farm Security Action Plan, framing America’s food system as a national security issue. The government is finally acknowledging that foreign land ownership, compromised supply chains, and manipulation of nutrition programs are strategic threats. And they’re absolutely right. Food, land, and production are not just economic factors—they are the foundation of sovereignty. While the federal government mobilizes to protect its agricultural base, Black leadership in America remains largely silent about the vulnerability of our own food chain. The truth is,…
In a country that spends more on healthcare than any other nation on Earth, you would expect doctors to understand the foundational role nutrition plays in human health. Yet most can’t explain how insulin resistance works, what magnesium deficiency does to the heart, or how processed food contributes to chronic inflammation. Why? Because they were never taught. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced that medical schools must begin teaching nutrition or risk losing federal funding. This announcement is long overdue — not just because poor diet is the leading cause of chronic disease, but because…
In a society governed by laws, justice is supposed to rely on facts, evidence, and due process, not emotions, assumptions, or internet outrage. Yet, the response to the Carmelo Anthony case shows how quickly those principles are discarded, especially when the accused is a young Black male. Over the past few months, Anthony’s name has become a flashpoint for media narratives, social media attacks, and racial stereotyping. He was recently indicted for murder in the fatal stabbing of a white classmate during a confrontation at a Texas school track meet. And while that indictment moves the legal process forward, it’s the public response that…
If we want to survive what’s coming next, we must stop viewing public policy through emotion and start seeing it through logic. Medicaid — one of the largest welfare programs in America — is finally being forced into financial reality. And while the new 2025 tax bill is controversial, it didn’t create the crisis. It simply exposed it. This article is not a defense of the bill. It’s a call for clarity, discipline, and long-overdue accountability — especially for Black Americans who’ve been told to trust in promises that never delivered real outcomes. Politicians have played with our emotions long…
On July 3, 2025, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping reform of tax policy and social spending that critics immediately labeled a “gift to the rich” and a “war on the poor.” But such rhetoric, though emotionally satisfying, ignores the deeper reality: this bill is a turning point in how America rewards behavior. And whether we like it or not, the real question for Black America is whether we are positioned to compete under the rules this new framework enforces. This bill doesn’t simply reward wealth—it rewards the creation of wealth. It signals a shift in how the…
One of the most dangerous assumptions in politics today is that new processes automatically yield better outcomes. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) was introduced in New York City as a supposed upgrade to democracy, giving voters more voice and ensuring broader representation. But as with many well-intentioned reforms, what matters is not how it sounds, but how it works. And for Black communities in New York, it is not working. The recent Democratic mayoral primary produced a clear example: Zohran Mamdani, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won the nomination despite failing to win majority support in historically…