The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction, or Fake News. The characters within are fictitious. On Friday, the Mississippi Senate passed a controversial bill that will keep many commonplace books from being taught in the state’s public schools. Dubbed the “Liberate Our Learning” bill, it will ban or severely restrict …
With May saluting health, women, and mothers around the world, I wanted to interview my mom, as it’s been a bit of a difficult month for our family. As an educator and the head of her household, she’s carried the heavy weight of maintaining her responsibilities and independence for much of her life. If her …
The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction, or Fake News. The characters within are fictitious. It’s eight o’clock here in New York and you’re in The Toole Shed. I’m your host, Ryan Toole, and tonight we’ll be talking about the biggest breaking stories in American and world politics. The top …
The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction, or Fake News. The characters within are fictitious. A federal grand jury convened Wednesday to unanimously indict social media superstar Alex Albot on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. Those charges include wire fraud, racketeering, battery, aggravated assault, bribery, disorderly conduct, vandalism, public intoxication, …
What’s Happening Steven Eugene Washington, a Black man with autism, was only twenty-seven years old when a Los Angeles Police Department officer gunned him down in the streets of Koreatown. According to the resulting police report, the unarmed Washington was initially approached by two officers in a police vehicle in response to a loud noise …
April has been designated as Autism Awareness Month. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a developmental disability. Autism refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 36 children in the United States …
The “system” spoken of in the term “systemic oppression” is a devilishly intricate piece of machinery. In the American sense, it was forged from several centuries’ worth of enslaving, lynching, miseducating, litigating, suppressing, redistricting, policing, and a litany of further -ings that I haven’t the time nor the energy to list. It is the time-tested …
America’s unappreciated hero is the Black woman. Often celebrated for being the first willing to protect, care, and give, the mental wellness of Black women is frequently corrupted by a false sense of autonomy – that everything maneuvered must be done so alone. Calling attention to how far we need to continue progressing doesn’t take …
Analyzing Insecurities that Plague Black Girls Looking into the mirror is getting easier. Though I can’t say I don’t still nitpick, it used to be worse for me. From the time I became able to distinguish the difference between the childlike innocence of spotting what made me different from other kids, and the desire to …
In my previous post entitled Retiring While Black, I shared how Black people fare in terms of retirement readiness. I revealed, although no surprise, that Black people face more obstacles than white people when it comes to retirement readiness and retiring without debt. In this post, I want to discuss how to retire not in …
