Jon’s Substack

The Death of the Voting Rights Act

“But even more, all types of conniving methods are still being used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters.

Oct 20 • 

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September 2025

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

“Love was never any better than the lover.” –Toni Morrison

Sep 30 • 

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August 2025

No Other Land

I was finally able to see No Other Land. It won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards earlier this year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if…

Aug 18 • 

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Khloe Kardashian and the Crisis of Caregiving

Everyone deserves a Khloe Kardashian in their life. For the vast majority, that’s not the reality.

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

Disability Pride

July is Disability Pride Month to celebrate the strength, struggle, history, and hope of the disabled community. July is significant because of the…

Jul 16 • 

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Big, Beautiful Lies: The Real Impact of Republican Policies

I was checking email this morning when I came across something that made me roll my eyes. On July 3rd, the Social Security Administration sent out a…

Jul 7 • 

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Frederick Douglass & American Hypocrisy

Every year I post about Frederick Douglass and his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Delivered on July 5, 1852 in Rochester, New York…

Jul 4 • 

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June 2025

Juneteenth: Solidarity in Response to Fascism

None of us are free until we all are. This sentence has always carried deep meaning but in this particular time, it becomes even more important.

Jun 19 • 

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SINNERS

The following post contains spoilers for SINNERS If you haven’t seen the film, go do so or proceed at your own risk.

Jun 7 • 

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May 2025

Plantations Burn But Enslavement is Alive and Well

On Thursday May 15, 2025 Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum plantation in the U.S., burned down.

May 18 • 

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Mom

Mother’s Day is painful for me.

May 11 • 

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April 2025