Announcement: If You Don’t Want to See People on the Street, House Them

If You Don’t Want to See People on the Street, House ThemThis Sunday, February 1, 2026, Philadelphians from every corner of the city will gather at Mother Bethel AME Church for the POWER Interfaith Affordability Assembly—a collective response to a housing crisis shaped too long by private profit and public silence.The Assembly calls on City Council to establish a consistent […]

Fear Not 2.0 — Proud and Hopeful, I Bet on Us

Today is the National Shutdown — NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. STOP FUNDING ICE — to protest the federal government’s misdeeds in Minneapolis. Amidst all the news—or perhaps because of its own internal difficulties—this National Shutdown hasn’t gotten much attention or publicity. I try to keep an eye out for these things, and I only found out when Oscar […]

Neoliberalism Globalization Income Inequality Poverty and Resistance by Renaldo Mckenzie Sale Price!

Get “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance”: NeoliberalismWritten by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie on sale via our IngramSpark store partners with this unique link Available in Paperback: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=63KgyNK5lXctb5ySudh5FFtuQ63V0WvEJVeHDvOhN4M Available in Hardback: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?gJwW8cSq7SZsl6qT8BrXTrFGcnfliuTQX0dRyNyKtdA Also Available via the Audiblehttps://www.audible.com/pd/B099LFCD79/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-267926&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_267926_rh_us Renaldo is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and is currently Georgetown University and is a Professor Jamaica Theological Seminary and President of […]

Manifesto for the Establishment of a Department of American Freedmen Affairs

To Whom It May Concern: My name is Carnell Lamont Oliver. I write to initiate a national conversation on reparations for Black Americans, framed around the upcoming 14th Amendment case, expected in February or April 2026. The question before us is clear: what does justice and equity look like for descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States, and how […]

A Strategy for Fiscal Discipline: PBBA and Procedural Reform

To Whom It May Concern, My name is Carnell Lamont Oliver, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, writing to urge serious consideration of a coordinated strategy to restore fiscal responsibility and functional governance at the federal level and to consider the Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment (PBBA). The Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment (PBBA) offers a constitutionally sound framework to address chronic deficits. Sponsored in the […]

Restoring Fair Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives

The U.S. House of Representatives has been capped at 435 members since 1929. This permanent limit is not just outdated—it is likely unconstitutional. Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution requires that representatives be apportioned “according to their respective Numbers” based on the decennial census. Historically, Congress expanded the House after each census to maintain proportional representation. Freezing membership at […]

Empire, Stability, and the Smokescreen of Morality

Let us be honest—brutally honest, the way history demands and empire resents. What is unfolding in Venezuela, and across the wider Caribbean basin, has little to do with democracy, human rights, or some sudden moral awakening in Washington. It has everything to do with power—raw, unapologetic, strategic power—and the anxiety that sets in when that power feels challenged. The United […]

On A Quick Note: Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered – Unfair Competition

Renaldo McKenzie, Author of the Neoliberalism book series, discusses his upcoming book in light of what is happening in the world today. Renaldo raises the issue of unfair competition a theme in his books and also classism and racism and zero in on the reason why Trump’s America first is a facade – America first like racism is a strategic […]