FOOLING AMERICANS ON APRIL FOOLS’ DAY TRUMP’S APRIL FOOLS’ DAY: SPEECH ON THE IRAN WAR

In this commentary, we share Donald Trump’s address to Americans on April Fools’ Day—a speech that felt less like leadership and more like theater. Trump attempted to justify the war using clichés, hypothetical fears, and ideology wrapped in familiar half-truths. It was All Fools’ Day, after all, and he seemed intent on playing the American public—recycling epithets that have grown […]

The Real American Crisis is not Merely Political—it is Moral

On the contrary, the real American crisis is not merely political—it is moral. We are confronted with a President whose character appears fractured, whose words and actions often stand in contradiction. It is not enough to say, as Republican strategist Stuart Stevens suggests, that “an entire political movement chose him.” That may be true, but it does not absolve the […]

Announcing: The Neoliberal Round is a now a 501 (c)3 – Registered Non Profit

The Neoliberal Round Podcast is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in Pennsylvania. It operates as a media and information platform dedicated to providing news, analysis, and public-interest programming. The organization is owned and operated by Renaldo McKenzie in partnership with The Neoliberal Corporation, which oversees its broader media, publishing, and intellectual initiatives. In many ways, the project stands like […]

“A Packed Church, Empty Solutions: Philadelphia’s Housing Crisis and the Limits of Old Thinking”

Yesterday, P.O.W.E.R convened a housing affordability assembly at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. The sanctuary was full—overflowing, really—with more than 1,000 people from across Philadelphia, representing churches, faith communities, and concerned residents gathered under one shared anxiety: a city in the grip of a housing crisis. Rising rents. Shrinking housing stock. A looming reduction in federal funding as Washington signals cuts […]

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 […]

Abria Jackson: Acting in Faith, Storytelling in Truth By Rev. Renaldo C. McKenzie

When Abria Jackson walked into a London theater this summer to see Night of Violence—the opening film of the UK’s FrightFest—she wasn’t alone. Sitting next to her was her mother, beaming with pride. “It was very emotional,” Jackson recalled. “My father passed away a couple of years ago, and he was so supportive of my dream. Knowing that my mom […]

Straight Talk in Philadelphia: Section 8, Gentrification, and the Politics of Belonging

Journal Article: Straight Talk in Philadelphia: Section 8, Gentrification, and the Politics of Belonging By Renaldo C. McKenzie, Author of Neoliberalism, Creator and Host of The Neoliberal RoundGuests: Keeana Centy and Randolph Travis Subheading From housing assistance to voter turnout, our unscripted conversation traces how policy, culture, and power collide on the block—and why “apolitical” still means politics happens to […]

Street Vibes with Phil Butler: Walking the Talk in Philadelphia’s Urban Pulse By Renaldo McKenzie, The Neoliberal Journal

“This Philadelphia city got character, but it’s breaking people.” — Phil Butler In this electrifying street-side dialogue, author and professor Renaldo McKenzie meets Phil Butler—Philadelphia’s own voice of the people—at the corner of grit and grace. Recorded in the heart of the city, this conversation is more than an interview; it’s a window into lives shadowed by systems, yet radiant […]

US v Caribbean and Breaking News from Haiti, Trinidad and Turks

On The Latest Episode of The Neoliberal Round on The YouTube Channel: Caribbean Thought Extended; What’s happening in Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos? Dialogue: SHONTAL: Sir, do you agree that the average American is not able to take vacations like the average Jamaican and Caribbean residents can? PROF. RENALDOMCKENZIE: No, but it also depends on who you […]

Is there a paradigm for the study of Caribbean Thought or Caribbean Studies?

Opening Lecture for Caribbean Thought 2025 Welcome, everyone, to the 2025 series of lectures in Caribbean Thought at the Jamaica Theological Seminary! Today, we embark on a critical journey, asking: Is there a paradigm for the study of Caribbean Thought or Caribbean Studies?Should there be one, akin to the Afrocentric Paradigm championed by scholars like Dr. Molefi Asante and Dr. […]