Harriet Tubman Davis portrait on mockup

It will take 14 years, in 2030 to be exact,  to have Harriet Tubman's face on the new $20 bill. But  again, we have waited almost 100 years for this moment: seing the first woman on a US banknote since Martha Washington briefly graced the $1 bill in the 1890s, but most importantly the first Black woman, whose efforts, deemed almost beyond the humanly possible,  well documented in her lifetime, but like many African-Americans written out of history in the decades after the Civil War, given one of the most prominent honors in the US.

Most importantly, Harriet Tubman, a slave who became a prominent abolitionist, will replace  on the front of the bill a former president who owned slaves. Former President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner, will be moved to the back. 

It is said that in mid-October 1849, Harriet Tubman, a slave in the state of Maryland,  crossed the invisible line that borders the state of Pennsylvania. She

Bernie Sanders wins may lead to dilemma

The "political revolution" launched by Bernie Sanders has taken the hold of the American political landscape. A series of recent decisive wins in several states has reaffirmed the movement and gained reliable supporters.  Sanders has shown he can win and win big, but still lags in needed delegates to become the Democratic Party Presidential nominee. Hence, his supporters are wondering about the next steps; seriously wondering to the point of rejecting the Democratic Party if he is not the next leader. 

This view from the supporters may threaten the unity of the Democratic Party if Hillary Clinton wins. The likelihood of Hillary Clinton winning is high given her lead among pledged party delegates. Bernie Sanders appears to be in the middle of a dilemma. On the one side, faced with the possibility of a Hillary

Rwandan Ambassador Gasana Wagging a Finger While Deriding US Ambassador Samantha Power

On Monday March 21, 2016, the United Nations Security Council held a debate on Conflict and Peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The debate was supposed to propose solutions. Instead, it became a circus, when the turn of the Rwandan Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana came.

Ambassador Gasana,  who is also a close confident to the Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame started by raving about criticisms against the devastating warmongering policies of the Rwanda government and its recent involvement in instability and bloody violence in the neighboring country of Burundi. Burundian Ambassador Alain Aime Nyamitwe had intervened before and pointed to the role played by the Rwandan government by recruiting,

Marilyn Mosby - Baltimore Chief Prosecutor

They are smart, dedicated, articulate, women, and leaders. The fact that they are also Black may be a coincidence, but also a historical convergence, that augurs the things to come. These four Black women are bound by the death of Freddie Gray, a 25 Black man, while in the custody of the Baltimore police. The death was followed by protests by citizens seeking justice  and violent riots, burning, and looting of Baltimore shops and police cars by angry citizens, mostly young, over yet another young unarmed Black man killed by the Police in the United States.

 The four women are: 

Hillary Clinton and Jean Shaheen, Nashua, NH. Nov 2, 2014

The US mid-term elections are over. The 2016 US presidential race starts now. The question on the mind of political pundits is who will be  candidates from both the main US political parties: Democrats and Republicans. Whether one looks at the Republican National Committee (RNC) aka Grand Old Party (GOP) or the Democratic National Committee (DNC), few are wasting time celebrating or mourning the 2014 mid-terms successes or losses. 

RNC and DNC Getting Ready for 2016?

The GOP has sent the democrats packing during the mid-term elections. Emboldned GOP leaders did not wait to set the tone on how they

Mia Love, First Black Woman Republican Elected to Congress

Mia Love has been elected to the US Congress. She will represent Utah's 4th Congressional district. The former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Utah's 4th congressional district, when she narrowly lost to the democratic candidate Jim Matheson by less than 800 votes.

A daughter of Haitian immigrants, Later Day Saint member or Mormon, she will be the first African American woman to be elected to the