Friday News in Later October of 2018.

There is the news about the mysterious death of Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was a well-known critic of Saudi Arabia's leadership because of its evil, authoritarian policies plus its anti-democratic measures. He was in risk of his life because he expressed his free speech rights to desire reform in Saudi Arabia including the rest of the Middle East. Trump has been hesitant to blame Saudi Arabia. He said that Saudi Arabia would face severe consequences if he feels like that they were involved in the death of Jamal Khashoggi. It is no secret that Trump supports authoritarian, fascist regimes found in Brazil (with the extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Jair supports free markets, torture, and sterilization for the poor), Saudi Arabia, and in the Philippines. Turkish authorities have said that Saudi authorities used a series of steps to murder Jamal Khashoggi. They mentioned that Saudis asked him to sign a document. When he refused to do so, the Saudis killed him and grotesquely dismembered his body. America supports Saudi Arabia not just because of oil. They are also in unison because they are in agreement to support the war on terror and being a buffer against Iran. Also, America aids Saudi's military in attacking Yemen constantly in its civil war. The Trump regime is a criminal enterprise filled with scandals, corruption, and an alliance of right-wing nations like Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other countries. We know the truth, and we must act accordingly to promote justice and equality.

Recently, many black senior citizens were forced off the bus in Georgia when they were about to take them to vote. This cowardly injustice against seniors is a total intimidation tactic by reactionaries in trying to suppressing the vote. Voter suppression is real in America. It isn't found just in South. It just doesn't involve a poll tax. Today, it revolves around banning voting sites, limiting the days when people can vote, and the restrictions of IDs affecting voting. Many felons can't vote even if they paid their debts to society. Far-right Republicans are getting innocent people off of rolls. Intimidation, involving the police and people trying to force African Americans not to vote, is still going on in 2018. We can't be naive in America. We have to fight for our rights. Also, we should stay in that voting line. You have the right to legal representation if someone is trying to violate your voting rights. Voting is not some quaint privilege. Voting is a complete human right that must always remain. Also, we live in a historic time. Many black women and other human begins are heroically running for Congress with moving platforms. Voting revolves around the principle that democracy that grows is by and for the people.

Georgia eliminated over 200 polling places. 50,000 people are blocked to vote in Georgia by Kemp. Georgia is the first state in America that supported voter suppression efforts in their voter ID law in 2005. This problem is a nationwide problem where there is the disenfranchisement of Native Americans in North Dakota. Florida and other states have like-minded voter suppression laws including Texas. That is why we have to be aware of these things and encourage voting. Voting isn't just about politicians in Congress. It is about sheriffs, judges, school board officials, and other leaders in our community. Whom you vote deals with taxes, healthcare, education, and other real issues. We can't be apathetic. Apathy is the cruel philosophy that we should ignore reality. We have to defend and fight for our rights to maintain them. Younger millennial adults have been fired up as a means for them to stand up in voting. That is why we do need change. Voting should be a national holiday, and voter registration should be more accessible. Also, early voting must expand. Justice is our aim.

There was a shouting match between Bolton and Kelly at the White House over immigration. Reports are saying that they are cursing at each other. Trump is threatening to use the military to prevent a march of refugees from entering America. Also, Trump has threatened not to fund Honduras and other nations where these refugees are traveling from Latin America. Trump is a hypocrite. Peaceful people humbly designating borders didn't create America. There were no borders in America initially. It was made up of a collective of the indigenous people who didn't speak English and were not of Western European descent. America established its borders by theft, war, conquest, slavery, and genocide of the original inhabitants of the Americas. The boundaries to the South existed after the Mexican-American war during the 1840's. Therefore, we have to look at history. Many American policies in Latin Americans influenced this refugee crisis in the world. We have to respect immigrant rights, and yes, many black people are immigrants too.


When you think about STEM fields, you have to acknowledge the contributions of this woman. You can't understand NASA fully or African American history in a comprehensive fashion without mentioning her. She is Sister Mae Jemison, and it was her birthday days ago. She is now 62 years old. Her legacy is wide-ranging indeed. She was the first African American woman who traveled into space. She encourages black people, other people of color, girls, women, and everyone in general to love STEM fields. STEM deals with the cultivation of civilization from counting money to handling complicated formulas that relate to calculus or trigonometry. Therefore, young people and anyone of any age have the right to learn and grow with STEM. Her intellectual genius and her great ingenuity make society more enriched. She was born in the South at Decatur, Alabama. She grew up in Chicago. Mae Jemison dreamed of traveling into space since her youth. She graduated from Sanford in 1977 with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and B.A. degree in African and Afro-American Studies. Mae Jemison was 16 when Jemison started college. She was the head of the Black Students Union in college. Mae Jemison worked in engineering and faced racism including sexism, but those repugnant evils never crippled her dreams. She had her M.D. degree in 1981 at Cornell Medical College. She worked in the Peace Corps and NASA. Nichelle Nichols inspired her. In 1992, she traveled into space. Back then, scientists used experiments in orbit about illness and the human body's reactions to space situations. She is an author and a dancer. From being on Star Trek: The Next Generation to promoting organizations that increase the number of women and minorities having STEM-related occupations, Mae Jemison is a heroic black woman. I wish Sister Mae Jemison more blessings.



By Timothy