Late September 2019 News.

She is a young legendary actress who has acting in her blood. Her parents either were actors and producers. Now, yesterday was her Birthday, and she is 48 years old. From being on cartoon shows to legendary movies, her life has been filled with an exceptional amount of self-expression. She is Sister Sanaa Lathan. She is born in New York City, and you can tell by her Northern accent. Her first name means art in Swahili. Her mother was an actress and dancer named Eleanor McCoy. Her father was a famous producer of PBS shows and Sanford and Son named Stan Lathan. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in drama from Yale University. She has been in theater of years.

She was on Broadway as well. She has been on shows like Moesha, In the House, NYPD Blue, Family Matters, etc. Her breakout role was in the movie of Life and Love and Basketball (which is a love story among 2 basketball players). She was on two The Best Man movies. She represented Generation X black movie stars. When I was growing up, people like her were folks that we looked up too as young people (as I am from Generation Y). She is 12 years older than me. She won the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. She was in the A Raisin in the Sun movie. From dramas, thrillers, and romantic films, she has done it all. Recently, she was in the films Nappily Ever After and Native Son. Working hard and appreciating her gifts are in her life. I wish Sister Sanaa Lathan more blessings. .

Trump is bragging about his wall. Yet, he omits many things. The wall is representative of not only xenophobia. It is about the essence of hate, since his immigration policy is about restricting the number of people of color from coming into America. Trump wanting to decline certain forms of legal immigration outlines his agenda. Many children migrants in camps suffer horrendous conditions. This isn't just me saying this. This has been documented by a report issued by the Inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The report documented that children migrants were violated by cartels and by many criminals. Also, many of them were separated from their parents via Trump's policies which has been traumatic to these children. Trump now wants children and their parents to be held in federal prison camps run by ICE not by the HHS. Many children suffer depression when they stay in ORR facilities for more than 70 days. This report is conclusive evidence of the cruelty of the Trump administration involving asylum seekers and migrants. A border is not an excuse to be non-compassionate towards fellow human beings. The same ones who lecture others on borders omit that borders change over time via war, theft, and other disputes. Federal law says that undocumented immigrants are entitled to protections if they are refugees or asylum seekers fleeing oppression. Human rights are superior to borders.


The events in Saudi Arabia and Iran represent a real foreign policy crisis. The bombing of the Saudi oil facilities have been claimed by Houthi rebels as being responsibility for them. Trump and Pompeo blame Iran for it. Iranians leaders deny responsibility. The U.S. claims to have satellite evidence. Almost 100,000 Yemeni people have been murdered in the Yemeni civil war. Some reports that Trump may use cyber attacks and air strikes on Iranian ships with seizures (which is piracy). Pompeo recently met with Saudi leader Prince Mohamed bin Salman. Pompeo is a hardliner, and said that the Saudi attack as an act or war. China relies on Iran and the Persian Gulf for oil resources. An attack on Iran will harm Chinese interests. Also, China is an ally of Russia. This is a complex situation. Iran is a source of energy for China. Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened war in Iran for years. He is a Trump ally with his election chances in doubt. Since Russia and China are in unison with Iran, it is highly not likely for a war against Iran to come. Likewise, we want a negotiated settlement to end this dangerous crisis. There is the news story about the whistleblower trying to release information that is damaging about Trump. He said that he was blocked from disclosing the urgent matter. Schiff from Congress promises to try to release the information to the American people. It is no secret that some in the intelligence community don't trust Trump because of his compromising actions.

The strike at General Motors is more than about class struggle. It is about workers battling against global capitalist exploitation. Almost 50,000 autoworkers are striking in sacrificing their time to enact real change. General Motors is one of the most powerful corporations on Earth. There has been decades of suppression of economic rights. Therefore, people are fighting for better benefits, collective bargaining, and other labor rights. The workers at GM are uniting. Many of the strikers are from different backgrounds, but they are united in the same goal of living wages, labor rights protections, and protected health care services. Many workers from Mexico, Germany, and Brazil have expressed solidarity with the striking workers of Detroit. In our time, we see striking teachers in West Virginia, Kentucky, Arizona, and Oklahoma. We witness demonstrations for freedom in Puerto Rico, France, Algeria, Hong Kong, and Sudan. We have watched global strikes in favor of something to be done about climate change. We have witnessed many changes in our society, and we are unified in our common values of advancing liberty, justice, and equality. We fight for real change not only for ourselves. We want change for our future descendants.

By Timothy