Good News Can Travel Fast
It is safe to say that most Americans want to be happy. CBS News conducted a poll in 2023 to determine where Americans find happiness. It was a fascinating article that unearthed some basic truths about where Americans look for … Continue reading Good News Can Travel Fast
Separate and Unequal: How the Kerner Commission’s Warnings Come True Today
“Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal” (Kerner, 1968, p. 1). As a Black woman who has studied racial disparities in America extensively, these dire words of the 1968 Kerner Commission report have always … Continue reading Separate and Unequal: How the Kerner Commission’s Warnings Come True Today
Halt Between Two Opinions
“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions?” I Kings 18:21a King James Version Apollo 13 had but one shot hanging in the balance of space forged between two deadly outcomes, essentially … Continue reading Halt Between Two Opinions
Breaking the Chains: Racism, Caste, and Injustice in America’s Underrepresented Communities
Dr. Theresa R. Horne highlights the enduring impact of racism and caste in America, emphasizing the injustices faced by underrepresented communities, particularly Black veterans. She calls for urgent action and accountability from all citizens to confront systemic inequities, insisting that true freedom encompasses equitable treatment and recognition of humanity for all. Continue reading Breaking the Chains: Racism, Caste, and Injustice in America’s Underrepresented Communities
Unlearning Systematic Alienation
In America today, too many conversations are framed as left versus right, urban versus rural, Democrat versus Republican — but that is a distraction. The deeper, more dangerous divide is not ideological. It is structural. It is resourced versus under-resourced. And it is this divide, … Continue reading Unlearning Systematic Alienation
The Strength They Praise, The Support We’re Denied
And here’s the double-edged sword: when strength becomes how we are known, it also becomes how we are dismissed. Continue reading The Strength They Praise, The Support We’re Denied
May Edition Review
In a cultural climate riddled with noise, division, and ideological confusion, Three-Fifths Magazine offers clarity with its latest feature, “Two Worlds, So Close, Yet Worlds Apart.” This powerful Edition stands as both critique and reflection, guiding readers through America’s longstanding tug-of-war between individualism and … Continue reading May Edition Review
May Edition:Two Worlds, So Close, Yet Worlds Apart.
“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred; it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long … Continue reading May Edition:Two Worlds, So Close, Yet Worlds Apart.
Kingdom Over Caste:
While attending a wedding as an honored guest, I also witnessed little girls working the streets, invisible to society. Instead of being in school, learning to read,, write, and do math, these little ones were dancing or begging for survival—working under threat of hunger. Continue reading Kingdom Over Caste:
