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Thanks to all of our loyal listeners! If you have been following us, then you know that TALK-STRAIGHT has a basic format: Host Generated Topics - Opening Monologue – Question/Answer. Much has transpired since the beginning... more

In these frightening and seemingly uncertain times across America, many questions their safety and wellbeing over the long term. Their focus is on what they see in front of them and what they hear from the rumor mill of pop-culture.... more

In 1945, author George Orwell wrote a fiction book (Animal Farm) that had many parallels to reality then and now. The main subject was the control of those in power over those who depended on their leadership. In 2020 too many people... more

Our nation is facing a terrible health crisis today. It is directly affecting the learning process for school-aged children across America. Too often, when public schools are out of session for the summer or holidays, many children lose instructional... more

The utopian notion of ?Freedom? suggests that all citizens have the benefit of Freedom. Even though America is 244 years old and Slavery has ended for 155 years, there are those who still feel as though freedom is not for everyone.... more

Thanks to all-of our loyal listeners! If you have been following us, then you know that TALK-STRAIGHT has a basic format: Host Generated Topics - Opening Monologue – Question/Answer. Much has transpired since the beginning... more

In light of the social conflicts exhibited by African American youth across ?Urban America?, there is clearly a gap between the faith of their elders in the American promise of equality and their day to day realities; there seems to be a serious... more

Because like nowhere else in the world, historically, many youths who grow up in Urban America face particular social-emotional challenges, it is necessary to be focused and deliberate about educating them. Proper education is vital to helping... more

While it is widely known that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, setting the precedent for ending American slavery, little is known about the views of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and El-Hajj... more

Most often when we hear about the struggle for desegregation in America, we hear it from a political, economic or racial perspective, however rarely do we hear the human side of things. Particularly, as it relates to the natural right of a... more

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