By Michael Smith | Reflective MVS There’s a quote by the late, legendary Maya Angelou that’s been ringing in my head…

By Michael Smith   A Sinking Feeling That Won’t Go Away I keep telling myself that maybe, just maybe, I’m the craz…

By Michael Smith A Childhood Lesson in McKinley—Before Trump Got His Hands on Him Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio , I …

By Michael Smith As Black History Month Ends, Trump’s Political Game Continues Every February, Black History Month of…

By Michael Smith Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Moment and the Right-Wing Meltdown Another Super Bowl, another culture w…

By Michael Smith Every February, the Performative Support Rolls In... and So Do the Attacks Every February, like clockw…

by Michael Smith In April 1968, on the eve of his assassination,  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final spe…

By Michael Smith  As Black History Month 2025 begins, we turn our focus to a fundamental pillar of the Black experience…

By Michael Smith Ah, the American Dream: work hard, keep your nose clean, and one day you, too, might own a pri…

By Michael Smith America, Rewritten: A Project 2025 Blueprint In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson made history with …

By Michael Smith Today, America marks two pivotal events: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration of Donald Tru…