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Episode 2 of our new series featuring FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr. Mike and Wink compare an episode of The West Wing with former Harvard University President Claudine Gay and her inability to speak with moral clarity about genocide of Jews in real time...

Listen now | Spoken word written and performed by Elton Orlando Frank II

An introductory chapter from Book 1 of the fantasy trilogy. This is Chapter 2 from Godfall, the first book in the Fallen Gods trilogy. The chapter introduces the female protagonist Lumence. 

Listen now | An interview with fantasy author Dylan Morgan

Eliminating magnet schools and abolishing standards hurts Black students. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has set his sights on eliminating high-achieving magnet schools in the name of equity. Currently, academically gifted students from low socioeconomic backgrounds...

Listen now | An interview with symphonic soul musician JoDavi

Why is it important for me to talk about American slavery in 2024? It's really not important. I could live a fine and wonderful life and not give a second thought to American slavery. I think infinitely more often about dodging the homeless in downtown San Diego or about my daughter becoming...

American and Israeli citizen Dmitri Shufutinsky talks what it means to be black, American, Israeli and Jewish, debunks some of the lies around Israel, explains how IDF service works and outlines how Aliyah is made.

Episode 3 of our new series featuring FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr. Mike and Wink compare their respective imagined roles as King(s) of (black) History Month.

We economists study markets, the behavior of consumers and firms, the art and science of buying and selling, the theory of rational choice. This is important work, to be sure. It is prudent to think carefully about incentives when creating social programs.

Listen now | An interview with Take Charge president Kendall Qualls

A legacy is holistic. This used to be something we all recognized. Humans are imperfect. Dig enough on someone and you will find dirt. For many of us, you won’t have to dig for long. 

Many leftists claim that black Americans are crushed beneath a vast, racist social machinery. It is hard to imagine a more demoralizing message.

FBT's Jake Mackey discusses the Claudine Gay affair and the state of academia today with host Lawrence Eppard on The Utterly Moderate Podcast: 

Mike's new Substack project, "Human Race Man": sample essay, "Have Race Relations Worsened?"

‘I Have a Dream’ coauthor Clarence Jones on color blindness, Ibram X. Kendi, black-Jewish relations, and why MLK ‘wouldn’t permit what’s going on.’

As with other institutions, DEI—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—is a volatile point of contention in the military. In fact, prominent figures in and around the military insist that DEI threatens national security. The issue is bigger than unequal admissions and recruitment. DEI writ large is...

To promote true abundance, educators from a variety of disciplines must instill the basics of rational debate and consensus-building

A black professor (Erec Smith) argues that “anti-racist” instruction is counterproductive.

Ed Empowerment 2024/Ethnic Studies: Broadening the Lens, hosted by Coalition for Empowered Education, the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, and the Institute for Liberal Values from May 19 – 21 in Sacramento, CA

As a trained theologian and womanist in Christian ministry, I look at race—the deification and demonization of skin and bones by social color-codes—as idolatry.

Delano Squires tells Connie Morgan how to create a marriage culture within black America.

Entertainment podcaster and former CIA analyst Yaya Jata Fanusie and Connie Morgan talk writing, creating and religion.

The danger of telling "a single story"