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  Op-ed: An open apology to Canada and Mexico, from an American with Canadian roots and Mexican relatives

  Nick Douglas

  To all those in Canada and Mexico who read this, please accept my sincerest apologies. What is going on here in America is not normal and not representative of the majority of Americans. You see, first,...

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  Jazz: Thriving before and despite Storyville

  Nick Douglas

  In 1897, Sidney Story, an alderman in New Orleans, put forth an ordinance confining vice to a 16-square-block area outside the French Quarter. The area was named Storyville after him, and has been commonly—but...

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  America being American

  Nick Douglas

  Much is being made of a supposed recent decline of American society. In the article “How America Got Mean” (The Atlantic, September 2023), pundit David Brooks states: “In a culture devoid...

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  The myth of Black Confederates

  Nick Douglas

  We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers have a new black power. We finally have a platform to give our studied opinions...

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  Mexico continues to offer America lessons, but will America ever learn?

  Nick Douglas

  With Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the first Jewish woman President, Mexico continues to try to teach the U.S. a lesson. This is not the first lesson the U.S. could have learned from...

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  The least discussed topic this Black History Month

  Nick Douglas

  With Rachel Dolezal in the news again after being fired from her job, it seems like a great time to talk about what in the Creole language lexicon is known as passé noir. This phenomenon has been...

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