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Some honors feel bigger than the moment. (businesswest.com/blog/spring…) I am deeply humbled to have been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Springfield Museums’ prestigious Ubora Award. Ubora is the Swahili word for “excellence,” and this award has been presented annually since 1992 to recognize extraordinary commitment to the Greater Springfield community through service, education, the humanities, the arts, and other fields. BusinessWest described me as a faith leader, civil rights advocate, and community activist whose decades of service have advanced justice, equity, and spiritual leadership throughout Massachusetts and beyond. I receive those words with tremendous gratitude, because the work has never been about recognition, it has always been about the people, the struggle, and the responsibility to leave our community better than we found it. This honor carries even deeper meaning because I now follow in the footsteps of my beloved uncle, Benjamin Swan, who received the Ubora Award in 2017. Uncle Ben was a giant in the civil rights movement of Western Massachusetts, a former president of the Greater Springfield NAACP, a state representative, and a lifelong servant of our community. To walk behind him in civil rights leadership, public service, and now as an Ubora recipient is profoundly humbling. I am grateful for my parents, Fred and DeLois Swan, who planted the seeds of faith, service, dignity, and justice in me; for my wife, Cynthia, my children, siblings, family, church family, colleagues, and the countless people who have stood with me through the years. I also congratulate Solara Abdelrahman, recipient of the 2026 Ahadi Youth Award. The Springfield Museums will formally present the awards on September 19. I accept this honor with gratitude, but also with the understanding that excellence is not a destination. It is a responsibility. The work continues. #UboraAward #SpringfieldMA #CivilRights #FaithAndJustice #BlackExcellence

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The federal arrest of journalist Don Lemon, despite a judge previously rejecting charges, is a chilling assault on the First Amendment and press freedom. This administration, and the criminal, racist, rapist, President driving it, are weaponizing law enforcement to silence dissent and punish journalists who hold power accountable. America has devolved into complete authoritarianism when speaking or reporting the truth becomes a crime.

HYPOCRISY: Black Trump supporting preachers loudly condemning Jasmine Crockett as ‘ratchet’ and ‘hood’ for her language, but silent about Trump bragging about grabbing women by the p*ssy, calling Black athletes ‘sons of b*tches,’ and dropping f bombs during interviews.

Pardoning rappers guilty of gun charges and a gang leader convicted of murder to gain clout amongst Black voters and then evicting thousands of Black youth from a life transforming job program in the same week reveals just how stupid and shallow Trump and his administration think Black people are.

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial, but it is… Larry Hoover is not a political prisoner. Let’s be clear: The Gangster Disciples have terrorized Black communities for nearly 60 years—through murder, drug trafficking, extortion, and the destruction of countless lives. There is nothing redemptive or revolutionary about that legacy. i’m not arguing as to whether Mr. Hoover has been rehabilitated or deserves a second chance. I am arguing that making him into a hero and a political prisoner, the likes of former Black Panthers and former Black liberation Army members, is dead wrong. Donald Trump didn’t pardon Larry Hoover out of compassion, principle, or justice. He did it to pander—plain and simple. Pander to a segment of the Black community enamored with the folklore of gang leaders, misled by celebrity endorsements from people like Kanye West. And no, Chance the Rapper—Larry Hoover is not some Malcolm or Mandela. He didn’t suffer under the system for fighting for Black people. He preyed on them. He didn’t build our communities. He helped bleed them dry. Yes, we have every reason to distrust a racist and unjust criminal justice system that has caged far too many of our people for simply being Black. But conflating legitimate resistance with organized crime is dangerous. There are many freedom fighters who deserve justice. Larry Hoover is not one of them. We can—and must—condemn police violence, mass incarceration, and systemic racism, without rewriting the history of gang violence as though it was community activism. That’s not liberation. That’s confusion. Stop turning gangsters into heroes. Our people deserve better.

Caucacity is lecturing Black people on the need for meritocracy after electing a convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist as president and supporting him putting drug addicts in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency and the Department of Health & Human Services and a sexual predator in charge of the Department of Defense.