UWM Is Folding Its Veterans Center Into a Shared Hub. Student Vets Have Seen This Movie Before.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is merging its Military & Veterans Resource Center into an eight-group shared student hub. Administrators call it consolidation. The veterans who rely on it call it a warning sign.
Church Attendance Is Falling. The Religious Right Is Rising. Black Faith Doesn’t Fit Either Story.
National data shows organized religion shrinking even as the religious right gains political power. Marcus Hart on why that binary leaves out how most Black faith communities actually practice belief — and what that means for public life.
Men Aren’t Choosing Sides on Masculinity. They’re Choosing Sides on Belonging.
As the culture war over masculinity rages online, the real shift is quieter — men retreating from ideology and back into family, faith, and neighborhood. Marcus Hart argues that’s not a retreat at all, it’s the only version of manhood that’s ever actually worked.
This Is the Summer Black Culture Stopped Waiting for an Invitation
From Essence Festival’s 32nd year in New Orleans to a five-city Midwest roadshow, Marcus Hart looks at why 2026’s wave of Black cultural festivals is about ownership as much as celebration.