Deeper Than Rape
Whenever rape is brought up, the room tenses. Silence seeps in. Niggas get shifty. Energies begin to fill the air: pain, guilt, fear, avoidance, denial, anger, sympathy, dismissal. I‘ve seen it happen. I’ve felt it happen. Read More
Will Dark Skinned Women Ever Be Loved?
Black is Beautiful, ALL Shades of Black. You would think that this would be a no-brainer in these times of “wokeness,” but it seems that after all this time, many of us are still “color struck,” showing obvious favor to light-skinned people as opposed to those of us who are of a darker hue. Read More
Respect and Black Men
In a drinking game segment, Drink Champs host Noriega asks guests to pick one: loyalty or respect. Most of the people I’ve heard go with loyalty, explaining that someone can respect you and still do you dirty. In fact, it’s basically the only answer that makes sense, because respect has little value if the person in question feels they owe you nothing. Read More
Community Protection
The world we live in operates off of rules and regulations, codes of conduct, and parameters that dictate how groups and individuals interact with one another. Read More
Where The Money Go?
There are a lot of opinions about the “Defund the Police” movement, but as an abolitionist and someone who loves data, it is one of the most successful campaigns in terms of concrete wins that I have seen in awhile - especially for a campaign that grew from a moment of spontaneous mobilizing. Read More
Cash Ruins Everything Around Me
Written by phil agnew and LifeStyleAn Article from WARTIME ISSUE No.4 Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M., get the money Dollar dollar bill,… Read More
What is a Capitalist?
Written by Asa ShawAn Article from WARTIME Issue No. 4 There is a specter haunting our people. It covers our eyes and prompts us to… Read More
Money, Power, Respect Intro
It feels so good to have it. To know it’s yours. It feels like you’re closer to the image of the men you grew up admiring. Feels like you conquered a piece of the world and you’re rewarded for what you did. It’s status. It’s comfort. It’s safety. It’s power. It’s attraction. It’s a dream come true. An American Dream. Read More
Revoking Cash Bail
Written by Ronnie AyminArticle from WARTIME Issue No. 4 Angela Davis once said, “I am no longer accepting the things that I cannot change. Read More
The Power of the Black Dollar
Asa Shaw in conversation with Jared Ball of Black Power MediaA Conversation from WARTIME Issue No. 4 Asa Shaw Whats good Jared, glad to… Read More
Is Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme?
Written by Ed WhitfieldAn Article from WARTIME Issue No. 4 // Video from BMB Mass Meeting I’m not qualified to give investment advice. So… Read More
The Wealthy Black Elite Won’t Save Us
Written by Tef Poe, Artwork by Nic VasquezArticle from WARTIME Issue No. 4 The Black elite want us to think that money creates an… Read More
Cannabis Industry & Reparations
from WARTIME ISsue No. 4 / BMB Mass Meeting RSVP for our Mass Call: Smoke & Stay Woke |… Read More
New Men Must Be Born
by phil agnewFrom WARTIME Issue No. 4 “These are new men, new types of human beings … These men have perspective. Read More
An Open Letter from BMB
Back in 2020, we launched Black Men Build in the middle of a pandemic with the vision of uniting Black Men so that… Read More
An Open Letter to Black Sisters
One might have hoped by this time, by this day–in–age, that the very mention of what seems to have become merely the evening news would be so intolerable amongst us brothers that we might raise our fists for you and with you rather than ever again raise them against you. But, of course, it would then require us to confront ourselves with the time old question of, “How does it feel to be the problem?” Read More
BMB Power 50 STL
sent and future of St. Louis. We honor our Black family that represents all walks of life and service that are contributing to the Black Community in St. Louis being powerful and pushing forward our culture. Read More
Organizing in the Biden/Harris Administration
Who will overextend themselves in the name of loving Black people for real? Who determines what is required for freedom to become an actualized concept? Our real problems aren’t even on the menu of discussion. No ballot box has ever provided a solution for this reality. Read More
Worth Our Weight In Guns
Our ability to carry and own firearms has been systematically suppressed since before the United States was even a country. Read More
Who Do You Love?
Our hearts are filled with toxic sludge and it overflows into every aspect of our lives. We get relationship advice from JustinLaBoy on IG and niggas that cheat on their wives while they’re preaching to not cheat on your wives. I hate it here, but sometimes I like it. Read More
The Revolution is at a Gala
Oh, you lookin for Revolution? Revolution is at a gala Gucci clutch Birkin bagged Award winning paneling at the people. Revolution get paid… Read More
Who is Afraid of Black Power
A feature from WARTIME Issue 3 released July 1, 2021. An excerpt from WARTIME Issue No. 2… Read More
“Not That bad” a conversation between brothers
An excerpt from a raw conversation between Black Men Build brothers on their relationships with Black Women and how their experiences are forcing them to grow. Read More
For the FATHERS
We gather for all of those who know the feeling of constructing the soul of a warrior. To those who have played a role in shaping our ingredients of self. We say we love you. Read More
Introducing Black Men Build
Our enemies want us dead, deadbeat, defeated, on drugs, incarcerated. Our People – our children, sisters, lil homies, OGs, future family – need us to survive. We are bringing Black men together to engage in this country as an organized force. Read More
