​This past weekend of January 20th to January 22nd we saw our government shut down.  With congress failing to to pass a Continuing Resolution that would have continued government funding for another month, the nation experienced its 19th funding gap in roughly 30 years.  2 programs and a campaign promise have been attached to this issue, none of which had anything directly to do with the Continuing Resolution itself, as the shutdown served as a wakeup call for just how polarized the American Nation has become.

​This week on Lessons from the screen we will be looking at cryptocurrencies.  We will tell you what it is, go into a bit of the history, go into a lot of the present, and finally give some takeaways for this particular situation.  With the vast amount of wealth flowing into and out of these new pieces of code, obviously there are a lot of people trying to jump on board the money train and ride it to the top of the mountain.  But some are risking without understanding, and in our community, that is a mistake we can no longer afford to continue to make. 

​This week on Lessons from the screen we will be looking at The Road to Zero report.  A report that says that by 2053 median black wealth will be at zero if things don't change. what it means and what we can do to make sure that it does not come to pass.  Being that it is one of the newest wealth based reports and seeing as how there are few true wealth based reports available of the nature of this one, it is a must analyze document.

​In March of 2017 the creators of Cowspiracy released their follow-up title "What the Health".  It followed Kip Andersen as he endeavored in a quest to find out why so many health organizations and government bodies seemed to be encouraging diets that supported chronic illness.  The Documentary went to great lengths to show that there was something nefarious going on all the while attempting to educate its viewers on proper diet and its benefit towards long term health.