The Bloodline Tribune July/August 2026 Theme: Divine Alignment

Every issue of The Bloodline Tribune uncovers the stories history left out. This one is about connection: to each other, to our ancestors, and to the truth of who we've always been.

Inside this issue:

• The real story behind Shakespeare's "Dark Lady," Emilia Bassano, and the erasure of her Black genius

• A tribute to Henrietta Lacks and the immortal cells that changed medicine forever, without her consent

• The myth of the white Jesus, unpacked

• The ancestral philosophy hiding inside "don't split the pole"

• A tree planting in Lincolnville that led one of our own writers back to his own bloodline

• Poetry, culture reviews, and a Black August tribute to Mumia Abu Jamal's fight for freedom

Available now, digital download.

Within our melanated nature, the divine truth can never go extinct.