Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The rise in popularity of online gaming has been connected to the card game spades, which have a lengthy history in American culture.

Somewhere down the generational line, someone forgot to teach the kids how to play Spades. For those who are unfamiliar with what Spades is, it’s a popular card game frequently played during summer ...

Wikipedia calls spades a “trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s” but that’s definitely wrong. If there is one recreational activity that defines black America’s unique ...