Though I’m only in my twenties, I’ve survived circumstances that would devastate most. At the tender age of nine, I was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Less than two years later, I became the recipient of a heart and kidney transplant–all before my twelfth birthday. You would think that this medical saga would end […]
There are days I’d like to take off being a Black woman. It’s those days when I want to forget that I sometimes wake up and check my phone just to see what I need to be mad about that day. There are days when the steady flow of information about Black women – unattractive, […]
I am tired, angry, and discouraged with the number of deaths by gun violence over the last 2-3 years. As a mother with two sons,…
It’s now become a hateful pattern: Six black churches burned in two weeks. Black churches in the South are being intentionally torched and federal authorities…
“This whole week, I’ve been reflecting on this idea of grace. The grace of the families who lost loved ones. The grace that Reverend Pinckney…
Part of my research this week for hosting The View was to read a book called “The Confidence Code.” It was written by journalists Katty…
Driving through New Jersey along I-95 this week, I passed The Meadowlands, home to The New York Jets and their controversial new quarterback, Michael Vick.…
Black students at the University of Michigan are describing their college experience at the prestigious Ann Arbor institution with one provocative word: Racism. “Our list…
“I’m reaching out to some of America’s leading foundations and corporations on a new initiative to help more young men of color facing especially tough…
As my heart skips a beat about all the drama coming my way now that Scandal is back and my girlfriend (in my head) Olivia…
It’s an unprecedented mass ceremony at the White House that will correct decades of racial prejudice. President Barack Obama, perhaps pondering his legacy as America’s…
Watching a reporter heckle President Barack Obama at the White House last week reminded me of a troubling parallel: Witnessing journalists disrespecting Mayor David Dinkins, New York’s first – and only – black mayor. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/content/commentary-history-heckling
