A few months ago I walked into Meijer with my youngest, MJ. She was comfortably nursing in my ring sling and I was focused...
If you are like the thousands of other white women over the past few months, you have been balancing Zoom book clubs on white...
I am an African-American teacher who loudly and proudly celebrates Black History Month. It brings me so much joy, yet so much anguish. Every...
The conversation rings in my ears long after we hang up. My daughter's principal asked us to return to her school after hours a...
I have been going to the polls since I can remember. My parents voted before work and made a point of taking my brother...
I am black. My husband is white. Before becoming a mom, I always wondered what my kids would look like. We now have two...
For the past week, I have been glued to the television screen as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to ascend to the highest court...
Recently a country artist was removed from his label after a clip went viral where he is heard using the "n word" at home...
I quit my job. It took months for me to make the decision. I never, by any stretch of the imagination, thought of not...
Let me precede this blog by saying this is not a blog paying homage to Bill Cosby. Straight up, there it is: there's a...
As a child of immigrants, the Fourth of July was just another day. I didn't start celebrating it until high school when my American...
The recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday holds significant meaning for myself and my family, as it commemorates the emancipation of the last...
Moment of Truth, I don’t necessarily love comic book movies. Don’t get me wrong, I will watch Iron Man if prompted, and The Hulk...
Election season is somewhat like a holiday for me, a long and visceral one, but a holiday nonetheless. I know not everyone feels this...

























