My hair grows like my thoughts: up, out, intertwined and expansive if I leave them to their own devices. After years of wearing my hair in braids or chemically straightened, I finally convinced those...
Four years. It's a presidential term; it's the length of a high school or college education. It's also the amount of time that has passed now since Hurricane Katrina swept across the Gulf Coast and...
August 28th connects three major figures and moments in the U.S. history of civil rights actions: Emmett Till’s murder, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and Barack Obama's...
To achieve equality we must first accept the undeniable existence of inequality. In a class-free liberal analysis, where individual responsibility for success or failure in life reigns supreme,...
On paper, the goal might seem admirable enough: promote the destigmatization of HIV-positive individuals while preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. A government-sponsored agency in Bauchi, Nigeria has...
Black femininity falls squarely into three social constructions: jezebel, mammy and sapphire. Each construction is meant to discipline Black women into subservience and marginalization. Socially,...
I am an unabashed sci-fi fan. I love "Star Trek," and even tried to get into "Enterprise." I have watched all six "Star Wars" movies and "Blade Runner" in the theaters during their first weekend of...
Gina Carano might have appeared on the show American Gladiator, where she wore a spandex costume and goes by a superhero nickname, “Crush,” but her real job is Muay Thai and mixed martial arts...
Summer is the most popular time for weddings. Driving by a church on a Saturday afternoon will most often mean watching a bride and groom pose for pictures while families smile with what is in some...
I was in a downtown Kyiv coffee shop the other day, quietly tapping away on my laptop, drinking tea and (not) minding my own business, when I overheard the same conversation you can hear almost...
