Obama declared it: “nous sommes tous Francais”-we are all French. Confirmed. Daily, I see Facebook profiles showing the French flag in the background of their …

It’s here! Once again, the first week of December will unfold with an outpouring of art, culture, food, film, music, performances, discussions, and displays in …

Folk are calling Ta-Nehisi Coates the new James Baldwin. The fire is still burning! In Between the World and Me, Coates’ treatise on race and …

There is culture and then there is Culture. The word itself is derived from a Latin root for growing and tending land. After further research …

Show up and show out. Simply stated, these instructions can be applied to almost anything: a new job; a new relationship; a new home town; …

The most powerful word in my vocabulary is “I” followed by “am.” You know as in “I am, somebody,” or “I am, black;” “I am, …

Targeted. A police officer was executed near Houston, Texas. The news media is reporting that he was presumably targeted, simply because he wore a uniform. …

Trump. Clinton. Bush. Kasich. Carson. And all the rest. While it is too early to predict, with any surety, who will actually be on the …

We attach labels to describe our heritage. You say, “I’m black, Caucasian, Middle Eastern, Asian, etc.” These are very strong attachments. Some of us literally …

What do The Council of Conservative  Citizens (CCC), the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and Bill Cosby have in common? Privilege, i.e., their sense of entitlement. …