When Black History Becomes a Crime

When Black History Becomes a Crime

There was a time not all that long ago (indeed, my parents were children) when it was illegal for Black students to attend my alma mater, Little Rock Central High School. Now, thanks to actions by my home state’s ambitious new governor and her rubber-stamp legislative...
We Warned You: This Was Trump Show’s Likely Ending

We Warned You: This Was Trump Show’s Likely Ending

My rage at last Wednesday’s horrific terrorist attack on the very heart of our republic grows more incandescent by the day. I am enraged at the millions of people – largely Republicans, but some others – who have enabled Donald Trump to get us to this point. And why...
I Dissent: RBG’s Legacy of Defending the Powerless

I Dissent: RBG’s Legacy of Defending the Powerless

On the autumnally crisp morning of Saturday, Sept. 19 – just hours after we were gutted by the news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had lost her most recent bout with cancer – my boyfriend and I biked the short distance from my Washington condominium to the Supreme...