“I brought you into this world, and I’ll take you out,” sometimes said in jest, but perhaps always with a degree of seriousness. We laugh …

There are a few new spins on the story of police killings- of black men- and/or unarmed men in general. Spin number one: If you …

We have been inundated, over the past year, by incessant reports of police crimes against black men; except the man from Madison Wisconsin, who has …

The American Civil War is ongoing; battle lines more tightly drawn along race, gender, class, and less so, ideology. Just this past week I saw …

Oh my God! I know. I know. Just making that utterance, I know that I have blasphemed against somebody’s idea of God. But which God? …

Back in the early 90s, I had the privilege of being a charter member of the Miami Chapter, Coalition of 100 Black Women, a national …

It’s a loaded word. Full of promise and yet, disturbingly charged with challenge. Peace: It usually means lack of war. Being devoid of conflict. Acting …

Paraphrasing a popular Salt n Pepa Let’s talk about race baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And …

Five years ago, I was lamenting the dearth of the black art experience during the Miami Art Basel international show, now in its twelfth year. …

For many years, one of my cheapest forms of pleasure has been to listen to the NPR radio program, “Car Talk”, featuring “Click and Clack, …