Starbucks violates its safe territory
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY You too, Starbucks? Once considered a ‘safe’ territory, this past week set off a round of outrage and calls for economic boycotts …
Once, the colored water tasted so good – not now
Jack Nicolson as The Joker in The Batman movie said “What this (country) needs is an enema.” PHOTO COURTESY OF COMICBOOK.COM By ANTONIA WILLIAMS GARY …
Power to all the people
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY I just watched the live broadcast of the official portrait unveiling of the Obama’s! Powerful is the one word that comes to …
Where does it begin? When does it end?
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Woman and girl power movements have lit up the world stage, and even Jay Z has joined in the dialogue. Jay Z …
We stand to take our country back
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Earlier this week we celebrated the great Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK holiday season even yielded four day …
It’s a brand new year
17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson was beaten so severely by police in Alabama that he required surgery. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIC By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Happy? I sure …
Look at me
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Look at me! All of me: from my head to my toe; front to back. And, don’t forget to look at my …
Hypocrisy has trumped logic, faith and common sense
Donna Brazile PHOTO COURTESY OF LEADING AUTHORITIES SPEAKERS BUREAU By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY The silly season, aka Halloween, is over. We are about to usher in …
We tell our story in indelible ink
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY South Florida is getting ready for the annual Miami Book Fair, now in its 43rd year, and each year, hordes of black …
Hateful symbols reveal America’s growing disunity
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Once there was a time when it was necessary to paint our faces, wear certain fabric patterns, and carry specific insignia to …