May 18, 2017 Here’s What Sen. Kamala Harris Had to Say About The Way We Discuss the Opioid Crisis vs. the Crack Epidemic – Atlanta Black Star California Sen. Kamala Harris isn’t here for the racialized double standard when it comes to discussions surrounding the crack epidemic of the ’80s and early ’90s and the opioid crisis of today. African American Politics, Black Vote, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 14, 2017May 15, 2017 Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748) – The Nation A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics, President Obama
May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom – The Nation These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial. African American Politics, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 11, 2017 Ben Carson Thinks Public Housing Should Be Less Comfortable. America Already Made That Mistake Once. – Slate Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is on listening tour of subsidized housing, a national meet-and-greet that advocates hoped would open the bootstrap-loving surgeon’s eyes to a nationwide affordability crisis. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 10, 2017 Condoleezza Rice says America was born with a birth defect: Slavery – The Hill Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice compared slavery to a birth defect on Sunday. African American History, African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 4, 2017 Meet the Democrat who wants to be America’s first black female governor – The Guardian Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s state house minority leader, hopes to make history – and her track record shows that pushing boundaries is what she does best African American History, African American News, African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics
March 24, 2017March 25, 2017 The Rise and Spectacular Fall of the Black Political Establishment In St. Louis – Atlanta Black Star Black political leadership in St. Louis is weak. They are hell bent on subscribing to ageism, patriarchy, classism as governing mechanisms for our city. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
March 23, 2017 Campus Backlash After Leaders of Black Colleges Meet With Trump – The New York Times It was a scalding message, painted on a university campus sidewalk this week: “Welcome to the Trump plantation. Overseer: Wayne A. I. Frederick.” African American Education, African American Politics, HBCU, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
March 7, 2017 Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis? – The Nation Tishaura Jones is running to “uproot racism” just a few miles from the streets where Michael Brown was murdered. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
March 7, 2017 Ingrid LaFleur, Artist and Curator, Enters Detroit’s Mayoral Race – The New York Times Actors have been mayors (Clint Eastwood). So have singers (Sonny Bono), high school football coaches (Rob Ford) and media moguls (Michael Bloomberg). Why not somebody from the art world? African American Politics, Detroit, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
