October 12, 2022

The phantom juror

Just a few weeks ago I got an official jury summons in the mail. Jury duty for the first time! Finally! The notice mandated at least five days of availability and it listed a phone number to call after 4:30 pm. Each day when I called a female voic...

April 5, 2022

How Chris Rock saved Black America

TV was never more must-see. So much to unpack from the shocking footage that we've all seen by now, of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.  Smith way overreacted to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith....

July 29, 2021

Calling Out Black Juvenile Delinquency from a Place of Loving Concern

The most hostile work environments I ever experienced were public schools in Washington, D.C., and in Cleveland. I interned in DCPS (District of Columbia Public Schools) and crisscrossed CMSD (Cleveland Municipal School District) as a ...

May 7, 2008

The Wright-Obama Split in Historic Perspective

Sen. Barack Obama's recent fallout with Rev. Jeremiah Wright transcends daily news. The gravity of their broken friendship commands larger perspective. Now that they have separated into opposing camps, it is possible to see their argument replaying B...