Opinion

America can’t heal until Jim Crow finally dies

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Props to whites joining the movement for black lives

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The murder of 5 officers shouldn’t derail a movement for countless black lives

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Diamond Reynolds represents that unique strength found in black women

We need to talk about Diamond Reynolds. Diamond Reynolds is my hero, and she should be yours too. She is
/ July 8, 2016

President Obama, it’s time to call it like it is and end the killing of blacks by police

This week represents a climax to a tragic American narrative decades in the making. It’s a story overrun by a ‘War on Drugs’ run
/ July 8, 2016

Alton Sterling and now Philando Castile: How many of us have to be executed for America to care?

Just yesterday, I penned an article about the outrageous and brutal slaying of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man in
/ July 7, 2016

Alton Sterling’s death proves routine police killings of blacks won’t stop unless we make them

It happened again. This time, outside a slummy Baton Rouge liquor store in the early morning hours on the day
/ July 6, 2016

America, your hands are not clean in Orlando massacre

On Sunday, June 12 at 7:17 a.m., I awoke to a frantic text message from my best friend of twenty
/ June 26, 2016

Why boycotting Hollywood’s “slave movies” could backfire

Some people are complaining that Hollywood is producing too many movies about American slavery. But that’s not the problem. There can
/ June 26, 2016

How Fatherhood Taught Me to Become A Super-Man

Although God did not deem it appropriate to imbue me with superhuman strength, super speed or the ability to fly,
/ June 19, 2016

The Absent Black Father: America’s Favorite Scapegoat

What words come to mind when you imagine a black father? For me, they are “important, undervalued, love.” Unfortunately, these are
/ June 19, 2016

Mourning all over again: Charleston, Orlando shootings within one year are unbearable

As I sat seemingly unable to move while watching coverage of the carnage at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub this past weekend,
/ June 17, 2016

Untouchable: Why no athlete will ever match Ali’s staggering legacy of activism

Muhammad Ali is no longer with us physically, but his spirit will always live on...
/ June 4, 2016

Afro-Colombian unity: A Million Man March for rights and visibility

Today there is a an Afro­Colombian march for rights and visibility happening across these seven key cities in Colombia...
/ May 20, 2016

Let the black female cadets raise their fists: They’re proud, they earned it

No amount of education, documentaries, op-ed pieces, or books about the history of the symbol or what it means to…
/ May 8, 2016