Opinion

The myth of ‘good guys with guns’

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Actors Lexi Underwood and Chosen Jacobs in "Sneakerella"

With ‘Sneakerella,’ even Disney has jumped into the sneakerhead game

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Sports columnist Jason Whitlock

What Jason Whitlock can teach us about white people, cops and America 

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South African track star Caster Semenya points upward as she rounds the track

Caster Semenya should be free to be who she is

As an 18-year-old, Caster Semenya was ready to go there, willing to be humiliated in front of adults if that’s…
/ May 26, 2022

We should show images of the dead

Americans are treated like babies by the media. We’re a violent society where children are routinely shot in schools.
/ May 26, 2022

What’s up with New York Democrats?

There are so many reasons to pay attention to local and state-level races in your state, even if you live…
/ May 26, 2022

Welcome (back) to ‘Dear Culture’!

I’m taking over the hosting duties for "Dear Culture," one of theGrio’s legacy podcasts, with a new vim and vigor—and…
/ May 26, 2022
An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

No lives matter

Among the misconceptions about white identity politics is the tendency to believe that truth, reason or human decency can bring…
/ May 25, 2022
President Joe Biden signs executive order setting new rules and measures on policing

Biden’s executive order on policing isn’t the George Floyd bill, but it still benefits Black people

Biden’s order benefits Black people because — as every Black person knows — we are disproportionately the targets of police…
/ May 25, 2022
A scene from "Sneakerheadz"

‘Sneakerheadz’: A glimpse at the soles of obsessive shoe collectors

One of the joys of being born in the 1970s is watching sneaker culture grow up. When I was young,…
/ May 25, 2022
U.S. flags, across New York Bay from the Statue of Liberty, fly at half-staff

The trauma of being an American

To be an American now is to be in pain. We have been in a near-constant state of mourning for…
/ May 25, 2022

Is monkeypox a Black disease? Many in the media seem to think so

As the monkeypox virus continues to spread, news organizations are racializing and colorizing this new virus du jour.
/ May 24, 2022
Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox and Josh Donaldson of the New York Yankees

Calling a Black baseball player ‘Jackie’ is not a compliment

If fair treatment in life-and-death issues meant accepting verbal abuse, I’d listen. But we know life doesn’t work that way.
/ May 23, 2022
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

Sen. Bill Cassidy proves America doesn’t care about Black women

America is decidedly anti-Black. This is nothing new; it has been this way since the founding of this country.
/ May 23, 2022

My wife is one of the founders of the Momference and District Motherhued. I’m a very proud husband

The Momference is a multiday conference for mothers of color (largely millennials), created and curated by District Motherhued.
/ May 22, 2022