December 2016

Long before Black Girl Magic was a hashtag and trending phrase on Facebook, three unknown ladies redefined what it meant to be an unapologetically smart, ambitious, beautiful and compassionate black woman.  Their stories are now on the big screen in the sensational biographical film Hidden Figures. I thought I knew well the story of the […]

Like many people, the end of the year is a time when I take stock of my career, my goals and how I’m feeling about my life in general.  And as I reflect upon the final days of 2016, I am happy to be healthy and spending another holiday season with family and loved ones,

Christmas is the time of year when we’re all supposed to be filled with joy, happiness and goodwill toward our fellow man, including even strangers. But this year, things are little different.  As they say on the street, many people ain’t feeling that. Why? Well, some would say it has a lot to do with

Yo blues ain’t like my blues, but if you were disappointed by last month’s election results and are walking around like the Grinch stole your Christmas, don’t despair.  Not even a president-elect that led a campaign centered on stoking racism and misogyny can steal your inner joy. In the classic Grinch tale, the real moral

As the mother of a child with special needs, I go on high alert whenever I perceive any kind of danger to my son. That’s why for me, Donald Trump’s picks for his cabinet are a code red on the threat level chart.  A cabal of ideologues, billionaires and free market capitalist intent on gutting

When I think of the relentless, bare-knuckle approach Republicans take with politics and compare it to the often squishy-soft, Bambi style of the Democrats, I am reminded of the colloquial saying often heard in the lyrics of pop culture music “go gangsta or go home!” Republicans whole-heartedly embrace that sentiment and salivate at the prospect