A story of injustice will finally end with victory for a black World War II veteran and his daughter in Philadelphia. In 1942, John E. James...
I wanted to smash my head through the massive window and get a million little pieces embedded in my face, and one massive shard straight to...
I waited for the ambulance and the police to arrive, surrounded by shards of broken glass and my own blood. I was a minor, and my...
When one thinks of the community of South Los Angeles, an urban neighborhood centering around crime, violence, and poverty probably comes to mind. Still for California...
“Did I scare you?” I nearly shouted at the timid white woman clutching her purse. I might have been able to understand someone with my dark...
“You can’t go to school ‘cuz the Holy Ghost says bad things will happen!” Sayings like this are the reason I didn’t go to school until...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was in my prime as a dancer when I began to have complications in my body. I was living in Chicago, IL performing in the...
“More dead?” I asked the question, knowing the answer. One of my shipmates nodded her head as she read off the names of two family members....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“You’re a n****r!” The man screamed as if this was something I didn’t know. I hadn’t been called that since I moved to New York, 6...
How can blind people play football (known as soccer in the US)? Let these Uganda players show you! Football is...
For many, living in a less than a 500sqft house might seem impossible. For Jewel Pearson, it is the luxurious...
2020 was a very traumatic year for many reasons. One of those reasons is the rise of gun violence. In...
