The Color of Disaster Relief
“We must fight for meaningful relief of those still living. We must advocate for humble remembrances of the Black and Brown lives tragically lost in disasters, whether man-made or natural.” As the nation honors those who perished on September 11, little attention is paid to the watery graves of the Gulf Coast. The 13th anniversary […]
Turning purple in Missouri
Published by the St. Louis American, August 29, 2018. The state of Missouri was red as a beet when Donald Trump won the state in 2016, beating Hillary Clinton by a half-million votes. There were only a two blue dots in the sea of red, and those were the two urban centers of Kansas […]
Are you ready for change?
Published by the St. Louis American, August 6, 2018 I have been thinking about the Ferguson Uprising a lot – the conditions that led to it, what lessons have been learned, where the region is going, where the country is headed. My reflections on the Ferguson Uprising anniversary are still being formulated. Some days that […]