April 9, 2025 From Participation Trophies to WEI I guess in a sense, the concept of a “trophy for everyone” isn’t entirely new. At the professional level, when a team wins a…
March 30, 2025 We Don’t Come Into This World Alone This weekend reminded me: we don’t come into this world alone, and when we leave it, the journey may be singular—but we are never…
March 7, 2025 Yo Mans is a Punk (P**sy) Tariffs! Picture that kid you grew up with—we all had one in the neighborhood. The one that talks a lot of shit when he…
March 2, 2025 Public Schools Are Failing Black and Brown Children: A Historical and Present-Day Crisis For generations, public schools have failed Black and brown children, not because these children lacked the ability to succeed, but because the system was…
February 28, 2025 Reflecting on Black History Month On this final day of Black History Month, I find myself compelled to sit in the soil and reflect. This year, instead of sharing…
February 12, 2025 This Time It Will Be Planes This morning, while listening to the news, I heard the Felon of the United States (FOTUS) declare that we are simply going to take…
February 10, 2025 Halftime Message First off, I appreciate all the texts, calls, and posts checking in on me after the Chiefs lost—you’d think somebody died! But what really…
January 20, 2025 Meritocracy Get ready to hear this word a lot this year. Forget the dictionary definition—it’s been twisted, much like “woke,” into a coded dog whistle,…
November 18, 2024 Birthday Missive ‘24 As always thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! For those of you that know me this is the day I recount, relive, and…
November 14, 2024 Girls in the Hood This morning sitting in my office I started hearing yelling and screaming outside. I looked out the window and saw two young Black girls…
