A glimpse into Black humanity and fragility

“Brothers like me don’t live too long, that’s why I have to write so many rap songs.”– Scallops Hotel aka Milo aka my eldest child. ______________________________________________________________ Last night as I was heading back to Maine after a long day at the office in Boston, I was deep in the midst of feeling the emotional and …

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Musings on change, pushback and new realities

I am stepping back into the blog waters after a much needed staycation and time to recalibrate as I get ready to embark upon some seismic shifts in my personal and professional life. Shifts that includes a sabbatical of sorts from my life partner and being the chief architect of restructuring an almost half-century-old organization …

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Black Women Are the Ones Voting For Your Liberal Politics : A Guest Post

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time. Connect the dots, take data from Obama’s victories in 2008 and 2012 and break it down to white folks. My people. Liberal white people. Democrat-leaning white people. The kind of white people who show up to hear Bernie Sanders speak and then freak the hell …

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