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Mixed With a Bowl of Emotions: The Ferguson Indictment Announcement

Once I heard the grand jury came to a decision on whether or not they would indict Officer Wilson for the shooting death of Mike Brown, I had no desire to watch the announcement because I have seen this scenario play out before and had no expectation that it would be anything different this time around.

The Truth about Sympathy, Empathy & Race in America: A Black Man’s Perspective

I am an optimist by nature, the blessed second son of a father who was humbly raised in a small African Canadian town near the border of Detroit, Michigan.

Hands Up, Don’t Shoot…The St. Louis Rams

Prior to Sunday's (Nov. 30) St. Louis Rams game against the Oakland Raiders, I had a Facebook status in my head all ready to go basically saying that if the Rams move to L.A., which is widely speculated, that I would disown them the same way I did the Arizona Cardinals. My saying was going to be “I'm loyal to St. Louis, not the Rams.”

A Michael Brown Decision and Ferguson Burns: A Faith Leader’s Reflection

Bold words and a pained sentiment from a faith leader in southern California who lost her only son to violence and who’s worked for decades as a leader in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches network to stem violence in Los Angeles.

Honoring Leadership with the Nation’s Highest Civilian Honor: The Presidential Medal of Freedom Award

On Monday, November 24th, President Barack Obama bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to eighteen recipients at the White House.

World AIDS Day: Statistics Show Increase in HIV/AIDS Infection Rates Among African Americans

During a recent moment of reflection, I realized there are certain shared memories for every generation. One milestone in the 90’s was definitely Magic Johnson’s announcement that he was diagnosed with HIV on November 7, 1991.

Sensing Change: How Proposed Changes to Race and Ethnicity Questions Will Impact the 2020 Census

Does the current version of the Census Bureau’s race and ethnicity questions accurately reflect our rapidly changing population?

2014 Midterm Elections: You May Have Lost the Battle, But it Does Not Mean You Lost the War

Like so many others around the country on the evening of November 4, 2014, I was glued to my TV screen flipping in between the different major news networks for the results of the 2014 midterm elections.

Online Voting: The Wave of the Future?

It was a crisp fall day in 2008, when students all over the University of Memphis campus boarded buses heading to local voting facilities to cast their votes in a landmark, meritorious presidential election.

Making Election Day a Family Affair

I am very proud to say that Election Day is a huge event for my family. Ever since my boys were born, I have taken them to vote with me in each primary, runoff, midterm and general election.

Payton, a Rightful Life Borne of a Wrongful Act

During my first year of law school, my Torts professor and I had a tense exchange over the concept of ‘wrongful life.’

The Village Lost a Child

In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the U.S. infant mortality rate (IMR) at 6.05 which means that out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., six are unlikely to survive beyond the stages of infancy.