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Ode to the Floor

April 21, 2020

My boy is on the floor again. I’ve just told him he has to get in the shower, before dinner, after homework, after only five minutes of TV.

Act Right: Raising a Black Boy from Six to Seven

November 7, 2017

I walk into the recreation center to pick my son up from his aftercare program. It is around the corner from where we live—just a four-minute climb up some stairs, a trek through a couple of parking lots, and a hop inside one of several glass doors, but my son is too young to walk it alone.

Who Watches Watchmen

December 5, 2019

In the days following Sept. 11, 2001, when the nation's shock and despair at witnessing the massive loss of life and destruction of physical and psychological identity turned to resolve in some and furor in others, our leaders planned.