Category Archives: Economic disparities
Meditation on a Theme
Constance Merritt’s brilliantly crafted villanelle has great resonance at this moment we are living in. It invites reflection that will empower us for the work of resistance and renewal. Her poem teaches us that we must create a world …
Becoming Love Medicine
I stood there in the Norman Manley Airport of Kingston, Jamaica. My small 11-year-old palm connected to my lanky brown hand held tightly on to my mother’s full warm palm center. What do you do when your home and …
“But Those Were Just Words”: Things We Should Stop Saying After This Election
By Jameelah Jones, M.A. This commentary originally appeared on Jameelah Jones’ Medium blog. I won’t type the presidential election results because you already know them. For 24 hours, I didn’t know what so say. For many of us who do …
The Black church: Bold and bad enough to accept and affirm
The Black Church has been a strong pillar of the community. I pray that it will have the courage not only to accept, but affirm its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children. The recent VH1 segment, Out in Hip Hop: …