As you watch the royal wedding…
For many weeks, we've been saturated with news of the Royal Wedding. This time, there's a higher interest in some of my circles because Meghan Markle is an American commoner…
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May 18, 2018
Civil rights leader takes heat for stand on Confederate monuments
I heard Andrew Young say this morning that it's a waste of time to protest Confederate monuments. That energy, he said on NPR's Morning Edition, should be reserved to continue…
August 23, 2017
They own nothing. ZERO.
A few weeks ago, when President Barack Obama visited India, I wrote a piece for CNN about how my homeland was poised to become a global power in the…
February 16, 2015
We said we would not forget Haiti
I spoke with my friend Jean Mariot Cleophat by phone today. It has been five years since I first met him. He was my guide for much of my…
January 12, 2015
Ferguson
I did not cover the story in August when a black teenager was killed by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Nor did I have any idea that I would be…
November 19, 2014
'Dead Man Walking.' Live nun talking
My journalism brings me face to face with all sorts of interesting people. Over the years I have met extraordinary men and women and ordinary ones who have extraordinary tales…
August 6, 2014
Eat your heart out, Travis Bickle
Meet Linda Randolph. Her resume is impressive. Public health pediatrician. Graduated from Howard University College of Medicine and the School of Public Health in Berkeley, California. She is president and…
April 29, 2013
My Christmas gift
This is the season when we feel compelled to give. We give our time at homeless shelters, buy bags of food for the hungry and write checks out to charities…
December 22, 2009