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Dear First Lady and President,

I respect you. I wanted to be a rapper. I wanted to be a ball-player. Today, like most black men under 40, I am neither. You do the Dougie when convenient. You brush your shoulder off when convenient. You admonish black folks for not being you … Continue reading

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Impact: A Meditation on Shame and Honesty — by Niama Sandy

Years after the last time we set eyes on each other and just months away from his wedding to someone else, he said to me “I will never be able to purge my feelings for you.” I felt like a hypocrite, … Continue reading

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To The Bravest Man I Never Met

To the Bravest Man I Never Met: I know that you’re out there, tortured and silent on a field or court, in a weight room, or addressing the media in front of a locker. It must be painful in ways … Continue reading

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Fossilized — by Daren Jackson

I stood behind the one-way mirror and watched Shannon sitting on the couch. With the dull hum of rain hitting the window behind her, she absentmindedly flipped through an issue of Business Week, no doubt making mental notes. It was … Continue reading

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When Mass Murder is Really Just Mass Murder: Fully Exposing the Most Deceptive Viral Video of 2013 — by Gina Estelle

Are you seriously sharing this manufactured hyperbole? That was my first response to the viral Sandy Hook Fully Exposed Video that’s been making the rounds. I was only 5 minutes in and found several false assumptions and inaccuracies.  There were 3 guns … Continue reading

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Under the Gun: The Voices of Men in a Time of Violence — by Lisa Hiton

I was buried in finals at the library when a voicemail from my mother’s work phone arrived.  It is rare that she calls me from anything but her cell phone, so with slight panic in my gut, I listened carefully: … Continue reading

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Black Regions of the Imagination — by Eve Dunbar

– Excerpt from Black Regions of the Imagination – After making the nearly eight-hour flight from New York’s Kennedy Airport to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle International Airport, I was plagued by the sneaking suspicion that everyone in Paris spoke English, … Continue reading

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Uncle Roscoe’s Quest For the $340.20 LeBron James Shoes (Cold Drank Version)

Less than an hour ago, I was in the middle of the Poughkeepsie Galleria Finish Line, determined to pay $340.20 for the new LeBron “Kang” James X sneakers. My decision to pay $50.20 more for a pair of sneakers than … Continue reading

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Not Everyone Can be Healed, But Everyone Can be Helped — by Maximo Granzotti

I am 29 years old, a visual artist, and this month I started medical school. Over the last few weeks I’ve felt alienated from many things about the process that I’ve studied my way into. The social ignorance of my … Continue reading

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Obituary For a Shirt — By Madeline Zappala

I never thought I’d be so broken up about a shirt. Single hot tears streaked reluctantly down my cheek as I shed my heavy bed sheets and found a more comfortable spot positioned with my neck propped on a towel … Continue reading

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