SNOW STORMS FORCE families to do what work, school and extracurricular activities often cause us to neglect. [...]
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I love Girl Scout Cookies but …
VERY FEW people are mean enough to say no to a little girl selling Thin Mints in [...]
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On hold: The long wait for healthcare
I'VE OFTEN wondered if the Affordable Care Act’s opponents have seen my reality: A youthful cousin rendered helpless by [...]
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You’re running that sweater
WHEN I was younger I was a sharp dresser. I used to wear Kangol hats and gold-framed [...]
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How murder tears families apart
I’LL NEVER forget the night my wife and I walked out of Einstein Hospital after visiting a [...]
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A Black father reflects: Me, my son and Trayvon
Me, my son and Trayvon by Solomon Jones Solomon Jones Jr and Solomon Jones III (Photo: LaVeta Jones) I [...]
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Latinos vs Blacks?
THE LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN communities have much in common, but beneath their shared struggles and interconnected [...]
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More multiracial families … less racism?
Between 2000 and 2010, Americans who reported multiracial backgrounds increased by 32 percent to 9 million. Will [...]
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A dog named Mr. Skeffington
WHEN I WAS A KID, my brother and I wanted a dog. A big dog. A dog like Marmaduke. [...]
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New Baby Blues
A FEW WEEKS ago, LaVeta's nephew and his wife welcomed a bouncing baby girl. I was happy [...]
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Was King’s I have a dream speech enough?
ON APRIL 3, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in the pulpit of Mason Temple [...]
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Booklist: Pipe Dream is Powerful
PIPE DREAM, my first novel, came out of the pain of a real life struggle with addiction. [...]
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