Tucson: Walking the Perimeter of Truth for UnderstandingSomething about a million people living in a desert valley …Oct 21Oct 21
This Ghost of Slavery“What’s the point of focusing on slavery and the past?” Anna Deavere Smith’s new play situates us in the historical arc we live in.Nov 26, 2023Nov 26, 2023
Joy Oladokun has courage, talent and a record deal. Let’s support that and see how far love can go.Artists like Joy Oladokun and Tracy Chapman will thrive, but their influence will be constrained by those intent on promoting bigotry.Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
“We are still here.” (Bryce Canyon)Quick quiz: How many of the U.S. National Parks are located on Indigenous ancestral lands?Jul 8, 20231Jul 8, 20231
The Opposite of RevelationAfter a while I stop myself from sharing out the powerful storytelling of “Aftershock.”Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
The Supreme question: Is the Indian Child Welfare Act threatening the white man’s fort?“Native kids have been the tip of the spear in attacks on tribal sovereignty for generations.”May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Billy Porter, Ke Huy Quan and JoyI don’t know what it means to choose myself “in the face of nothing.” Happiness, though often elusive, has always been in the plans for me.Mar 14, 2023Mar 14, 2023
Frederick Douglass and the Illusion of FreedomMy goal: break through the illusion that the high degree of choice we have indicates that we are free.Feb 23, 20231Feb 23, 20231
The “We” in White SupremacyWhile I’m intelligently not feeling guilt and acknowledging my privilege, there’s a voice attuned to systemic racism lurking in the…Feb 5, 20232Feb 5, 20232