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You Are Me and I Am You

Between Nolan Wells and the Nikole Hannah-Jones story, the realities of raising Black children in an antiblack country hit very close to home. I am sharing Maia's story, in her words and in mine. Between Nolan Wells and the Nikole Hannah-Jones…
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i love you, Puerto Rico!

Your 4-day, 3-night lover's guide to a resilient, glamorous island...   My first trip to Puerto Rico was brief. I was twenty-one, had just graduated from USC, and went with a bunch of friends on a multi-island adventure. Adventure it…
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Black joy at the world cup and me

Black folks competing in a white world. Five stories from Team USA, a couple from me, and a salute to basketball coach Gene Nakamura. I'm in the early, early stages of writing my first memoir. In it I will explore how we over-romanticize…
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this is fifty!

I was supposed to run my first full marathon for my 50th birthday...   More than two pounds. Between 35 and 40 fibroids, too many to count, and my uterus. That’s what was removed from my body. I kept my cervix. Fibroids…
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