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You will seldom read about sports here, but Roger Goodell’s statement on national anthem policy today provokes many thoughts about patriotism and how the ties that bind us can also divide [...]

When we fail to notice the limits of how things look to us, we can inflict a great deal of harm. It is seeing-listening that opens us to human connection.   Three stories I heard this week [...]

I am an older white woman. My presence does not provoke a call to 911. If I get pulled over for a broken tail-light, the most I have to worry about is a pricey ticket. If I get followed by a [...]

Nonviolence: using peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about political or social change Nonviolence, in Dr. King’s words, Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963: Nonviolent direct [...]

We are desperately in need of good questions to draw us out of our silos, to connect us as human beings during these divisive and acrimonious times. Good questions can clear a path through [...]

Which comes first, the weeping or the story? #metoo has me asking: where do we bring our stories of misogyny into the daylight?  On social media? by filing legal charges? testifying in a court of [...]

I have found myself jittery and anxious the past few days – and concluded it was anniversary jitters, as we approached Election Day 2017, a one-year marker of sorts. Not unlike the [...]

Banner photo: Girl holding a child  Arkansas, ca 1855, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture I am grateful to white historian Charles B. Dew for The Making of a Racist, a [...]

Justice must be hard-won over and over again. In these chaotic times, our centuries-old dueling narratives are shaped by identity politics and intersectional disputes.  The heart of each [...]

Life events, aka Reality, continuously weaves surprising plot twists and characters into my preferred story about my life. Pops or induces slow leaks in my inflated views of myself, nudging or [...]