Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to the Senate on October 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Butler’s wife, Neneki Lee, holds the Bible.(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP) When California’s governor had another Senate appointment to make, Black women mobilized. Errin Haines This column first appeared in The Amendment, a new biweekly newsletter by Errin Haines, The Read More…
For what the world was fighting for The Negro never knew, But his ability taught him To the colors he must prove true. The road from loss to prosperity On the last leg of their 2001 trip, Lacretia and her sister left the hills and hollows of Perry County and headed about 90 miles northeast, Read More…
A 13-year-old is still young enough to depend on her parents. Her dad has every right to run her bath for her, but that’s where it ends. Run the bath. Leave the bathroom and allow the daughter to bathe in private. Enough said. He’s just continuing a task he’s been doing for years. Edit: I’ve Read More…
Don’t worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they’re also training to use robots designed to make surgeries easier. Photo-Illustration: Cameron Getty; Getty Images When medical student Alyssa Murillo stepped into surgery, she was met with something most wouldn’t expect to find Read More…
A Mom visits her son for dinner who lives with a girl roommate. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn’t help but notice how pretty his roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious… Over the course of the evening, Read More…
“I was pulled over Wednesday morning by a TN State Trooper. When he came up to the car he asked ‘Why are the two boys in the back seat not in car seats?’ My answer was the two little boys were my foster sons who I had just got the night before. I showed him Read More…
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