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MORE magazine, "How Your Dreams Change Over Decades," July/August 2010 MORE magazine, “The Sleep Cure,” July/August 2010 Theroot.com, “Has Reality TV Become Black Women’s Enemy?” May 24, 2010 Newsday, “One on One: Precious and The Blind Side on Our Social Ills,” February 20, 2010. Essence.com, “Rape and Other Cries for Help,” September 29, 2009. Vibe magazine, "Will the Real BET Please Stand," October 2008 Womensmediacenter.com, “The View from Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ Turf,” August 25, 2008 feministing.com, "An Airport Reflection on Feminism and Power," August 7, 2008 WMC Exclusive: Calling All Women and Minority Media Owners (But Not Too Loudly), August 1, 2008 WMC Exclusive: Blogging While Brown (and Female), July 2, 2008 Newsday, "Tough pick, but I'll take tough; Democrats need a veteran with plenty of wounds and wisdom," Op-Ed. January 31, 2008. More, "Her Born Identity," An interview with author Bliss Broyard, October 2007 WMC Exclusive: Murders in Mexico Continue, September 04, 2007 Columbia Journalism Review, Chauncey Bailey: An Interview, August 30, 2007 WMC Commentary: Hillary Gets Down, August 22, 2007 WMC Exclusive: Al Mahaba Radio Speaks to Iraqi Women, July 5, 2007 WMC Exclusive: Women’s eNews Five Years Later, June 25, 2007 WMC Exclusive: New Study Finds Abysmally Few Minority and Women Owned Radio Stations, June 13, 2007 WMC Exclusive: Chicago Radio Station Owner at the Crossroads, June 05, 2007 WMC Commentary: Black Enough? Obama's Dilemma and Mine, March 08, 2007 WMC Commentary: Murphy’s “Norbit”—Just a Good Laugh? February 27, 2007 WMC Katrina Commentary: Why They Can’t Go Home, February 05, 2007 WMC Commentary: Digging at Duke, January 22, 2007 WMC Commentary: Using New Media to Uncover Hidden Histories, December 11, 2006 WMC Commentary: The Virtual Charms of New Media, December 04, 2006 Essence, “Family Defends Daughter’s Painful Past,” breaking news on www.essence.com April 2006. Essence, “Accuser’s Mother Meets With Famed Attorney,” breaking news on www.essence.com April 2006. Essence, “Nowhere to Turn,” breaking news on www.essence.com April 2006. Essence, “Have You Seen Her: How the Media Ignores Missing African American Women” June 2005. Essence, “They Never Made It Home: Black Women Soldiers in Iraq,” May 2005. Essence, “Georgia School Principal Yvonne Sanders-Butler,” April 2005.
Essence, “Wise Woman: An Interview with Congresswoman Barbara Lee,” March 2005.
The New York Times Sunday Magazine, “Screened Out,” January 2005.
Essence, “Why is Sharon Richardson Still in Prison?” December 2004.
Essence, “Memories in Black and Blue,” November 2004.
Real Simple, “Real Mission: Bernita Walker,” September 2004.
The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, “Making Noise,” June 13, 2004.
The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, “Analyze This,” May 23, 2004.
Newsday, “Give Yourself a Break,” Op-Ed. April 19, 2004.
USA Weekend Magazine, “The Theorists,” February 6, 2004.
Amnesty Now: The Quarterly Magazine of Amnesty International, “Hog Tied: Battling it out (again) at Smithfield Foods,” Winter 2003.
The Baltimore Sun, “Missing Women,” Op-Ed. December 22, 2003.
Honey, “In Those Genes,” October 2003.
Essence, “Swept Away: The Sorority Hazing Deaths of Two Women” September 2003.
SAVOY, “Black Gold: Oil in Africa,” September 2003.
Progressive Media, “Neglecting Women of Color in Combat,” July 2003.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Neglecting Women of Color in Combat,” July 2003.
San Diego Union Tribune, “Neglecting Women of Color in Combat,” July 2003.
Working Mother, Guest Editor, Special Issue “Best Companies for Women of Color,” June 2003.
Essence, “Catfish & Courage: A Struggling Mother Becomes a Labor Organizer in a Mississippi Factory,” April 2003.
The Nation, “Jump at de sun" Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston; Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters," February 17, 2003.
Essence, “Heartache, Hard work and hope; saving a southern town in the grip of aids, February 2003. Newsday (New York), “Don't Bet on BET to Illuminate Anything," December 23, 2002. USA Weekend Magazine, “A Cut Above: Cedric the Entertainer,” September 8, 2002.
Washington Post, STYLE; “The Poetic Voice of Change; Gathering Celebrates the Passion of Author-Activist June Jordan,” September 14, 2002. Washington Post, STYLE; “Tea and Sensibility; Tired of Austin Powers? Think of Austen, Jane," August 05, 2002. Essence, “Love Down Under," July 2002.
SAVOY, COVER STORY, “Tom Joyner: The Voice of America," February 2002. Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “The 'Prince Of Pilots,' Fixed on a Lofty Goal; TV Director's Success Comes in Many Colors," September 30, 2001. SAVOY, COVER STORY, “Funny Business: How ‘Scary Movie’ Creator Keenen Ivory Wayans Built the Most Powerful Dynasty in Comedy,” August 2001.
Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “The Pilots That Wouldn't Fly; Museum of Television and Radio Gathers Dozens of Now-Forgotten First Episodes," August 12, 2001. Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “Behind 'The Princess Diaries,' a Regal Eagle; Old Tales Get Modern Twist From Whitney Houston's Firm," July 22, 2001. Washington Post, STYLE; “Comedy That Hits Close to Home; Now a Father, John Leguizamo Looks Back Without Anger” Washington Post, STYLE; “Rocking The Cradle; John Singleton Pulls the Pacifier From Men Who Won't Grow Up.” Reprinted in: Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Publishing Group. June 30, 2001. Washington Post, STYLE; “La Vida Local; With 'Resurrection Blvd.,' Showtime Aims to Reverse an L.A. Vanishing Act,” June 25, 2001. Washington Post, STYLE; “Esai Morales, Good Cop; 'NYPD Blue' Casts New Recruit Against Type," May 21, 2001. SAVOY, “Remembering ‘Claudine’: A Granddaughter Remembers Welfare without Judgment," April 2001.
USA Weekend, “Jeffrey Wright, Chameleon and King," February 18, 2001.
Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “Getting To the Heart Of 'Boycott'; HBO Movie Focuses on Human Side of Heroism," February 18, 2001. Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “Jill Scott's Poetic Soul; Pop's Rising Star Has Some Compelling Stories to Tell--and A Wordsmith's Way With Lyrics," December 24, 2000. L.A. Weekly, “From Harlem to Hollywood," Oct. 20-26, 2000. Washington Post, SUNDAY ARTS; “The Mask of Lil' Kim; What Lies Behind the Hip-Hop Artist's Raunchy Image? A Businesswoman, a Feminist . . . an Enigma," September 3, 2000. Washington Post, STYLE; “In Source Awards Fracas, 'Old Beef' in New Battles," August 25, 2000. LA Weekly, “The Rookie: ‘Love & Basketball’s’ Gina Prince Bythewood," April 28, 2000. The Source, “Sunday School," February 2000.
The Source, “Not A Million, But Good & Plenty," January 2000.
The Source, “School of Hard Knocks," December 1999.
Black Issues Book Review, “When You’re Gifted, Black & Bestselling," July/August 1999.
San Francisco Guardian, “Murphy’s Law: The PJs," February 3, 1999.
The Source, “100 Percent Woman: Jada Pinkett Smith," June 1998.
Vibe, COVER STORY, “21st Century Foxx: Jamie Foxx," March 1998.
The Source, “Players” (TV Review), October 1997.
The Source, “Sunday Bloody Sunday: Spike Lee’s ‘Four Little Girls’” (Film Review), August 1997.
Emerge, “Money, Politics Take Lead Roles in Black Film” (Book Review), June 1996.
Village Voice Film Special, “Still Waiting” (Film Review), May 21, 1996.
L.A. Weekly, “The Buddy System, why we aren’t ready to all get along” (Book Review), March 15, 1996. Quarterly Black Review of Books, “Many Rivers To Cross, Alice Walker revisits the making of the film The Color Purple” (Book Review), February/March 1996.
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OUTLOOK, “Of Love and Madness; Why Women Stay When the Perfect
Mate Turns Abusive," February 11, 1996. Village Voice,
“Singing & Dancing In the Slave Quarters, An Interview
with Elaine Brown," February 13, 1996. L.A. Times Magazine, “Simply Irresistible," January 28, 1996.
Washington Post, “Get Out of Our Hair; Untangling the Politics on Top of the Black Woman's Head," January 07, 1996. L.A. Weekly, “Deals With The Devil – Recasting The Tragic Mulatto” (Film Review), November 17, 1995.
New York Times Sunday Magazine, “A Manifesto of Sorts for a Black Feminist Movement," November 12, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Softening the Hardness” (essay from The Million Man March), October 20, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Shut Yo’ Mouth” (Film Review), October 6, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Songs from the Diaspora” (Book Review), May 19, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Nostalgia-The Perez Family: Mira Nair’s Rhapsody In Miami” (Film Review), May 12, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Panther: Recapturing the Rage” (Film Review), May 5, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Longing For Tribe," April 21, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Talk Television – Race, Sex & Daytime Chat” (TV Review), April 14, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, “Serious In Seattle” (TV Review), March 17, 1995.
L.A. Weekly, COVER STORY, “Straight Expectations: Black Women and the Hair Product That Seduced and Betrayed," March 10, 1995.
Village Voice, “Warner Bruthas” (TV Review), January 17, 1995.
Village Voice, “Test Patterns” (Book Review), January 10, 1995.
Emerge, Jennifer Lewis, The Diva in Action," September 30, 1994. L.A. Weekly, “It’s All (Still) True," December 9, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Space Rage, HBO’s Cosmic Slop” (TV Review), November 11, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Korean-American Lobotomy” (TV Review), October 28, 1994.
Village Voice, “The Jading Game” (TV Review), October 11, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Hoodwink” (Book Review), October 7, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Maid in America” (Film Review), August 12, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Why Women Stay," July 8, 1994.
The Village Voice, “Blackout: Charles Dutton Talks About Cancellation of Roc” (TV Review), June 28, 1994.
Vibe, “Fox Flip-Flop” (TV Review), 1994
Vibe, “Power Moves, Andre Braugher” (Profile), 1994
L.A. Weekly, “Gagbangers” (TV Review), 1994
L.A. Weekly, “Bangin’ in Little Rock” (TV Review), 1994
L.A. Weekly, “Mixed Blessings” (Book Review), June 24, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Bearing Witness” (Book Review), June 10, 1994.
Village Voice Film Special, “Red Inking the Inkwell” (Film Review), May 24, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “The Revolution Will Not Be ...Multimedia” (Theater Review), March 18, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Gangsta Blues” (Film Review), February 25, 1994.
L.A. Weekly, “Rebel Spirit” (Book Review), November 19, 1993.
L.A. Weekly, “Breaking Ice” (Film Review), August 22, 1993.
Village Voice, “Culture Club: A Talk With Producer/Directors George Jackson and Doug McHenry," November 26, 1992. Village Voice, “View from the War Zone” (essay about the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict), May 12, 1992. |