Tulsa

Tulsa

I have always loved Tom Hanks. He just seems like such a good guy, onscreen and off. I loved his triumph against the ego in “Cast Away.” Loved his adorable, bumbling widowed dad in “Sleepless in Seattle” (Rita Wilson’s tearful comic bit was...

#BlackInTheIvory

College students across the nation have been holed up inside their homes and dorms for months, staring at Zoom screens instead of being in the classroom, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As we reflect on what the university experience is, and should...

Bridging the divide

Bridging the divide

A few years ago, as new demographic reports were flush with a growing wave of multiracial youth, I revisited the topic of my roots. My African-American mother and grandmother raised me at a time when identifiable biracial children were still just...