On her wedding day, Meghan Markle’s original poem read, “So I ask you to raise a glass to the astounding assurance that now life begins, and the everlasting knowing that above all, love wins.” If she only knew the battles that lay before her. “This is not a dreamy fairy…

The Woman Crush Wednesday series will highlight the extraordinary women in my life who exemplify character, kindness, ingenuity, and intelligence. I am grateful that I learn from these individuals and I’m excited for all they will do, and where they will travel. This piece will feature Deborah T. Johnson. I’ve…

Many will mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, an almost immortal-like figure as most living have never know a world without her. We now turn to the continuity of monarchy under King Charles III. How will monarchy transform under this new sovereign? Will he embody the impartiality and silence…

This article is dedicated to my incredible friend Darryl Macaraig Sanchez, who we lost to Glioblastoma. He was an incredible husband, brother, son, friend — and comprehensively, an extraordinary human being. “Actually, the Soviet Union won the arms race,” Darryl retorted as I challenged him on U.S.-Soviet history. In the…

With widespread condemnation following the 94th Academy Awards, as a society, we need to examine what we consider to be violent, and how much an individual should withstand before they reach their breaking point. In 2017, when asked about the abuse she endured as first lady, Michelle Obama said the…

Watching the discrimination against Africans in Ukraine is unnerving, but a necessary and sobering reminder that even in the depths of darkness, anti-Blackness is still prevalent. — Never did I hope or expect to see an attempt to re-annex the former Soviet Union. Yet with President Vladimir Putin launching military strikes on Ukraine, what once seemed a remote possibility is now reality. As missiles descend, tanks encroach, and bombs explode, the inevitable human sacrifice of war has…

After nineteen months of absolute isolation imposed by COVID-19, I incrementally and grudgingly reentered the world. As soon as I did, I realized why I relished solitude. I had several epiphanies during COVID, chiefly, that I owed my peace to the absence of the microaggressions I would’ve experienced on a…

The Woman Crush Wednesday series will highlight the extraordinary women in my life who exemplify character, kindness, ingenuity, and intelligence. I am grateful that I learn from these individuals and I’m excited for all they will do, and where they will travel. This piece will feature Dr. Omolola “Lola” Brown. …

We need a collective understanding of how violence impacts men — The shock, indignation, and anguish of the events in Afghanistan has subsided. In its place, the emotional nausea and appalling reality that after twenty years, one trillion dollars, and thousands of lives lost — Afghanistan has tragically fallen to the Taliban in less than ten days. Hundreds of editorials have…