

Catch the Fire
One of the best days of my life. ...started at 7am with a Maafa walk through New Orleans, wearing all white to honor the ancestors, then...


Zora died penniless.
Feminists are giving me a primordial middle finger. I didn't go. I didn't go to the White House. I didn't go to the State of Women. I...


I don't want to be grateful.
I keep thinking about Flint. We've been home for exactly a week. I can't stop thinking about this baby-girl. I found her picture today....


Struggle Into Song
Vanessa sang purple rain at my wedding. No music. At her wedding, she came out to Baby, I'm a Star. ...Prince has always been the...


Something Gets a Hold of You
In 2010, this man, Lyrical King, gave me a guitar lesson at a cafe in Belize. I've always loved this picture, not just because I look...


Brightest Hearts on the Planet
Kevin, I just tried calling you for your birthday and you didn't answer. In the words of Julia Roberts on Pretty Woman, "BIG mistake!!!!"...


Sweaty Farewell
Deuces and sweaty farewell to Africa and 150 of the most inspiring changemakers I've ever met. Feeling extra grateful AND I didn't forget...


Haitian-Born Freedom Fighters
In the words of Mos Def, Haiti lives in “the now-now time signature.” I met a teacher, in a tiny rural village in Haiti, who reminded me...


A Belly Of Protection
[Written after the 7th unarmed Black person was killed by police in 2015] I nearly started toyi-toying in Trader Joe’s today I...


#BlackLivesMatter
Matt Rourke took this photograph. It haunted me all day. Reminds me the power of photography. Makes me want to be more courageous, more...