An insightful and moving article about the brutality of systemic racism:

America’s new racial low point: More crying black mothers, and tear gas on our dreams

I am emotionally exhausted. But it’s time to tell the truth about the scary, enraging times this nation confronts

Please read the full article here.

From an insightful column in the NY Times:

The frustration we see in Ferguson is about not only the present act of perceived injustice but also the calcifying system of inequity — economic, educational, judicial — drawn largely along racial lines.

In 1951, Langston Hughes began his poem “Harlem” with a question: “What happens to a dream deferred?” Today, I must ask: What happens when one desists from dreaming, when the very exercise feels futile?

Please read the full column here.

“In Ferguson, Black Town, White Power”

This op-ed piece in the NY Times sheds light on the way systemic racism and economic inequality have impacted Ferguson.