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My friend and brother, Percy Thomas, is tired of just posting on social media We're all angry, frustrated, and want to do more than vent...

Self-awareness is a son-of-a-bitch but a necessary one. I finished the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo about a week ago and it...

I live in California, which was the first state to require all residents to shelter-in-place. We’ve been under this condition since...

I read the first book in this series, London Falling by Emma Carr, as my monthly freebie for being an Amazon Prime member and I was...

Tomorrow, May 20, Troy City School Superintendent John Carmello is proposing the removal of the entire Reading Department in the Troy...

While the novel coronavirus keeps most of us holed up at home, sustained by an ever increasing deluge of deliveries of all kinds, some of...

Content Warning: language, child abuse, suicidal thoughts Five years ago, at nearly thirty years old, I ended my relationship with my...

It started with one tweet from 17 year old Lincoln Debenham on Tuesday, April 14. "Hi @BarackObama! Like most high school/college...

Look, I get that writing this may be doing exactly what I'm suggesting you stop doing, but it needs to be said. I don't care how "woke"...

So very often I see adults complaining about the "liberal" education their children are getting in the New York State public school...

I wasn't going to write about this because it feels too personal, but a friend reached out after I had checked in to St. Peter's Hospital...

The notion of protests in various state capitols being about opening back up businesses and the economy is straight bullshit. I know it....

When I first saw this book on a recommended reading site back in 2017, I added it to my never ending list of books to read. It was...

I've watched my friend Amy go though an amazing physical and emotional transformation in the last few years. I've always loved and adored...

I was so excited when this book, The Other Einstein, came out in 2016, but so much was going on in my life from then until 2018. I don't...

You may have seen some of the photos circulating online on cities previously suffocating in pollution now with beautiful blue skies and...

I'm going to start off by telling you I do not make a livable wage, I've worked in retail for over 20 years and most people working...

Thrive or escape? I escaped and my health, both physical and emotional, drastically improved. "Toxic organizations are rife with...

I’ve written about many of the relationships in my life. I’ve written about my husband, my ex-husband, my husband’s ex-wife, my teenage...

There are a hundred ways to define "upstate" so you can choose to define it however you would like. I realized today how right you are...