Late last year, I shared a harrowing account of my visit to the West Bank in January 2020, only a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic devastatingly struck the U.S. …

Critical lessons from MLK’s 1964 book that remain relevant in the fight for civil and human rights today.

A non-definitive playlist of songs speaking truth to power — Although Donald Trump has left office, it is imperative that we the people unite to fight the legacy of Trumpism that lives on — an amalgam of Nazi-like fascism, white supremacy, violent extremism, and all of the worst ‘isms’ imaginable. History has warned us that our minimization and mockery of…

In a single day alone, laborers across India sent a powerful message to the workers of the world: Unite. Will Americans follow their lead? As the world remains deep in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the working class has suffered tremendous blows from a global economic system that has…

A while ago, I heard a voice in a church I stumbled upon as I was walking about — calling out in song, as if it was longing for me to come inside. I’d forgotten the immediate transformation I experience when I’m in church, the internal peace that resurfaces throughout…

A commentary on the evolution of discovering and rediscovering great music. In 2016, upon hearing news of the untimely death of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, I began to read about the music legend’s life and legacy. Prince was not only gifted in his craft as a trailblazing multi-instrumentalist…

A poem about child rape — When I was 10, I would come home and watch “Hey Arnold!” after school When you were 10, you were asked by a grown man if you loved him When I was 10, my mom and dad would drop me off to my friends’ birthday parties When you were 10…

On learning to reject conformity from a special book from my childhood British novelist C.S. Lewis once said “A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” In elementary school, I would often read Stargirl, a book written by Jerry…

Reflecting on the drive to succeed through lessons learned from the greatest basketball player of all time.