Why I moved to Baltimore….and loving it
“Why Baltimore?”, friends asked. The simple answer was: “necessity”. Several years of under-and unemployment meant I could no longer afford
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Karen DeWitt
White people don’t understand what it means to be targeted
One of my acquaintances is a 55-year-old black man whose interactions with the justice system have been confined to a
Read moreMuslim shooting: It’s the guns, stupid!
Whether a gun killing is a hate crime or not– whether it is perpetrated by a disturbed young man at
Read moreSo long Mr. Ben Bradlee
A long list of the famous—Chief Justice John Roberts, Vice President Joe Biden, friends, family and a hosts of journalists
Read moreIncome inequality: So many Americans poor through no fault of their own
A journalist friend complained that she couldn’t get any writing done because her two-year old son was distracting. She has
Read moreNelson Mandela will be missed
I was working for USA Today when I saw Nelson Mandela for the first time in 1986, through a glass
Read moreSome Congress members to donate their salary during the shutdown, but that’s a drop in the bucket
Whenever people talk about terrorists, they call them crazy– crazy for believing that they’ll end up in paradise after blowing
Read moreZimmerman trial: No justice for blacks
When I told my 91-year old mother about the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in the killing of 17-year
Read moreBoston Marathon: ‘April is the cruelest month’
Riveted by news reports about the two explosions that rocked the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon and left at
Read moreGay Marriage: Why not support it?
I support marriage equality. What’s not to support. Two people fall in love and they want to get married, so
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