Adriana Smith listened to her body, but nobody listened to her. Madalyn offers her thoughts on this tragic case and how it is a sobering glimpse and an example of Black women doing everything right and left unable to get the care and compassion we deserve.

The saying is that boys will be boys but we expect girls to have their frontal lobe fully developed by age 1, able to take care of a househo

Rest in peace to two icons of the modern struggle for black equality. Congressman Lewis and Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian. Check out my latest...

Although Outkast wrote this song many years ago, just know that you can git up and get out without GETTING UP AND GETTING OUT if you know...

Miami Native and rapper Trick Daddy said it best! Social media has a way of glamourizing a struggle. In this age of uncertainty with...

Hate crimes are cut and dry. A person with a heart of stone uses violence to demean another person or entity for no reason other than a...

It’s reboot season. Literally almost every show that I enjoyed for the last twenty years is making its way back around to the new...

What is true American pride for a person of color? Should I be thankful to be here? Grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded?...

As I sit in front of this computer trying to formulate the words for my thoughts and feelings concerning the events of this past weekend....

I am a black woman. I am a walking pre-existing condition. Seriously. Just in case you’ve been under a rock. The House of Representatives...

It’s been so lonely without you here; I’m like a bird without a song… Prince Rogers Nelson. A visionary, a leader, a musical genius, a...

I define poetry as a written song left to the interpretation of the reader. Interpretation is the beauty of poetry for me. It allows me...