One hundred years ago, 10,000 state-sponsored White supremacists destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, OK. The history of...

I join people everywhere in mourning the victims of last night’s horrific shootings in Atlanta. Condolences to the families of each of...

​ Growing up white, and in segregated communities, I didn’t think I even had a race. There was nothing to be questioned, learned about,...

The events of three momentous Wednesdays in January 2021 shook us to our core - the insurrection, the impeachment, and the inauguration....

As we seek to assign blame for the insurrection at our U.S. Capital yesterday, let us stop and really bear witness to the outcome of our...

I am the proud daughter of a 33-year career Navy veteran, Lt. Cmdr. Earl Ross Baker. The photo shows the cherished display case with his...

In this national election week, when patience is a virtue, we are witnessing both a societal transformation and a deeply divided country....

Back in early May, the LA Times Opinion section asked readers to envision life in California after the pandemic and share their thoughts...

There was a time when Americans, specifically white Americans such as myself, eagerly supported government entitlement programs and had...

The 4th of July - a wonderful time to pause to honor the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. As the...

Through the process of finalizing Chapter 5: Womanism of An Unintentional Accomplice I had the opportunity for frank conversations with...

For a while now I’ve been recommending white people to read books written by black authors. As a companion to this, I highly recommend...

A question I am often asked is “What does it mean to ‘do the work’ of inclusivity?” In An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal...

In the aftermath of the 1965 Watts Riot it was this The Los Angeles Free Press headline by the late, great Art Kunkin that captured the...

In a recent Huffpost article, “Amy Cooper Knew Exactly What She Was Doing,” Zeba Blay relates Carolyn Bryant’s 1955 false accusation of...

I was all set to do an interview on a radio station in Kentucky to promote my forthcoming book, An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal...

As the ebook version of my book, An Unintentional Accomplice, goes into production this week, COVID-19 is raging around the world. In...

As a white woman, I would be way out of my lane to comment on the power of the black vote. So today I’m sharing a Super Tuesday segment...

February is Black History Month and the theme for this year is “African Americans and the Vote.” I have a suggested reading for you for...