Yes, mercy can co-exist with accountability in our justice system
Our state, much like our country, does punishment well. It does redemption quite poorly. For those embracing punishment, I have a question to ask you…
After Buffalo, we can’t afford to mourn and move on, unless we’re willing to accept more tragedy
A prerequisite of living while Black in this country is learning to mourn and move on. Another is concluding there is no amount of butchering, murder or elimination of Black life that will ever make America stop guzzling the syrupy poison of white supremacy.
Thousands of WA grandparents are raising kids — and they need more help
If this country genuinely cared about protecting the lives of children, Barb Taylor would be out of a job and grandmothers like Ollie Reeves would never anguish over how to feed the children in their care. But it doesn’t.
I glimpsed hope in a South Seattle park
After years of despair brought on by Black death, the Othello Park march helped me find the strength to choose something else.
