In the United States, we've put our elections on Tuesday. That's dumb. In modern life, it makes absolutely no sense.
Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this had a profound impact on me and soon became my truth. Every friend I had was black; my girlfriends were black. I was seen as black, treated as black, and endured constant overt racism as a young black teenager.
Having come so close to death, I now value just how precious life truly is and want to ride what God gave me until the wheels fall off.
I was raised by a great single mother. I grew up in rural Kentucky, and she's just a really compassionate woman.
'Go vote' is a not a political strategy. It's hardly a slogan. Hell, it's not even a good tweet.
To defeat Donald Trump, the Democrats must run a stellar cast of all-stars in their primary.
When you turn 18 in the United States, you should be automatically registered to vote. Ideally, this sensible reform would be a federal law affecting all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American territories, but our federal government stopped being sensible a very long time ago.
When Trump was elected, it gave white men - particularly white men in power - full, unfettered permission to say or do whatever they want without consequence.
It doesn't matter if I've been wronged - I still have a responsibility to use my influence in a way that never causes harm.
