I used to turn in, like, 20 money orders to pay my rent - $20 for this one, $30 for this one. I didn't have a checking account.
For me, whatever vantage point that I'm serving, I'm going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values.
I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.
We want Boston to be the safest bicycling city.
Thanks to my mother's sacrifices, I was able to attend one of the best schools in Chicago.
I think culture is a very challenging thing to reverse.