My favorite book I read in the past year by female author was a tie between Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler and The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Octavia Butler is such a gripping story-teller. The title story, Bloodchild, is an emotionally raw and honest look at the complexities of relationships with gross [...]

I can’t believe that people would try to make Professor Derrick Bell a liability for President Obama. I didn’t know about Professor Bell until after his death, but upon reading about him I was immediately impressed with his courage in protesting the tenure policies at Harvard, among other things. It isn’t very many people who [...]