If you’re contemplating expatriation, as many are these days, you’d be in stellar company. Notable African American expats include performer Josephine Baker, writer James Baldwin, scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and multi-genre artist Barbara Chase-Riboud, to name a few. Baker fled the racism of 1920s America to find fame and fortune as a top entertainer in France. During World War II, she further endeared herself to her adopted homeland by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. S

Years ago, I experienced a bout of depression that sent me on the hunt for a therapist. After several tries (and many frogs kissed), I did find a psychiatrist with whom I visited a few times. But I was not telling her the real truth. Something prevented me from opening up. Fortunately, I found someone else: Dr. Cynthia Grace, a licensed clinical psychologist with an immense résumé, who gave of herself as an essential part of her being. A proven leader in academic and clinical

Of course, I’m talking about the new Ryan Coogler film, Sinners. It’s the topic of the moment and an aesthetic roadmap for enduring these trying times. One of the many things I love about this film is its perfect timing. What’s happening to the country has us on an emotional knife edge. Now here come two-plus hours of story that has completely captured the zeitgeist. With his comrade in arms and the arts, Michael B. Jordan, Coogler is serving creativity, beauty, depth, histo

“Finance is the gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.” Don Lucchesi, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Don Corleon In response to the rescinding of Target’s DEI programs, Atlanta-based pastor Reverend Jamal Bryant has organized a 40-day fast on buying at Tar-jay that began on March 5, 2025 (Ash Wednesday) to continue through Lent. Many folks support the blackout as part of a broader commitment to steer spending away from corporations that have retreated from thei

Have you seen the slogan This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement? It is decidedly not one of my favorites, as it suggests that the movement for nonviolent resistance of the 1950s and ‘60s was old- fashioned and weak compared to activism today. It's time to revisit just what made the Civil Rights Movement the national political watershed of the 20th century. How did they do it? Through comprehensive strategies fueled by creative and effective tactics. A strategy is a plan

Isisara Bey reads Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's necklace at Trump's inauguration as a powerful act of silent, adornment-based political resistance.

Isisara Bey reflects on the Apollo Theater's MLK commemoration — and what it means to live in a burning house, as King warned, and still choose love.