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Don’t Let Traditional Define Untraditional
Having a mental disorder doesn't make you abnormal--

Nina Holmes
Oct 23, 20222 min read


How Are You? Such An Underused Phrase--
Understand the energy people take from you with no payback

Rajah Smart
Oct 19, 20223 min read


The Menopause Chronicles
What is menopause, really?

Felicia Banks
Oct 10, 20223 min read


I Struggle to Write About Love
Trying to write about love can be challenging--

Rajah Smart
Sep 27, 20223 min read


Exhausted from Cultural Assimilation
Cultural assimilation is changing our authentic self--

Khalil Muhammed
Sep 19, 20223 min read


Excerpt from Upcoming Book: Defining Success for Black Kids Versus Comparing to White Kids
Excerpt from aupcoming book that discusses a new way to assess Black students for success that does not include comparing to White students.

Rajah Smart
Sep 9, 20224 min read


Applying for Jobs in 2022 Hurts
Applying for jobs in 2022 feels like a loss before beginning.

Rajah Smart
Sep 5, 20223 min read


Flint. We Haven't Forgotten Even if Mass Media Did
We haven't forgotten what's happening still in Flint and what we see across the nation in Jackson, MS regarding the water.

Sophie Jones, Ph.D.
Aug 30, 20226 min read


The Student Loan Fat Juke
The promises made to enter education weren't kept as I am now required to pay back student loans that were supposed to be deferred.

Rajah Smart
Jul 31, 20223 min read


Family--Sonny, it’s Just a Made Up Word
One of my favorite movies is “Shawshank Redemption.” There’s a part of the film where Morgan Freeman gives this definition of...

Rajah Smart
Oct 22, 20193 min read
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