Great Men Pushed By Great Women

Last Thursday evening, I (rich) attended a talk sponsored by The History Makers. According to their website, The HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival project of its kind in the world, outdistancing the existing video oral history collections of New York’s Schomburg Library and [...]

Dear Lawd, I’mma Start Me a "Wealth Building Ministry"

I (J) have several friends in both Atlanta and Los Angeles who attend “prosperity churches.” These churches are in high demand - Black “ministers of the Gospel” all over America are engaged in the preaching of the “Prosperity Gospel.” Not surprisingly, these friends are obsessed with money. In addition, I’ve discovered over time [...]

Rebecca Walker: Things She Wished Someone Had Told Her

“I wish that someone had said to me when I was twenty years old that having a baby is an incredibly powerful experience, that if you have the slightest inkling that you might want to do it, you should pay attention to that inkling and factor in wanting to have a child and have a [...]