Brooklyn-based freelance writer who's written for The Christian Science Monitor, O, The Oprah Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Real Health, Women's eNews and others, on and offline. **Note: site being updated. More works to come. **
American Culture & Society
[VIDEO] Black LGBT Journalists and Advocates Tackle Race’s Homo Rep, Road Trip | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (2009)
Newton’s unresolved election year quarrel with Smith over outreach to black voters may be a...
Was there a better way to conduct Gates-Crowley debate?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Carla Murphy contributed reporting from New York.
Racial justice only for the 'well connected'? blacks ask, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
As debate unfolds in the media over whether the arrest of prominent Harvard scholar Henry...
Obama calls for 'new mind-set' at NAACP's centennial, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
He emphasized the continuing need to close racial and ethnic disparities while also talking about...
Criminal Justice, Prison, Reentry
Was there a better way to conduct Gates-Crowley debate?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Carla Murphy contributed reporting from New York.
Racial justice only for the 'well connected'? blacks ask, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
As debate unfolds in the media over whether the arrest of prominent Harvard scholar Henry...
Essay: When a lethal crime hits home, Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars (2009)
I met my cousin, Jarrett, at his funeral. He was 23-years-old, two years younger than...
Economy
Minimum wage goes up. Do workers care?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
But in 27 other states, the state minimum wage is already higher than $7.25 an...
Entertainment
Who does the law favor in Jackson children custody case?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Parental rights count for much, but courts today are giving more credence to claims from...
Photo exhibit offers an intimate look at America's jazz ambassadors, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Black jazz legends were sent abroad as part of a State Department diplomatic push even...
A grand reopening for Lady Liberty’s crown, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
An estimated 15,000 visitors endured two-hour waits Saturday to visit the Statue of Liberty –...
Interview -w- Rolling Stone contributing editor, Touré, Fanzine (2008)
Q: It’s 1992, nearly 40% of young black men are unemployed, about one in 20...
Feminism, Gender or Women
Who does the law favor in Jackson children custody case?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Parental rights count for much, but courts today are giving more credence to claims from...
Girls' Sports Opportunities MIA in City Schools, Women's eNews (2009)
"... I never thought sports was important to her education," Spruell said recently about the...
Urban Girls Jump Into the Title IX Gap, Women's eNews (2009)
A scheduling conflict had turned a gym ... into the sporting equivalent of a middle-schooler's...
Interview -w- Egyptian journalist and feminist, Mona Eltahawy, The Internationlist (2007)
Q: Is it lonely being The Only Progressive Muslim Female?
Essay: For the Love of Mummy, Skywritings: In flight magazine of Air Jamaica (2007)
Mummy and me bumped along a rocky cart-road during my coming of age in America.
Health
Sight for Sore Eyes, REAL HEALTH: The Black Wellness Magazine (2008)
At 50 years old, like her grandfather before her and brother Floyd after, Cruz was...
Immigrant Communities
[MULTIMEDIA] Many Mouths Depend on One Elderly Woman (2009)
Rosana Lavanter, a 63-year-old home health care worker stores goods in her bedroom before sending...
Q&A: Recession Woes Trickle Down to Caribbean Islands, NYCity News Service (2009)
You know, when America have a cold, if America sneeze, then we catch the same...
Essay: For the Love of Mummy, Skywritings: In flight magazine of Air Jamaica (2007)
Mummy and me bumped along a rocky cart-road during my coming of age in America.
International
Photo exhibit offers an intimate look at America's jazz ambassadors, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Black jazz legends were sent abroad as part of a State Department diplomatic push even...
Battle for Iran is online as much as on the streets, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Web and social media are helping protesters, but government censors are catching up.
Interview -w- Egyptian journalist and feminist, Mona Eltahawy, The Internationlist (2007)
Q: Is it lonely being The Only Progressive Muslim Female?
Politics--National
Sotomayor's views on property rights cause concern, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Ralph St. John is well into his 70s, but his stocky arms show that he...
Obama calls for 'new mind-set' at NAACP's centennial, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
He emphasized the continuing need to close racial and ethnic disparities while also talking about...
NAACP tries to woo the hip-hop generation, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
... as the organization celebrates its centennial in New York, some young people have mixed...
Politics--New York City
Challengers For the 36th CD Take Aim at Al Vann’s Seat, Our Time Press (2009)
... [Al] Vann has represented central Brooklyn... for 34 years—just as long, or, longer than...
[MULTIMEDIA] Election Day in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (2008)
Bed-Stuy hummed at the prospect of Change-with-a-capital C personified by Barack Obama.
Race, Racism, Racialism
[VIDEO] Black LGBT Journalists and Advocates Tackle Race’s Homo Rep, Road Trip | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (2009)
Newton’s unresolved election year quarrel with Smith over outreach to black voters may be a...
Was there a better way to conduct Gates-Crowley debate?, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
Carla Murphy contributed reporting from New York.
Racial justice only for the 'well connected'? blacks ask, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
As debate unfolds in the media over whether the arrest of prominent Harvard scholar Henry...
Obama calls for 'new mind-set' at NAACP's centennial, The Christian Science Monitor (2009)
He emphasized the continuing need to close racial and ethnic disparities while also talking about...