The Question Michael’s Story Leaves With Me Michael Jackson’s story makes me sit with a hard question about love, sacrifice, ambition, and the price people sometimes pay for greatness. What if love is not proven only by how softly we hold somebody, but also by what we are willing to sacrifice for their future? That
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A Powerful Argument, but the Facts Matter When I first heard the argument about the government’s proposed Anti-Weaponization Fund, I understood immediately why somebody would connect it to the larger conversation about reparations. In May 2026, the Justice Department announced a proposed $1.776 billion fund as part of the settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit
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What Is the Purpose of a Relationship? Somebody once asked a question that sounds simple but gets deeper the longer I sit with it: what am I supposed to get out of being in a relationship? I understand why somebody would ask that, especially if relationships have brought more confusion than comfort. A healthy relationship
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Everybody Does Not Need My Whole Story One lesson life has taught me is that everybody I meet does not automatically deserve access to my entire history. When I enter a new environment, I do not have to walk through the door carrying my résumé, accomplishments, disappointments, family business, and old wounds in my hands.
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The Question Needs a Different Beginning When I hear somebody ask why white people and East Asians fundamentally dislike Black people, the first thing I have to challenge is the word fundamentally. No race of people is naturally programmed to dislike another race. White people are not born disliking Black people, East Asian people are
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When I Heard There Were African Popes When I first heard somebody say that three African men once led the Catholic Church, I had to stop and think about what I had been taught about early Christianity. Most images of early Christianity make the faith appear almost entirely European, as if it moved directly from
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A Story Worth Looking Beneath When I first heard the debate about Quinta Brunson possibly developing and starring in a Betty Boop movie, I was not surprised by the reaction. The discussion quickly brought the story of Baby Esther back into the spotlight. I understood why people wanted to take another look at the history
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The Silence After Love There is a quote that stayed with me: “There is nothing louder than the silence between two people who loved each other deeply but had to walk away.” I understand that kind of silence because it is not really empty at all. It can be filled with memories, unanswered questions, unfinished
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The Fish Does Not Need Swimming Lessons I heard somebody say that God created fish to swim, and a fish does not need swimming lessons because the ability is already inside it. That simple thought stayed with me because there is something beautiful about creation functioning according to its nature. A fish enters the water
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Looking Beyond the Photograph When I first heard about President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing, what caught my attention was not simply that an American president was meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump traveled to Beijing in May 2026 with an unusually powerful group of American business leaders, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang,
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