Alive & Awake

Welcome to a newly re-visioned Alive & Awake! Expect short, digestible posts on ubiquitous themes of the human experience, always with a...

There’s been a lot of talk this month about anniversaries. No, not the heartwarming kind. Quite the opposite. Sometime this month is the...

I’ve been on an exam-prep-induced hiatus from blogging for a while now, and may be for a while longer. I plan to work my way back to...

Today, on Juneteenth, I invite my White readers to listen to an interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, recorded in Hempstead, Texas in 1941....

This week, I’m asking my White readers to listen to author Kimberly Jones. Once again, I ask you to listen like you’re listening to...

Now, as always, it is critical that White people with platforms use them to amplify Black voices. My voice is not the voice that needs...