Republished with permission from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights . Black Women Writers– a timeless book that lays perched on my teeming bookshelf, tattered pages strewn with notes, insignificant to the naked eye. This critical evaluation of Black literary brilliance, that assesses the works...

Last September, a federal court judge allowed a sweeping immigration crackdown law to take effect. That legislation, which was signed into law by Alabama's Governor Robert Bentley in June of 2011, quickly progressed into a unrelenting nightmare for immigrant families living in the state. Many in...

Ésto es lo que pasa en mi restaurante diariamente: Es una mañana como todos los días ó una tarde resplandeciente y nuestros meseros están en sus trabajos, atendiendo a clientes ó poniendo ó quitando platos de las mesas. El trabajo que hacen es muy valiosos e importante para mi restaurante y por eso...

I am frankly getting tired of hearing it: “How can I manage them if I can’t see them?” That’s clearly the most common expression of resistance from managers who oppose letting their employees work from home (or from anywhere other than the corporate office). In fact, I am convinced the fundamental...