Exactly two months ago I was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism. And today was my last law class—ever! I am grateful to be alive, and grateful to be graduating. When I started law school all three of my kids were in diapers, and I worked full time the first two years. Despite numerous obstacles, I [...]

[fb-share] Originally published on The Huffington Post, The political event that had an impact on my young adult life more than any other was the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings. In October of 1991 I was 22-years-old and in my first month of graduate school. It was the first time I’d left the Eastern seaboard where [...]

Originally posted on The Huffington Post and Race-Talk, On Friday September 17, The Washington Post reported that “Black Scholars [were] to debate how to hold Obama ‘accountable.’ I was fortunate enough to be one of several Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commissioners to engage in this dialogue at the 40thLegislative Annual Congressional Black Caucus Conference. To give [...]

Originally posted on Huffington Post and Race-Talk, On September 8, First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to New Orleans to participate in a game of flag football with some kids and even caught a pass. She has teamed up with the NFL’s Play 60 clinic, a program that promotes up to 60 minutes a day of [...]

Originally posted on Huffington Post and Race-Talk, Exactly one year ago, I published a book entitled, Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton. My publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, has decided to re-print in paperback and they’d like me to change the title to “…from Kennedy to Obama” and add a chapter about the President. I’ve been [...]

No one is more delighted than I am that esteemed presidential historian, Annette Gordon- Reed will join the faculty at Harvard Law School. Despite the fact that she was recruited by then Dean Elena Kagan, I respectfully disagree with Charles Ogletree that Elena Kagan is a good choice for the Supreme Court. Ogletree argues that [...]