Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional hum….

From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we get it done... how we ha….

I'm horrible with money. I make bad business decisions every hour of the day..

As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, guys who….

The land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women who ….

You just have to be strong if you're a black woman..

Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on the media side. It hasn't been a str….

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests..

For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue t….

Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage..

I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. List….

Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But mo….

From 2001 to 2012 at least 6,410 women were murdered by an intimate partner using a gun. That`s more than the number of U.S. troops killed in action ….

A big part of the Republican 2016 race is now basically a bunch of establishment Republicans going after each other. Jeb Bush going after Marco Rubio….

So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize….

We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and tot….

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories..

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception..

Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious..

Once it's everybody's responsibility and not just the household's we start making better investments..

With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he`s got shelf life like I never would have guessed..