ICE detained people at my kid's school today, shaking him so much that he begged me to bring him home, but to bring his passport so he could prove he's an American. They are coming for us all. And now my kid knows. I hate this. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com I write about understanding why people want to swim in the harbor. I just can't get there. I'll be applauding you from the dock, though! www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

I want to talk to Baltimore City residents who have gone out of their way to beautify the outdoor spaces homes with plants and flowers even when they don’t have yards. For @thebaltimorebanner.com ! Here’s mine!

Black Americans only: Do you spell the word "Grandaddy" with one "d" or "Granddaddy" with two? I am going through edits on my book and it came back with two "d"s and I've never spelled it that way, ever. Thoughts?

In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com - The families from the #Keybridge collapse settled before the civil trial, which has now been postponed indefinitely. Does not confronting the people they feel responsible for their loved one's deaths affect their healing? www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Amazing!

Breaking News: We Just Won the Kennedy Center Case! Thank you Contrarian subscribers!!!! www.contrariannews.org/p/breaking-n...

For @thebaltimorebanner.com I'm writing about how as a GenXer, I think it's time for us to get out of the way and let the younger generations lead. I want to talk to Marylanders between 18-30 about how local goings-on has shaped their views about how they are voting, and what needs to change. DM me!

Today’s @thebaltimorebanner.com column on why the government wants you to take road trips as some sort of patriotism when we can’t afford gas.

Anyone here ever done Hers for hair loss? The fro is getting low.

What to do with Confederate monuments returning to Baltimore? Let them burn. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Rest in peace Barney Frank. 🌹 🕊️ 🙏🏻 www.nbcboston.com/news/local/f...

For @thebaltimorebanner.com I'm writing about how the same government whose choices are currently making life, including gas, unaffordable, is suggesting that Americans take road trips this summer. How? I'd like to talk to Marylanders who are weighing hitting the road or staying home. DM me!

But that’s you tho.

THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...

There are people who are always going to tell Black people we are wrong about racism even with facts and links. From my Facebook. Sigh.

Looking for Maryland-based historians for a @thebaltimorebanner.com column about what should happen to Confederate monuments. (I think they should go in the wood chipper) but I'm curious as to what others think. Please DM me here or email me at [email protected] and thanks!

Maryland passed a law that prohibits prosecutors from using a defendant's art against them. When this has happened in the past, it's overwhelmingly hip-hop artists, who overwhemingly Black and brown. As the government beats back Black rights, this is a good thing. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Maryland's new anti-predatory pricing law stops stores from using your personal info to charge you more than others. If only we could slow the way we give out that info. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

ICYMI: I wrote about Baltimore bumper stickers for @thebaltimorebanner.com . I am enjoying this turn into the hyperlocal in my column. I want to have a dialogue about Baltimore and I am so humbled and honored that some of you want to have it with me. Thanks. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

A simple plea from me to you. Read and share and knock this shit off. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Not true if you aren’t white.

I think that in June, I am only going to order in cuisines that are based in cultures of color - Ethiopian. Guatemalan. West African. Caribbean. I'm in Baltimore. What you got?

Oh Will Trent is trippin this season.

It usually takes $30 to fill up my tank. This morning $20 got me barely more than half a tank. Not sustainable.

I just blocked a guy who apparently read my column in Florida, who’d he claims was divisive, usually a euphemism for “Black person uses platform to talk about how race exists.” He encouraged everyone to block me. And if you’re led to, that’s cool. But I’m not gonna help him by letting him tag me🤣

I actually don't like those "Baltimore: Actually, I like it" bumper stickers. Today in @thebaltimorebanner.com . Let's talk about it. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Read the series by Liz, @invisibae.bsky.social, @ryanlittle.bsky.social & @ajv.bsky.social which showed how unreliable public transit makes it nearly impossible for city students to get to school on time, making access to a car a key factor in students’ success: www.thebanner.com/specials/sch...

Baltimore City Public Schools has a FY27 budget and I have a breakdown of how the district will receive and spend $1.95 billion www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

When I wrote about Baltimore's image last week I mentioned my dislike of the "Baltimore...Actually, I Like It" stickers, and got both agreement and disagreement. What do you think of them? Writing in @thebaltimorebanner.com about it!

I watched for weeks as trolls said the most terrible things about the bodies, fashion and race of kids going to prom. My reaction was to celebrate the bold way Baltimore does it. Loud and proud. Today's @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Spring gardening day on the veranda (my patio.)

Which is exactly what someone who was haunted 29 years ago would say. www.vulture.com/article/lind...

A perfect thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=86X0...

It's true. I'm on a heavenly cloud watching Earl Weaver yell at umps with Wild Bill Hagy. It's divine. @thebaltimorebanner.com

All of this!!!

Just OK'd the sample pages for my next book. Every time I see my words out of that tired Word doc and on real pages I get giddy. I'm that little girl who said she wanted to write a book. Even as the news today is awful, I'm a Black lady who wrote another book. Can't stop that.

Trolls have already found my Towson Town Center story for @thebaltimorebanner.com but I want to see what you think. I like it! www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Normal people have absolutely had enough and they are starting to cook lmao

This entire thing is ridiculous.

I am so tired but I’m having a gin martini watching bad tv on my bed and I have a new medal. Not bad for turning 55 tomorrow! #soleofthecity2026

If only there was a word for “exploitative sexual behavior with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30.”

In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com , I talk to @baltimoreravens.bsky.social fans who are daring to hope as they watch the #NFLDraft this week. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Bumping this: My open letter to the new Baltimore City Schools CEO - We are pulling for you. Please don't disappoint us. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

My open letter to the new @baltcityschools.bsky.social CEO as a parent: Pulling for you. Please get this right. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Baltimore's community fridge network could use some love, especially the ones on the West Side. Please consider filling them up. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

“Every Black kid“ is a lie designed to attack Black families and criminalize Black youth in order to excuse tearing them from their families and communities and depriving them, and their parents, of their rights. This is a centuries-old white supremacist dream. RFK, Jr. is a monster.

Hi! For @thebaltimorebanner.com I want to talk to Ravens fans who are watching the upcoming draft with new hope - new coach, new uniforms and more. Will you be watching? I'm at [email protected] And thank you!

He said this. He knows he said it. It’s racist. I don’t know one Black kid just automatically put on drugs, including the one I’m raising. He should be removed.