Emma Lazarus’s Song for 2026 America
At a time of celebration, I like to have a song in my heart. In this strange moment, when we observe 250 years since the Declaration of Independence while our profoundest assumptions and most valued institutions are being trashed by our present administration, what song meets my mood and offers the inspiration and meaning I…
A Dream Realized
The opening of Washington, D.C.’s new Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, September 24, occurring as it did in the same week as police shootings of black men in Tulsa and Charlotte, captured perfectly the mixture of grief and dignified struggle that has defined the African American story. The juxtaposition was obvious…