Fair Housing Series Part 1: The Architecture of Abandonment
How the Federal Government Is Dismantling Fair Housing in America By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA When I was young and looking for a place to live — as a renter first, then as a buyer — I did not know the Fair Housing Act existed. I did not know what housing discrimination looked like under […]
Fair Housing Series Part 1: The Architecture of Abandonment: Song
I didn’t know the law existed when they turned me away. I didn’t know my rights were real—I had nothing to say. The ignorance I carried was a gift to those who lied. They counted on my silence, and for years, I complied. But every door they closed on me became a lesson learned. […]
Fair Housing Series Part 1: The Architecture of Abandonment – Footnotes
1. Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), Pub. L. No. 90-284, 82 Stat. 73 (1968). 2. National Association of Realtors®. 2025 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America. Washington, DC: NAR, March 17, 2025. https://cms.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/2025-03/2025-snapshot-of-race-and-home-buying-in-america-03-17-2025.pdf. 3. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 576 U.S. 519 (2015). 4. National Low Income Housing […]
I Am Proud of Victor Glover.
And Deeply Disappointed. America is applauding. I am not surprised — and I am not satisfied. Both things are true at the same time. America is applauding Victor Glover. Conservative media is celebrating him. Fox News ran the clip on a loop. The Daily Wire called it a shutdown of identity politics. OutKick said he […]
Women’s History Month Part 12: Leymah Gbowee: The Liberian Activist Who Helped Lead a Women’s Movement for Peace
In the early 2000s, Liberia was experiencing one of the most devastating periods in its history. Years of civil war had left the country deeply fractured. Communities were displaced, infrastructure was destroyed, and families were caught in a cycle of violence that seemed impossible to escape. In the middle of this crisis, an unexpected force […]
Women’s History Month Part 12: Leymah Gbowee: The Liberian Activist Who Helped Lead a Women’s Movement for Peace – Footnotes
Britannica. Leymah Gbowee. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leymah-Gbowee Gbowee, Leymah. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. New York: Beast Books, 2011. Nobel Prize. Leymah Gbowee – Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/gbowee/facts/ United Nations Women. Women, Peace, and Security. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/peace-and-security PBS. Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Women’s Peace […]
Women’s History Month Part 10: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Global Voice for Economic Reform and Fair Trade – Footnotes
Britannica. Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved March 14, 2026, from https://www.britannica.com/money/Ngozi-Okonjo-Iweala World Trade Organization. Director‑General: Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala. WTO.org. Retrieved March 14, 2026 from https://www.wto.org/English/thewto_e/dg_e/dg_e.htm Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala. Dr Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala Official Website. Retrieved March 14, 2026 from https://ngoziokonjoiweala.org/biography-2/ Wikipedia. Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala. Retrieved March 14, 2026 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala Forbes. Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala Profile. Forbes.com. Retrieved March 14, 2026 from https://www.forbes.com/profile/ngozi-okonjo-iweala/ Prime Business Africa. 25 Things to Know About Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala. Retrieved […]
Women’s History Month Part 11: Maxine Waters: Reclaiming Her Time. And Yours. And the Country’s – Footnotes
C-SPAN. “House Financial Services Committee Hearing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.” July 2017. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://c-span.org. Time. “Maxine Waters: The 100 Most Influential People of 2018.” Time Magazine, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://time.com. Waters, Maxine. “Official Biography.” U.S. House of Representatives. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://waters.house.gov/about-maxine. Encyclopedia.com. “Waters, Maxine.” Contemporary Black Biography. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://encyclopedia.com. The HistoryMakers. […]
Women’s History Month Part 11: Henrietta Lacks: She Did Not Choose to Change Medicine. Medicine Took That Choice From Her.
On February 5, 1951, Henrietta Lacks was on a table at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, receiving a radium treatment for cervical cancer. She was thirty years old. She was the mother of five children. She was the wife of David Lacks, who worked at the Bethlehem Steel mill at Sparrows Point. She was […]
Women’s History Month Part 11: Henrietta Lacks: She Did Not Choose to Change Medicine. Medicine Took That Choice From Her – Footnotes
Embryo Project Encyclopedia. “Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951).” Arizona State University. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/henrietta-lacks-1920-1951. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Henrietta Lacks: American Woman and Medical Legacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Accessed March 17, 2026. https://britannica.com/biography/Henrietta-Lacks. OncoDaily. “Henrietta Lacks and the Origin of HeLa Cells.” Accessed March 17, 2026. https://oncodaily.com. National Center for Biotechnology Information (PMC). “HeLa Cells and Their Impact on Biomedical Research.” U.S. […]
