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The Color of Cancer: Time for a Change
In New York City, where I live, life-expectancy is 3 years shorter for Black people than the average and cancer is the leading cause of premature death – according to the City’s Vital Statistics records in their most recent summary. Too many Black lives are cut short by cancer, documented by me and many others over the years in…
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Love of the Irish: St. Patrick’s Day Reflections
A Personal St. Patrick’s Day Planning Cycle St. Patrick’s Day Plan 1. The most obvious plan is to drink. I am part Irish according to ancestry.com, a lot of people in the town (hamlet, really) where I grew up in were Irish, including my first boyfriend. And I always have a Guinness on St. Patrick’s…
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Stream and Shale
(Excerpt from my book, Stream and Shale.) 6AM. At the journey’s beginning, stars still shine brightly in the dark blue sky. It’s below freezing. We gather on a Brooklyn street corner and wait for the bus going to a Citizens Tour of Pennsylvania arranged by Brooklyn for Peace. Each person carries a few gallons of…