“I Ain’t Got No Quarrel With The VietCong… No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger” — Muhammad Ali, 1966. Political courage blazed in Ali at one of America’s most turbulent times. When he had everything to lose, including his life. He was as charming as he was physically beautiful. Yet, few spit truth into the face of power with the same fierceness. In 1966, with Jim Crow still very much the law of the land, the Olympic gold medalist and recently crowned heavyweight champ defied th

My son’s now in kindergarten, so I’m keeping score. I DO believe we learn most of what we need at this age: sharing, being kind to one another, cleaning up after ourselves, how to spell A-R-T. But I’m just as jazzed by the things my son is learning outside the classroom. Exceptional and powerful things unique to this moment. Here are 3 of them: 1. Presidents of the United States are black For my kindergartener, Obama is not the first black president. He is not a liberal presi