COVID CONVOS — Vaccines, Passports, and a Measured March To Normal

By Michael P Coleman I’m fully vaccinated. That’s a phrase I never would have anticipated using a year ago. As I think about it, I’ve never used it. Well, I probably would have uttered it as a little kid if I had been able to pronounce “vaccinated.” I stumbled over the word back then. I …

Review — Monster

There’s a question that I, and most other African American men, ask ourselves, on some level, on most of the days of our lives: “What do you see when you look at me?” The new Netflix film Monster is a largely effective legal drama that sets out to answer that question. Based on the novel …

Michelle Obama Inspires Girls To Take On The World During Online Event

The live webinar preceded the launch of the Girl Scouts’ Becoming Me program series. By Michael P Coleman It’s one thing for someone to migrate from Chicago’s South Side to the White House. It’s another for her to transition from eight years there to the top of the New York Times bestseller list with a …

Mother’s Day Distance

By Michael P Coleman Mother’s Day has always been a complicated, loaded one for me. As a kid, I loved and cherished the “holiday,” as I did my mother. I typically cradle the word “holiday” in quotation marks when referencing Mother’s Day, and “holidays” like it, as I don’t know that they’re much more than …

HBO Max Provides Maximum Entertainment For The Dollar

Wonder Woman 1984, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Mortal Kombat all hit home runs. And you may be able to secure the new streaming service without adding a dime to your monthly entertainment budget. By Michael P Coleman I’ve not been a fan of the multitude of streaming services that are out …