jonetta rose barrasSep 25, 20236 minWhat's the Problem with DC AG Brian Schwalb?DURING the past month, I have heard that question multiple times from people across DC who are not satisfied with AG Brian Schwalb’s...
jonetta rose barrasSep 25, 20237 minRuth Simmons’ hardscrabble journey to elite higher educationWHEN the galley for Ruth J. Simmons’ memoir — Up Home: One Girl’s Journey — arrived in my mailbox a few months ago, I couldn’t wait to...
jonetta rose barrasMar 17, 20237 minThe Radical Historian Among UsLONG before Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) shouted the phrase “Black Power” in 1966; before James Brown, sans his famous processed...
jonetta rose barrasJan 28, 20237 minA City Traumatized By CrimeI am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...