Brittney Griner: A Life Deterred
On February 17, 2022, Russian Federal Customs Service detained WNBA superstar, Brittney Griner for possessing vape cartridges containing...
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Adam Lynch
- Oct 10, 2022
Glaring Lack of Oversight, Contempt for Poor People, Delivers Biggest Scam in State History
Mississippi is fostering a queasy reputation for corruption, and gaping holes in its oversight and sunshine laws are making that...
The Lighthouse
- Sep 24, 2022
The Power of Punctuation
The Power of Punctuation Toni Morrison said, “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our...
The Lighthouse
- Oct 1, 2021
Welcome to October
Every month The Lighthouse invites writers to reflect on a theme. For October we asked writers to reflect on the Spaces Between: Black...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 30, 2021
Black Women Bein’ BOSS
Part of The Lighthouse’s celebration of its fifth birthday includes celebrating Black women, and this summer there were four glorious...
The Lighthouse
- Jan 27, 2021
NEW! Accessibility Options Available on Our Site
(Pexels) Our commitment to power as space and time has expanded. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27, our website will feature full Spanish...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 25, 2021
Dear John …
All week this week, we’ll be sharing letters to 2020 and 2021—Dear John and strawberry letters, respectively—from staff, contributing...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 30, 2020
The Importance of Ethical Considerations when Recruiting Participants of Color
The Tuskegee Syphilis study was public health researcher that both purposefully and unethically denied treatment to Black men diagnosed...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 1, 2020
Power and Liberation in Creativity
What if we gave ourselves permission to be creative? To dream big and find innovative ways to deliver on those dreams in support of young...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19’s Impact on Young Black College-Age Women in the Americas
No one imagined this year we would be experiencing a global pandemic. No one guessed the toll COVID-19 would take on Black girls and...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 15, 2020
Something Like Celebration
Goodie Mob, a group with whom I’ve consciously uncoupled because … reasons, sang at the end of the interlude “Free” in 1995, “But I won’t...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 20, 2020
Celebrating Unita Blackwell
At The Lighthouse, we observe Ms. Unita Blackwell’s birthday as a day of rest and reflection. This original artwork of Unita Blackwell...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 4, 2020
From a Reader: What More Should Kobe Bryant Have Done?
In our work, we adamantly believe survivors and support those who have been victimized by sexual violence. After basketball megastar Kobe...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 2, 2019
The Beauty I Didn’t Expect to Find
Photo courtesy Joecephus Martin. Someone once said, “The best things in life come when you least expect it.” For the longest, I heard...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 16, 2019
Smiles, Hugs and Tragedies
Note: Since the time of this writing, a Fort Worth Police officer (Aaron Dean, who resigned and was, subsequently, arrested and charged...
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