Being Black on Independence Day LOS ANGELES, July 3, 2016 – I was cradling my one year old son in my arms last night while my wife and my older boy (he’s 5) watched one of those “How Is It Made” documentary episodes on Netflix in our apartment in South L.A. Our windows were hanging open to let the hot summer…

Obama administration to order transgender bathroom access in all public schools The Obama administration will order every public school in America on Friday to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex. The letter, which is legally nonbinding, will be issued on Friday, and comes amid a heated debate over which facilities transgender people should use. The U.S. Department of Justice…