Yes. My organization hires folks coming out of the criminal justice system. We’ve learned over time that the number one predictor of whether they will last more than a month is if they have reliable transportation and how long their commute is. If they live on one of the bus lines that gets them here pretty directly,…

As a big treehugger, I thought that this sounded reasonable when I heard about it a few years ago... but just like reusable bags for the grocery store, I have a hard time remembering to bring them in.

Ah, that’s really interesting, thanks for explaining. Down here it sort of seems like the opposite... when I hear a white person making a big deal about their ethnic makeup, and they’re not a second or third generation immigrant, then I kind of give them the side-eye. I don’t know why but it seems like the white…

Just curious, why does calling yourself white set off red flags for you?

My friend was the token black guy at military contracting company for years, and he still has lots of acquaintances who tag him into conversations about race. He used to try to do his best but it would weigh him down so much (on top of all the crap piled on him at work each day). He found out about White Nonsense…

I started out drinking the sweet stuff but now I always go for the dry stuff. Bartenders can usually advise correctly but most restaurant servers don’t know much unless they’re into cider themselves. Usually, if a place has several ciders, my best bet is to go with the brand I don’t recognize, one that was made…

Yes. My hometown is full of families like Roseanne’s, and many of them do have black grandkids nowadays. And that is exactly what the grandparents say when a neighbor or coworker questions something racist they have said or done. So I can get on board with Michael’s description of this show as a documentary.

I was in elementary and middle school in the 80's. So in my memory, the boy gamers were at our town’s roller rink hogging the arcade machines in the snack bar. During the slow songs the girl nerds would stop skating, wait on the benches, and look hopelessly at the boys while we talked about the books we were currently…

I’m white and grew up in the 80's and 90's in a rural area where we didn’t get cable and most dads would have a heart attack if you had a crush on a black boy. But all of my white friends and I still watched Fat Albert and the Cosby Show, knew every word to Run DMC and MJ songs, slow-skated at the roller rink to…

Did you go there on school field trips as a kid? And what was your favorite part? Did you ever want to work there? Did you make up names for any of the figures?

Yes, and every. single. damn. comedian. that came to campus would make a joke about the town names... and then wonder why no one laughed.

I always enjoy your writing, and thank you for this.

Yes, I’m from Southern MD and feel like this article could have been written to describe the aftermath of last week’s shooting at Great Mills. It’s very different than the reaction in Parkland.

Thanks for covering this!

I’ve been thinking about this kind of thing a lot recently.

Yes, my thoughts exactly! 

Yes, you describe it well - I have definitely seen that happen over and over. My husband was mystified the first time I had a medical crisis with him, and I stopped to change clothes before he drove me in. I always dress so carefully when I have to go to the doctor for something serious. If I am going straight from…

Looks like he is 27 now, and this happened in 2011 when he was 19.

That’s why I figured it was a Republican, because it said he was now Minority Whip.

Is anticipated voting the same thing as early voting? Some states have started offering early voting in the week or two leading up to the official election day, but conservatives have rolled it back in many of those places - since it makes it easier for working-class folks to vote on their day off.