For a long time I have thought that my lack of communication with my mother was due at least for half of it to my unwillingness or inability to explain things to her, while I have dedicated my life to a job that consists exactly in helping people understand. So, I have been struggling to break down that wall of incomprehension by making genuine ( Read more... )

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By Butch Ward

Earlier this fall, I participated for the first time in a Poynter seminar entitled "Writing About Race." My teaching role in the seminar was a small one; for most of the week, I sat at a table with 17 journalists and talked, debated, laughed and cried about issues that, quite literally, go to ( Read more... )