Confessions of a Single Parent (Actress)

Well, the year started with the death of one of my favorite artists, Natalie Cole. And each week another amazing person rolled on out. As of today, there must be a kick ass concert going on in heaven as I write. With each death, I was reminded of the living. And this year continues to remind me of the half-life that many of us exist in. The level of poverty in the country continues to increase. Here, in Philadelphia County, we rank #1 in the top ten cities for poverty. One of the largest local companies continues to pay no taxes. Thank you Comcast! Philadelphia Public School teachers are now entering year #5 with no contract and no raises. The number of jobs sent overseas is on the uptick. There are many raising entire families on $8.50 per hour and we still fight for $15. The US has the best health care system, yet it is also still the most inaccessible (even with the Affordable HealthCare Act). Russia continues to befriend those countries who literally hate us. And we just elected ...

I want to take a moment to say what we have all been thinking. Well at least all of the Black and Brown people. I just want to say on behalf of all of us, Thank you President Trump. Yes. I am not on drugs nor have I been hit on the head. I truly want to say thank you for bringing racism out of its hiding place for all to see. You see, for far too long we have been hiding behind coded language like voter IDs, redistricting, gentrification, and all of those pesky laws and reforms that make the great majority of this country truly believe that America is no longer racist. Remember School House Rock and its melting pot? And my personal favorite....We now live in a post racial society. KKK who? Nobody needs to fear because today our President elect just asked a man who has a gold seal of approval from David Duke to lead his transition into office . If you are drawing a blank, the Klan. The KKK tweeted, "Excellent!" I can't make this up. We will no longer have arguments abo...