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Continue reading →: Healthy Schools Act…finally!
The Committee on Government Operations and the Environment and the Committee of the DC Council recently passed a GREAT piece of legislation that has the potential to significantly impact children attending DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools, their families as well as the education and healthcare systems. The full council will vote next…
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Continue reading →: The Daily Grind
As a single working mom of a teen and a toddler, my days are interesting… 2:14am – Hearing my two-year old call from his room. 5:40am – Listening to the alarm ringing. 6:10am – Showering in the dark because the bulb blew and I don’t feel like going to the…
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Continue reading →: Stereotypes Be Damned
The first graduating class of Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy have all been accepted to college. That is, 107 African American boys to be exact!
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Continue reading →: We Are All Precious
So I finally saw it yesterday. I almost talked myself out of it because I was that anxious. But I saw Precious yesterday afternoon, alone with my Kleenex and contraband goodies. As I thought about writing this and which direction it would take, a close friend came to mind, who vowed not to…
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Continue reading →: Mule of the World
I love this book and this writer. Despite the fact that she lived in a different time, her writing struck a familiar note. The protagonist’s grandmother explains her view of the world. Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe…
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Continue reading →: The Soul of Ben’s Chili Bowl
Thankfully, many are aware that on Wednesday night, the founder and owner of Ben’s Chili Bowl (BCB) – a Washington DC icon, Ben Ali died of congestive heart failure. Ali will be missed by many, not only his family and friends in the Capitol City, but his extended family across…
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Continue reading →: This Mom’s Top Ten
I almost, almost called this Top Ten Things I Hate About Being a Mom (I can imagine the outcry and comments that I would get…maybe I should rethink using that title…). Anyway, moms need to remember that we are human and get to be tired of the “challenges” that come…
- A Panel Series From Writing While Black Podcast
- And we have normalized it
- Fuck the cookout
- What does that mean?
I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
