The soft click of the nightlight seemed to echo in the room, casting a warm glow that chased away the shadows.

A boy kept teasing and kicking a black girl’s seat on a plane, but when the flight attendant stepped

Chapter 1: The Glass Aquarium They say the airport is the great equalizer, a place where kings and paupers

The trial was set, and Claraara faced the daunting prospect of defending herself without legal representation.

Daniel Moore froze with his fork halfway to his mouth. The young Black girl standing before him looked

“…that I would stand in for him when he couldn’t be here. And a promise made to a soldier is a promise kept.

The smell of my childhood did not resemble lemonade stands or fresh laundry. It smelled like hot asphalt

“This will look more appropriate for someone like you,” my mother, Denise Pratt, said as she snapped

They say a man’s home is his castle, but for three years, mine had been a mausoleum. From the street

My stomach growled like a stray dog, and my hands were freezing. I walked along the sidewalk, looking