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Sharing her story of life compelling toxic soul ties with trying to see the good in having a relationship with men. Not paying attention to the signs, when people show you who they are, but we convince ourselves that they will change. Yet, we look past the signs and try to see the good in those people. Breaking those soul ties, aren't easy, rather starting to build a closer relationship with GOD, in choosing a time to pray, heal your spirit an...

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In this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of color? This timely collection of original essays analyzes the policy debate by a range of scholars addressing political, economic, health, and empowerment issues.

The struggle for civil rights among black Americans has moved into the voting booth. How such a shift came about--and what it means--is revealed in this timely reflection on black presidential politics. It will benefit those who wish to understand better the subtle interplay of race and politics, at the voting booth and beyond.

Focusing on the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Katherine Tate studies the ways in which the US's most prominent group of black legislators has developed politically. Organised in 1971, the CBC set out to increase the influence of black legislators. Tate argues, their incorporation is transforming their policy preferences.

America's drug laws have always exerted an unequal and unfair toll on blacks and Latinos, who are arrested more often than whites for the possession of illegal drugs and given harsher sentences. In this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of colour?

In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case? Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civ...