Rev. Lottie Jones Hood

Rev. Lottie Jones Hood

When I became the first African-American pastor of the First Congregational Church (FCC) of Detroit in its 150-year history, my European-American and African-American congregants were like two different cultures under one roof. It took me seven years to find a way to...
Barbara Nevins Taylor

Barbara Nevins Taylor

Too many people are scammed because they don’t have enough reliable information, especially when they get it from the Internet. In my years as a TV journalist, I exposed many scams and frauds. I won more than 50 journalism awards and 22 Emmys. But I felt sorry...
Bob Klein

Bob Klein

When the musical Wicked opened on Broadway in 2003, it became wildly popular. Teenagers flocked to the story of the witches of Oz at touring productions all over the country. It ignited a revival of musical theater in mainstream culture. Wicked ‘s success gave...
Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

I am Maxine Hong Kingston, 74 years of age. I began taking war personally as a child during World War II. My mother was a refugee from China, where she was a medic during the bombing of Canton. Years later, two of my brothers were in the Vietnam War, and one of them...