Politics4/8/20Apr 81Politics4/8/20PoliticsBreaking the Bernie Sanders BubbleLawrence Ross232There are five stages of grief, political or otherwise.
Opinion12/26/19Dec 26 20192Opinion12/26/19OpinionIn the Age of Trump...the Future Is CloudyLawrence Ross33In the Age of Trump, you can’t help be pessimistic about the future. There’s something nasty about this new age. A…
Race Matters7/4/19Jul 4 201910Race Matters7/4/19Race MattersAmerica the Beautiful, America the CruelLawrence Ross42The Fourth of July, or the Fourth of You Lie as we black folks like to call it, is here again. And we’ll be…
Opinion4/1/19Apr 1 20198Opinion4/1/19OpinionTo Live and Die in South L.A.Lawrence Ross38It’s important for people to understand why it’s OK for Nipsey Hussle to be seen as a hero in South Los Angeles.…
Some Thoughts12/26/18Dec 26 20184Some Thoughts12/26/18Some ThoughtsHere's 10 Black-Ass Predictions to Consider Since No One Really Knows What the Hell is Going to Happen in 2019Lawrence Ross30When it comes to predicting the future, I tend to listen to the wisdom of the black women in my family. Grandmamas,…
Media11/28/18Nov 28 20183Media11/28/18MediaDear Ebony Magazine: FU, Pay Your Writers! [Corrected]Lawrence Ross31“I write things for money.”
Wrenching7/17/18Jul 17 201821Wrenching7/17/18WrenchingMy 'Project Mongoose' Chevrolet Corvair Gets Its Engine and a Good StoryLawrence Ross51My grandfather, nicknamed Popeye because of his huge forearms, was a wheeler dealer decades before Mike ran off Edd (…
Wrenching5/18/18May 18 201834Wrenching5/18/18WrenchingMy 'Project Mongoose' Chevrolet Corvair Is Finally Becoming The Legend I Had In MindLawrence Ross97Back in 1999, right after our son Langston was born, something amazing happened. No, it wasn’t us realizing that…
Wrenching4/3/18Apr 3 201832Wrenching4/3/18WrenchingMy Chevrolet Corvair Project Gets Stripped To The Metal As Its Racing Story BeginsLawrence Ross67Back in 1976, I used to beg my mom each morning to get me to school early, just so I could play an insane inner-city…
Wrenching2/9/18Feb 9 201877Wrenching2/9/18WrenchingI'm Fixing Up This Chevy Corvair And Making Up Its Racing History As I Go AlongLawrence Ross184Why the hell do people buy old-ass cars from the 1960s? They cost too much, for one thing. They’re unreliable to…
Jan 15 2018251/15/18What Does It Mean to Have a ‘Gentrified’ Martin Luther King Jr. When Some Blacks Are the Gentrifiers?Lawrence Ross12My first real experience with the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. happened in 1980, just 12 years after his tragic…
Jun 20 201736/20/17#TheRootTrip: The Great American Ice ExperimentLawrence Ross13Willie Wardell owns the Mighty Midget Mart Shell gas station, located at 4936 Albemarle Road in Charlotte, N.C., and…
Jun 20 201766/20/17#TheRootTrip: Treat Yo’ Self at Atlanta’s Iwi Fresh Garden Day SpaLawrence Ross5I wanna make this clear: Iwi Fresh Garden Day Spa at 341 Nelson St. SW in Atlanta is one of the best black-owned…
Jun 18 201746/18/17#TheRootTrip: A Former Tourist Home in SC Has Literally Gone to the (Dead) DogsLawrence Ross8Yeah, so lemme tell you about my trip to Greenville, S.C. My task was to find the Dr. Gibbs Tourist Home, located at…
Jun 18 201756/18/17#TheRootTrip: Former Tourist Home in Atlanta Retains Some Signs of Its Past GloryLawrence Ross3In the 1957 Negro Motorist Green Book, the Connally Tourist Home is located just a block away from Morris Brown…
Jun 18 201736/18/17#TheRootTrip: In Atlanta, a Mystery. Who Was Ma Sutton?Lawrence Ross5In the short time that I have to research these Green Book spots, the hardest ones tend to be those that were owned…
Jun 18 201736/18/17#TheRootTrip: Ga. on My MindLawrence Ross4Another night on the road, another black-owned hotel stay. This time it was the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta…
Jun 17 201756/17/17#TheRootTrip: Chillin’ in Style in Birmingham, Ala.Lawrence Ross12More chillin’ at a black-owned hotel! This one is the Residence Inn by Marriott Birmingham Downtown at the…
Jun 17 201786/17/17#TheRootTrip: Success ... and Then ... SadnessLawrence Ross15As I’ve noted over and over, I don’t know what I’ll find when I go to a Green Book location. Thousands of miles, a…