http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/father%e2%80%99s-day-tribute-a-pair-of-old-boots-and-a-last-chance-at-redemption/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/father%e2%80%99s-day-tribute-a-pair-of-old-boots-and-a-last-chance-at-redemption/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:54:47 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13934 Stacey Patton It was early November 2009. Steve, my biological father, was going to be dead before the end of the month. I was 420 miles away, bracing for his impending death and grieving. Not for him. But for the death of all my hopes, dreams and fantasies of what could have been.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/father%e2%80%99s-day-tribute-a-pair-of-old-boots-and-a-last-chance-at-redemption/feed/ 2 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/soul-food-shiva/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/soul-food-shiva/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:54:16 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13930 Lisa W. Rosenberg When my father laughed, he’d show his wide, white teeth, wrinkle his broad nose and let loose. I remember the sound of it, rich and soulful, with music in the background—Motown and jazz that he’d play when my parents threw parties. I remember the colors of those big 1970s bashes: bold red and turquoise plaids leaping from scratchy synthetics; paisleys in dizzying shades of orange, pink and purple. ]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/soul-food-shiva/feed/ 5 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/19/dear-dad-men-and-a-woman-pay-tribute/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/19/dear-dad-men-and-a-woman-pay-tribute/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:31:44 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=8506 The Editors Our call for writings on fathers and fatherhood yielded wise, wonderful and genuinely moving tributes to some of the most thought-provoking and moving facets of having, and sometimes being, a dad.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/19/dear-dad-men-and-a-woman-pay-tribute/feed/ 0