Janice Robinson-Celeste

Why a Viral Claim About Iran and Black Americans Resonates Even Without Proof A viral claim suggesting Iran has said it does not want to hurt Black people has no verified basis, but it is spreading fast because it taps into a real and documented history o... See more

By Joshua Jones Often, discussions concerning the violence in Black communities have been viewed as an aggregation of individual acts, one shooting, one arrest, one tragedy at a time; however, there is a much greater connective picture if one examines the... See more

It’s 8:30 pm. You say ‘time to brush teeth’ and the whole evening falls apart. The whining, the squirming, the sudden interest in anything that isn’t the bathroom. If that sounds familiar, you’re not dealing with a uniquely difficult child. Bedtime brushi... See more

Janice Robinson-Celeste is a former educator and the founder of Successful Black Parenting Magazine, a multi-award-winning publication that empowers Black families. She is a Public Voices fellow of the OpEd Project in partnership with the National Black C... See more

War has a way of collapsing distance, turning something that feels far away into something immediate and personal. Social media only intensifies that effect, shrinking the world so that images, reactions, and commentary reach us in real time. You think ab... See more