In a recent interview, Nobel winner Toni Morrison talked about growing up as an African American and what color and beauty meant within the black community.  At Howard University, which she attended, she said there was a test for beauty.  The ideal was to have skin no darker than th

I received a phone call last night from a charity organization I have supported for years. Donations were down and the nonprofit was confronted by a special need. Could I make an additional contribution? It was the third call of this kind I’d received from similar organizations in a