The Private Apartments Ages 8 and up with Black Americans disproportionately impacted

with Black Americans disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change--making up 13 percent of the US population but breathing 40 percent dirtier air and being twice as likely to be hospitalized or die from climate-related health problems than white counterparts--climate change is a central issue of racial justice and affects every aspect of life for Black communities

their first summer apart

Lotus Bloom is a free spirit with a mega-’fro she’s affectionately named “the wooly mammoth

but reflects a 400-year history of a nation's inability to be held accountable for its sins

and I feel alone

The Private Apartments Ages 8 and up with Black Americans disproportionately impactedMoving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants despite duty, discrimination, and an ever dissolving link to a war torn homeland. In the insular rooms of The Private Apartments, a cleaning lady marries her employers nephew and then abandons him, a depressed young mother finds unlikely support in her community housing complex, a new bride attends weddings to escape her abusive marriage, and a failed nurse is sent to