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What a year. Highs (and some lows). My alma mater awarded me for my work. I saw Black Panther in theaters four times. I visited prisons and it changed me. I saw lots of family. I did some of my best journalism. Afropunk, as usual. Black lives still mattered to me. I voted. I worked with some great people. | I’ll be making some adjustments in the New Year, inshallah. #TopNine2018 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEPzJuF7T4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nhy9ymjmaltt

After the week I’ve had... Family. It’s been 20 years since the Murrays celebrated my late grandparents’ anniversary in Monterey. George and Lottie Belle relocated from Mississippi, raised 14 kids in Oakland and were married for 60 years. They’ve been blessed with scores of grandkids and great-grands. For years, we’d meet at this very hotel, celebrate their commitment to each other, eat brunch and walk down to the wharf. I can’t express how much I needed to hug, joke and laugh with my aunts, uncles and cousins, this weekend. (at Monterey, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq4v_YBFTGU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zy31oiohasks

In the Bronx with Pedro Hernandez. A BTS shot from latest #MicDispatch on #bailreform. 📸: @gsteppa ... #CloserRikers #MassBailOut #MassIncarceration #CJReform (at Bronx, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDYUBRFebi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v7jyjkydt1am

This picture of my late grandfather hangs in my room. It depicts a younger man dressed up, sporting a @naacp pin and an American flag, on a day he voted in the Jim Crow South. This year marks a decade and a half since I’ve been old enough to vote. And I haven’t stopped exercising the right. (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4B9ABlV0l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12bi8s53dxdzm

I had a blast moderating the discussion around Robin Diangelo’s book #WhiteFragility at @strandbookstore last night. And Erin Trent Johnson (center) is a woke rockstar! #latergram (at Strand Book Store)

Relaxing and being bougie af with the spread. (at South Oxford Park)

A few days in LA. #latergram (Portrait by @tarekturkey.) (at Los Angeles, California)

This is how I #staycation. And no, I did not eat all this by myself. #dimsum #outofoffice (at Joy Luck Palace)

It’s been years since I’ve been with my mom (@sandraannette) on Mother’s Day. We changed that this year. 😘❤️😌 (at Brooklyn, New York)

In the field w/ @tarekturkey. (cc: @workatmic) #latergram (at St. Louis)

#Repost @workatmic ・・・ We loved hanging out with the kids at #bringyourkidtoworkday! @aaronlmorrison hangs with Bryson, whose mom is on our finance team. 💜 (at Mic)

What a way to end #BlackHistoryMonth! Last week, I moderated a panel discussion at Mic about the #BlackMonumentsProject. Panelists: @peacegina @mspackyetti @hankwillisthomas & @leerw. Most of the editorial and product team behind #BlackMonuments posed for a group photo with a 3D-printed @kaepernick7 statue. Lastly, Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, came to Mic to announce an effort to build a monument to her ancestor in Chicago. (at Mic)

#wakandaforever 📸: @iamxavier (at Mic)