Selected Essays, Features and Columns

The ‘Superpredator’ Haunting American Politics Was a Scared Little Boy | The Daily Beast, Oct. 01, 2019

My Childhood Rape and My Life That Might Have Been | The Daily Beast, Aug. 18, 2019

Dear White Lady | The Daily Beast, Nov. 08, 2018

The Search for My Father’s Killer | The Daily Beast, Jul. 12, 2017

My Second Great-Grandmother Was a Southern Outlaw—and a Slave | The Daily Beast, May 13, 2021 (Updated)

Disarming Hate: The Politics of Gun Control | Playboy Magazine, Aug. 14, 2019

Where Do We Go From Here?: Essay by Goldie Taylor | Essence Magazine, Oct. 27, 2020 (Updated)

[COVER STORY] CLIFF-HANGER: Can “The Cosby Show Survive? Should it? | Ebony Magazine, Dec. 16, 2015

Respectability Politics Won’t Save Your Black Life | Ebony Magazine, Dec. 8, 2014

I ran out, half-naked and bleeding. I tell my story because Kasi cannot tell hers. | MSNBC, Dec. 3, 2012