My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

We can learn from mistakes of others, whether they're kings or our parents. When we do learn those lessons, we're better equipped to make our own dreams come true.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.