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Debra Smith

A Fractured Fairytale

Once upon a time in a land where medieval castles, that usually only exist in fairytales, still reach toward a painted, grayish-blue sky…

6 min readMar 20, 2021

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A Fractured Fairytale

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Debra Smith

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Black women are dying every day of broken hearts, heavy with the burdens we carry and sorrows that linger in all the hurt spaces, like…

6 min readFeb 25, 2021

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MATTERS OF THE HEART

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Debra Smith

DANCING IN THE RAIN

In an October 23, 2020, column in the Wall Street Journal, conservative speechwriter, and columnist Peggy Noonan, criticized VP elect…

6 min readDec 11, 2020

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DANCING IN THE RAIN

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Debra Smith

To Niaja With Love

My great-niece, Niaja, is turning sixteen. I still see the tiny, adorable baby my fourteen-year old niece solemnly handed to me, while she…

6 min readAug 27, 2020

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To Niaja With Love

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Debra Smith

The Sacrifice of Colin Kaepernick

In every generation, there are visionaries who are born to enlighten and lead us toward a better version of the world and ourselves. These…

6 min readJun 28, 2020

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The Sacrifice of Colin Kaepernick

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Debra Smith

The Fire Next Time

For days national network news footage have imprinted on our memories images of thick, grey smoke hanging over the city of Minneapolis, in…

6 min readJun 1, 2020

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The Fire Next Time

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Debra Smith

Living In a Pandemic

I drove into the Giant grocery parking lot in Dundalk, Maryland and saw masked strangers standing in line, like refugees from a war or…

4 min readMay 25, 2020

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Living In a Pandemic

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Debra Smith

Debra Smith

Debra A. Smith is a writer and attorney, who resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and writes about popular culture, politics and social justice.

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