America Is a Story, the Home of the Brave

It’s more of a myth than it is a country.

Michael B. Wharton

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An American wearing a spacesuit floats in the void above Earth.
NASA

America is a tale we tell ourselves each day. It’s a story of possibility.

My family came here during the bad times because that myth moves us.

They came here to go to Howard University.

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Michael B. Wharton

Editor of Bold, Abundance and Stealing Fire. Has written for xlr8r and Role Reboot. Formerly NIH, Aol and Revolution Health. michael.wharton.writer@gmail.com