'Ebony's POWER 100 list highlights African-Americans who exemplify brilliance in the FIELDS of entertainment, ARTS, BUSINESS and OTHERS.

As a person of color, as a woman, as a body moving through this particular space in time, I realize the STREETS of NEW YORK tell the story of resistance, an African-American HISTORY of brilliance and beauty that, even in its most BRUTAL moments, did not - could not - kill our resilient and powerful spirit.

If someone has SOMETHING they're really PASSIONATE about, that's their brilliance, and my big QUESTION is how do we grow that passion/brilliance and/or help them grow.

In AMERICA, we have a two-party system, and the American Constitution is a piece of brilliance, but they did not know when they SET it up we WOULD just have a two-party system. It just so happens that our electorate pushed TOWARDS the two-party system because it's a very good way to govern.

There are moments from childhood that ATTRACT heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was TREATED differently because of my race is one such MEMORY.

The great thing about T20 is that it only TAKES one performance. One piece of INDIVIDUAL brilliance can win a game and that can CHANGE the whole way you APPROACH a TOURNAMENT.

Every time a confident, successful woman like Marissa Meyer distances herself from feminism, I think of Athena. Athena women, with all their brilliance and STRATEGY, are the ones smashing up through LAYERS of glass. They TEND to identify with MEN, keeping femininity at a distance.

A collection is, by my LIGHTS, a chance to build a universe, an overarching ecosystem. But it's common ENOUGH to encounter a hodgepodge INSTEAD, where flashes of brilliance are undercut by clunkers.

The Second Amendment reflects the brilliance of our founders, who knew that no right is guaranteed unless we are WILLING to fight for it, and I remain COMMITTED to fighting for the RIGHTS of lawful gun owners as the senator for ALABAMA.

My BROKEN brilliance will SHINE a LIGHT in the DARKNESS.