Michigan has civil rights. Texas has affordable housing Beyond my parents, it’s not my blood relatives whom I would call first if I needed help, but my chosen family, my selected support system ...

There is a fascinating economic logic here: When you are not bound by family obligations ... interests and goals rather than blood ties. Going outside your family also requires ways to build ...

More often than not, Hip Hop mirrors family dynamics ... question after revealing he isn’t actually related to them by blood.