“Liberated By Grace”: No Shootings, No Bombings, No Fires Can Destroy This Faith
For those who see religion as primarily an opiate, African American Christianity offers a riposte. For those who see Christianity itself as a faith that encourages quiescence and conservatism, the...
View Article“The Ferguson Report Offers A Damning Indictment”: In Clear, Concise Language...
The timing couldn’t be more appropriate: Last week, barely five days after Dylann Storm Roof allegedly killed nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Justice...
View Article“The Inevitable Unhinged Danger And Terror”: Coming Next To The South...
On July 18, the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan—“The Largest Klan in America!” according to the group’s website—are holding a rally on the South Carolina statehouse grounds to protest the...
View Article“Let’s Make The Confederate Flag A Hate Crime”: It Is The American Swastika...
Early Thursday morning, the State House of South Carolina voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State Capitol. Gov. Nikki Haley has pledged to sign the bill immediately, and the...
View Article“It’s Time To Hit Reset”: Black People Should Stop Expecting White America To...
After the race-related events of the past few weeks and months, it’s clear that the people who speak for black America Have a Dream, in the wake of the one Dr. King so resonantly expressed. The idea is...
View Article“The Same Sick Story Over And Over”: We Simply Sit And Wait For The Next...
Such troubled young men. This is what we call them instead of nuts with guns, and they are a dreaded modern American cliché. Every time there’s a newsflash about another mass shooting, we now expect...
View Article“The Tragic History Of Race Wars”: 70 Years After A Flash Of Soundless Light...
He wanted to start a race war. That, you will recall, was what authorities say white supremacist Dylann Roof had in mind when he shot up a storied African-American church in June. It might have...
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