A February 28 rally held on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States is believed to be the largest-ever event supporting student loan cancellation. The four-hour event featured more than 30 speakers as diverse as they were dedicated. It coincided with the court’s scheduled oral arguments in a case brought by eight […]
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It’s March 2023, and there is very little conversation about formalizing strategies and plans to combat the fact that Republican-led state administrations throughout the nation have waged a full scale assault on voter rights. We allow narrow-minded news coverage to be dominated by the war in Ukraine, our feckless Congress, the troubling economy and incessant
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Photo caption: Smoke from Palestine, Ohio train explosion The recent disgraceful derailment of the Norfolk Southern train in Palestine, Ohio, resulted from predatory capitalism on steroids. Railroads, given free land, have exploited the communities that journalist Robert Hennelly describes as “corridor communities” and endangered them with their unsafe practices. In the case of Palestine, while
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In the United States, the month of March has been set aside to honor the contributions women have made to the country and to the world. It has been designated as Women’s History Month. This became necessary because a history of toxic patriarchy had resulted in the perception that women have not contributed anything of
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America has a schizophrenic relationship with women. In an effort to be politically correct, you can always be assured of the right things being said in terms of commitment to eliminate gender bias, and view every citizen for their individual worth with a sense of fairness and equity. It always sounds good. It just doesn’t
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Across the country urban politicians are faced with eliminating or reducing crime. Mayors in particular are judged on how well they impact crime. New politicians are always promising they will reduce crime, often touting the employment of more policemen to help in this regard. But this approach seldom works for a number of reasons. This
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By Rev. John Jackson Last week in Atlanta, Georgia, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc., celebrated 20 years of operating as a justice focused conference of clergy and lay persons. The Proctor Conference, incorporated on September 17, 2003, was envisioned by three founders, themselves giants of the social justice gospel in this nation, Dr. Iva
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Photo caption: A fisherman pulls a rope tied to a fishing canoe as dozens of other local fishermen in the Lake Volta region of Ghana hoist the boat ashore. I love Ghana and Ghana almost loved me. But I love America and America hates me. This is the great conundrum as my spirit angels beckon me
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Two things happened last week one public, the other personal that made me reflect on how far we’ve come as a nation, how we got here, and what it will take to keep that journey moving forward. Maryland, my home state, inaugurated its first black governor, Wes Moore. It’s a description I thought might go
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Photo caption: THE ARENA NAMED after the city’s mayor of two decades left in shambles. Discovering the abysmal condition of the Gary Genesis Convention and Exhibition Center was like finding out an old friend or distant relative was struggling in the ICU, suffering some debilitating condition, breathing only with the aid of a respirator and dangling
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