by Cory Jones | Jan 7, 2021 | Opinion
Trump supporters invaded the United States Capitol building. Let that sink in. A mass of people interrupted a constitutional joint session of Congress to certify Joseph Biden as the next President of the United States of America. One person has been shot dead,...
by Cory Jones | Dec 15, 2020 | Opinion
This has been a tumultuous year. From COVID-19, to the George Floyd and Brianna Taylor murders, to the most insane election season in American political history, to the normal challenges associated with life, 2020 has been unlike any other. Yet, we still find...
by Cory Jones | May 8, 2020 | Opinion
“A Time to Kill” was released in 1996. The movie depicts a black man, Carl Lee Hailey, who struggles with the horrific rape of his 10-year-old daughter Tonya by two white men in Mississippi. In response, he kills the white men for their crimes to ensure they would not...
by Cory Jones | Feb 24, 2020 | Opinion
I’m from Los Angeles and have been a Lakers fan for as long as I can remember. The Great Western Forum was 15 minutes from my house in Inglewood, California. This is the arena where the Lakers won five championships in the 1980s. It was Showtime. Magic, Kareem,...
by Cory Jones | Jan 15, 2020 | Opinion
It’s July 2016. Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have just been killed in police-involved shootings. I’m in Atlanta with my church where people are outraged. Like cities across the country, protests and marches are planned. While eating dinner outside at a...