by Starlette Thomas | Jul 10, 2023 | Feature|News
The Baptist World Alliance launched the Global Baptist Mission Network during its annual meeting in Stavanger, Norway, on July 2-5. This year’s theme was “A Global Family on Mission,” and more than 500 Baptists from 82 countries met for worship and to discuss their...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
A preposition can make all the difference. While performing the Canadian national anthem at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City, Utah, in February, Jully Black changed one word — “our home and native land” to “our home on native land.” “I didn’t realize that my...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 29, 2023 | Feature|News
There is a consensus on racial equality as a basic ethic. Yet, Americans still differ based on their political affiliation, race and ethnicity regarding their views on racism, its affects and how to address it, according to a Public Agenda/USA TODAY Hidden Common...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 26, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
While Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of African Americans from chattel slavery in the U.S., slavery was never fully abolished. According to the 13th amendment, slavery can still be used as punishment: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Juneteenth, also known as “Jubilee Day,” celebrates the arrival of Union troops to Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, with news that more than a quarter million African Americans were free by executive decree. It was two years late, as the Emancipation...
