by Starlette Thomas | Feb 13, 2023 | Opinion
Amber Carr died of congestive heart failure at 33 years old on January 30. It’s the fourth death in this family, proof that police brutality leaves a trail of victims. We leave justice up to the court system, but the unimaginable pain of losing their loved one never...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 10, 2023 | News
The criminal justice system in the U.S. isn’t broken; it’s functioning as intended. That was a key assertion during a February 9 webinar hosted by the Equal Justice USA Evangelical Network as part of the Christian Community Development Association’s “Locked in...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 8, 2023 | News
Participants gathered over two days at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Confronting Whiteness conference. The gathering featured Angela Parker, Ijeoma Ononuju and keynote speaker Danté Stewart. Participants listened to African American...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 6, 2023 | Opinion
Just in time for African American History Month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned the Advanced Placement African American history course for high school students, which was nearly a decade in the making. It is yet another example of historical iconoclasm in the...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 31, 2023 | Opinion
Don’t resist the truth. Police brutality in America is a real problem. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old African American man, didn’t resist arrest. Still, he died three days after a traffic stop involving Memphis police officers. He was calm and did as the officers...
