by Robert Guffey | Feb 18, 2022 | Opinion
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by William H. Lamar IV | Feb 17, 2022 | Opinion
Malcolm X once said, “Just because a cat has kittens in the oven, that doesn’t make them biscuits.” Brother Malcolm’s sentiments should apply to our thinking about democracy in the American Empire. We are told that we live in a democracy, but that does not make...
by Leslie Copeland-Tune | Feb 16, 2022 | Opinion
I will probably never forget the pain in my mother’s voice in 2013 after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Shelby County v. Holder case. Their ruling gutted two significant provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, legislation which she had fought hard for and...
by Jeffrey Haggray | Feb 15, 2022 | Opinion
A democracy without voting rights for all citizens is dead. The parallel between those words and the words of James 2:14-17 is intentional, “faith without works is dead.” Black Americans know full well the disfranchisement and injustice that attend the absence of...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 14, 2022 | Opinion
American democracy remains an American dream. Voting rights for African Americans continue to be a nightmare for sections of the country. Unless and until there is a binding and final agreement on their full participation in the democratic process, we need to talk...
