by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 2, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
There have been seventy-seven mass shootings in the U.S. in the first 45 days of 2023. Collectively, 109 were killed and 273 were wounded while sitting in a university classroom, going to high school, eating at fast-food restaurants, attending a concert, dancing at a...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 13, 2022 | Opinion
The American Civil War seemed further away timewise than it was when I was growing up. But the physical proximity was vividly close. My entrance into the world occurred on the northern edge of the Chickamauga Battlefield. Its once bloody soil had turned to green...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 3, 2022 | News
The legacy of the Confederacy, as well as commemorations in public spaces to its leaders, continues to divide the U.S. – primarily along racial, political and religious lines, according to a report published Sept. 28 by Public Religion Research Institute. “Race,...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 8, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It’s someone’s 200th birthday! But how do you celebrate an icon, an embodiment of freedom? The answer is, “All year long.” A nine-foot statue of the trailblazer was unveiled at the start of the year. Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom sculpture by Wesley Wofford...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 20, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
America is celebrating Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the second year. Celebrated on June 19 each year by African Americans and considered the community’s Independence Day, the day is set aside to celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S. The oldest known...