by Jack Moline | May 12, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The author Cormac McCarthy wrote a book called The Road. It is absolutely exquisite while, at the same time, absolutely brutal. Read it at your own peril. In the course of the story, which I will not recount here, a father realizes the price of remembering his life...
by Starlette Thomas | May 8, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Democracy for African Americans is under attack. This is according to a new report from the National Urban League. As history repeats itself, so does the call to let freedom ride. The question remains, “Which side are you on?” Are you going to save a seat for human...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 13, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Tennessee GOP lawmaker Paul Sherrell wants to reinstate hangings to execute death row inmates. This cruel and unusual punishment – a historic symbol of terror and vigilante justice for African Americans – is yet another reminder that we are never too far removed from...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The term “woke” has been championed by those seeking more knowledge about issues and decried by others for being an overzealous attempt to reinterpret reality. Some politicians have picked up the term, lashing out at “wokeness” as if it were an extension of extreme...
by Colin Harris | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
All U.S. states have legal requirements that children between ages 6 and 16 attend school — public, private or an approved process of home-schooling. Exceptions for special circumstances are there, as well as variations between states, but the general rule is that...
