Kitchen Table Dog Whistles

Kitchen Table Dog Whistles

Few sources are more instructive about the modern Republican Party than the now-infamous interview Lee Atwater gave for Alexander Lamis’ 1988 book, The Two-Party South. Lamis didn’t name his source, but after Atwater died in 1991, The Nation magazine published the...
Changing My Mind and Asking Forgiveness

Changing My Mind and Asking Forgiveness

I’ve never been a “mind changer.” Rather, over the years of my education, ministry and counseling practices—both within the prison system and outside—and now in retirement, I continue to learn, study and reflect on what I’ve learned. I’m also long...
We Must Be Our Others’ Keepers

We Must Be Our Others’ Keepers

I am an “other.” When I was young, you wouldn’t have known it. I blended into what was considered acceptable and better – a white skin, obedient, Christian girl. But, around age seven, I began to grasp that the secret I was living with would eventually undo the...