by Jarrod Hubbard | Mar 22, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar like the curtains of Solomon” (Songs of Solomon 1:5). Those words are in your Bible. I didn’t make them up. When was the last time you heard a sermon on this verse from Song of Solomon? (Or...
by Starlette Thomas | Nov 27, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
No bars, no numbers and no orange jumpsuits, still the world is full of captives. People confined to points of view and poor interpretations of identity, membership and belonging. We are either in or out. In a hyper-politicized America, there are only Democrats,...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 21, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Black August celebrates the history of African American resistance and the legacy of freedom fighters. The month-long observance honors the lives of those who have struggled for African American liberation and brings attention to the deaths of political prisoners and...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 22, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Baptism offers a radical theology of liberation. A reenactment of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, it is an entry point into Christian faith and an exit strategy from the hierarchical and power-driven identities of race, class and gender. Baptism is a process of...
by Emelda De Coteau | Aug 1, 2022 | Opinion
Black August is an annual observation that honors the lives of incarcerated Black liberation leaders. Leaders of this movement include George Jackson, a prominent writer and intellectual, alongside his brother Jonathan P. Jackson and others who rebelled against the...