by Jack Moline | Sep 11, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
A long time ago, I had an argument with a friend who worked in the president’s administration. The federal government’s public assistance program was undergoing one of its cyclical reevaluations, and a proposal had gained some currency that required recipients without...
by Craig Nash | Mar 20, 2024 | Feature-, News
Waco, Texas – The Rev. Dr. William Barber II spoke to an audience at Baylor University on Tuesday, encouraging them to follow the lead of the poor and marginalized in the United States in creating a “Third Reconstruction.” He was invited to Baylor for the...
by Jason Coker | Feb 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
It may happen more often than I realize, but I cannot remember Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day landing on the same day—ever! Being a congregational minister and a husband for over 25 years, this is something I would have remembered. In fact, a quick search engine...
by Ben Brown | Feb 7, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I remember listening to it on the radio when I was a kid riding in my father’s Chevy Nova. Now it’s playing on the radio again with my kids in the backseat. The song is “Fast Car. Written and originally recorded by Tracy Chapman, country music star Luke Combs...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 12, 2023 | Feature-, News
High levels of acute food insecurity were experienced by 258 million people in 58 nations and territories in 2022, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2023 report published May 3 by the Food Security Information Network and the Global Network Against Food...
