by Wendell Griffen | Oct 6, 2022 | Opinion
The much boasted American “rule of law” is a sham. Notice how legislators across the nation, including Arkansas, rushed to pass laws to disenfranchise or undermine voting by Black people after Donald Trump was defeated in 2020. In Arkansas, white Republican...
by Wendell Griffen | Oct 5, 2022 | Opinion
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in the case of Moore v. Dempsey in 1923. By a 6–2 margin, the Court said that the trials of six of the Elaine 12 – Frank Moore, Frank and Ed Hicks, Joe Knox, Paul Hall and Ed Coleman – were dominated by mobs....
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 Wendell Griffen | Aug 5, 2022 | Opinion
One out of every three people killed by police in the United States since 2015 were fleeing. In case you missed it, The Guardian published an article on July 28 with that statistic that you should read, ponder and share widely. “In the past seven years, police in...
by Monty Self | Aug 2, 2022 | Opinion
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from unintended drug overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is a 15% increase over the 91,799 lives lost in 2020, which was a record increase of 30% over 2019. With...
