by Colin Harris | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion
Particular events are often expressions of undercurrents that have been around all along. Somehow, with the right provocation, they emerge on the surface of our personal or collective lives. Investigations of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have disclosed the...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 11, 2021 | Opinion
John Lewis, the late U.S. Representative from Georgia, once said, “The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy.” For most of his life, Lewis got into “good trouble,” advocating for the voting rights of...
by Jim Holladay | Oct 29, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
“Democracy dies in Darkness” proclaims The Washington Post on its masthead. “Democracy dies in silence” advocate those who believe truth alone to be insufficient without our willingness to engage one another in critical dialogue. To those slogans, I would add another:...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 14, 2012 | Opinion
The U.S. national anthem ends by questioning whether the “star spangled banner yet waves o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” In 2012, deliberate measures to suppress voting and voter registration of poor, non-white, elderly,...
