by Wendell Griffen | Oct 5, 2022 | Feature, 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 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 Wendell Griffen | Jul 12, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
I’m saddened, but not surprised, to learn that, according to a Rolling Stone report, some of the justices have been involved with prayer meetings on the grounds of the Supreme Court with folks from Liberty Counsel. I consider that behavior inappropriate for a judge....
by Wendell Griffen | May 27, 2022 | Opinion
At the end of each message sent from my personal email account is a quote from South African liberation theologian Allan Boesak that I have appropriated for the title of this column. Boesak’s statement, “The Time for Pious Words is Over,” is part of the title of...
by Wendell Griffen | Mar 22, 2022 | Opinion
The formerly enslaved population of the U.S. was given no land, no property, no money. They received no restitution for deprivations they had been forced to endure under the “rule of law” – neither have their more than 30 million descendants. The nation that...
