by Starlette Thomas | Sep 2, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It took me a long time to find my voice after being “seen and not heard,” talked over, talked out of, talked about, mansplained and victim-blamed. It’s a wonder I have any part of my tongue left. To be clear, I didn’t feel compelled to hold my tongue or bite it....
by Craig Nash | Aug 15, 2024 | Feature, News
The Alliance of Baptists (the Alliance) is preparing for its second pilgrimage to the three sites of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama. The trip will take place from September 19 to 24 and will include visits to EJI’s Legacy Museum, the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
The concept of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is all over public discourse these days. This is largely a result of the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris, who supposedly was a vice president DEI hire. When President Biden decided on his VP pick, he...
by K. Mekhi Jackson | Jul 31, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
“In the “lynching era,” between 1880 and 1940, white Christians lynched nearly five thousand black men and women in a manner with obvious echoes of the Roman crucifixion of Jesus. Yet these “Christians” did not see the irony or contradiction in their actions,” James...
by Jarrod Hubbard | Jul 25, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles from Jarrod Hubbard on misogyny and anti-Blackness in America. The words of a well-known hymn conveys the message that simply calling on the name of Jesus, the African Jew and son of God, will have the “enemy”...
