by Starlette Thomas | May 31, 2022 | Opinion
Where’s my mother supposed to go grocery shopping now? The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that took 10 souls and permanently injured three others continues to take away from this predominately African American community. Now, she must change her schedule, drive...
by Todd Heifner | May 26, 2022 | Opinion
Reading the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force report since its release this past Sunday afternoon has been an agonizing and sickening exercise. Engaging the report, and consuming raw details of how broken this institution is, has almost been more...
by Starlette Thomas | May 18, 2022 | Opinion
“Starlette! There’s been a shooting at TOPS and mama’s not answering her phone!” This is how I learned about the most recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. The youngest of three children, my sister was crying and concerned that our mother, who had left to go...
by Wendell Griffen | Feb 8, 2022 | Opinion
Bomb threats were made against at least eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the United States on Jan. 4, 2022. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas AM & N College) was one of the institutions targeted. On Feb....
by Mitch Randall | Jan 13, 2022 | Opinion
As the country quickly approaches the remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. next week, the U.S. Congress is considering voting rights legislation named after one of King’s proteges: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021. As the nation listens to the...