by William Brackney | Dec 9, 2021 | Opinion
Do human rights end at the grave? This might seem like a strange question, but it raises the issue of how extensive human declarations about the quality and dignity of human life are. Since the issuance in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),...
by William Brackney | Nov 4, 2020 | Opinion
Many of the women have been lost or simply forgotten. That’s the sad, but persistent, reality that I’ve uncovered over the last 30 years in piecing together my family’s history during the past four centuries. As chronicles have been kept, the record is more often than...
by William Brackney | Jul 27, 2020 | Opinion
The Black Lives Matter movement has reminded me of some ghosts in the Baptist history closet that need addressing. Our denominational tradition has some reckoning or at least revisionism to deal with as we come to terms with present realities. As I have written in the...
by William Brackney | Nov 12, 2019 | Opinion
Poverty and the poor are reminders for many middle-class North Americans of the unevenness of our economic systems. At the end of the family fiscal year, we distribute funds to certain agencies that help to alleviate poverty. And we receive a tax credit from our...
by William Brackney | Feb 22, 2019 | Opinion
Article 25 of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (1948) declared, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate to himself and his family, including food, clothing, medical care and necessary social services.” Decades later, the U.N. Convention on...