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31 Dec 2020 Marc T. Little, a pastor and executive director of the CURE America Action Inc., a 501 (c) (4), penned a commentary in the Washington Times on Wednesday encouraging Christian voters in the Senate runoff election on January 5 in Georgia to cast their ballot according to their faith and not based on the false idea of black victimhood.  Little wrote that Christians believe God will “spare our nation and our republic from ruin” and that “Christ is front and center in the battleg...

Christ must prevail over color in Georgia Dr. Kings dream is on life support, while unborn babies remain in peril Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: Those who love Jesus Christ are on their knees in a unique way during this pandemic with a renewed quest for His mercy — that He would spare our nation and our republic from ruin. Christ is front and center in the battleground state of Georgia.  The birth of Christ is the ultimate symbol that represents God�...

Fugitive Slaves, Virginia, 1862/Library of Congress This article won Honorable Mention in the Best Analysis category at the 2020 Labor Media Awards, presented by the International Labor Communications Association. “Enslavement was about the devil’s work of predatory capitalism.” — economist Julianne Malveaux For the first time in over a decade, on June 19, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held its first congressional hearing on repa...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Excluded: Gender and Jim Crow in the U.S. Criminal Justice System Tracing the historical contributions made by Black, Indigenous, Women of Color inside the prison-industrial complex. Onthe eve of the 2020 US presidential election I find myself talking to Kelsey, a young woman from rural W...

SALT LAKE CITY — "Mom, can you help me with my U.S. history homework?" my high school-aged daughter asked in a demanding tone. While I understood her need for assistance (seeing as her high school had just entered its second stint in schoolwide, last-minute shift to distance learning), I was less than enthused to be "helping" her with her school work. I say this because helping with high school-level work requires that I relearn what I already learned over 20 years ago; one does not simply re...

O N APRIL 13TH 1873 a group of armed white men rode into Colfax, Louisiana, a town around 200 miles north-west of New Orleans. Included in their number were members of the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the White Camelia, both terrorist groups devoted to maintaining white rule across the American South. They were coming to seize the courthouse, then occupied by black and white Republicans who claimed victory in a disputed election the year before (Republicans were the party of Abraham Lincoln and ...

Presidential Transitions and the Vagaries of America’s History Transfers of power, a hallmark of our constitutional system, often come with shocks to the system. Trump’s refusal to concede may seem unprecedented, but it’s not the first time this has happened. Clay S. Jenkinson, Editor-at-Large   |   December 21, 2020 The Nov. 3, 2020, election is seven weeks behind us. After more than 50 legal challenges to the fairness and legality of the election ...

The framers of the 13th Amendment did not intend to establish an empire of prison labor. By Eric Foner Mr. Foner is the author of “The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.” Dec. 15, 2020 Convicts working on a prison farm in 1934.Credit...Lomax Collection, via Library of Congress Early this month, a group of Democratic members of Congress introduced an Abolition Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Why, in the year 2020, does the Constitution need an ...

Black-owned businesses stabilize neighborhoods, but their proprietors endure relentless racist roadblocks.

Grandmother. well get him to talk about that. cornell brooks is the former president and ceo of the naacp. cornell, a pleasure, sir, of course to have you back on. before we get into the quilt, i have to get your reaction to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and his comments. >> his comments really reflect a kind of ignorance and arrogance. to simply say we cant have a discussion about reparations for slavery because slavery occurred so long ago ignores the fact that slavery lasted for ...