When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the playing of the national anthem to bring awareness to social and other injustices faced regularly by Black and Brown individuals in America, the National Football League, President Donald Trump and others wrongly…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” — Martin Luther King Jr. The citizens of this country are in the…
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,” Romans 12:2. Transformation is something Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in pursuit of. He was seeking to fulfill his God…
The symbiotic nature of debates and public opinion polls was on full display this week in Ohio, stated Krista Jenkins, a political science professor at Farleigh Dickinson University and the school’s poll director. “[Former Vice President Joe] Biden stood for…
‘Empowered women, empower women,’ the theme of this year’s annual Tribute Luncheon hosted by the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, is also one of the mottos of the luncheon’s keynote speaker, Terri Carmichael Jackson, the executive director of the…
For decades, we have witnessed injustice on a large scale. But it is where we witness it that makes the difference. Social media outlets have become a safety window for those who oppose the change being made to counter this…
