Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash Published 09/21/2020 | Reading Time 4 min 36 sec Op-Ed By Mike Creef, contributing writer Living in the Bible Belt of the United States(the southern and […]
The Christian church’s role in race relations today.
The Black Church: a day late and a dollar short
Published 09/15/2020 | Reading Time 2 min 35 sec By Khalil Hakim, senior writer, community activist and author “People don’t leave Christianity because they stop believing in the teachings of Jesus. People leave […]
Confederate symbol on Mississippi flag sparks strong debate
The battle emblem — a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars — has been in the upper-left corner of the Mississippi flag since 1894. White supremacists in the Legislature put it there during backlash to the political power that African Americans gained after the Civil War.
“I witnessed a lynching today—it was unexpected, agonizing.”
“When I tried to breathe, I found chains holding my throat, preventing me from catching my breath. I felt the crushing weight of white supremacy, forcing itself on my body,” Gary Hardie from Citizen Ed says.
Why do White Conservatives Suddenly Care About Social Justice?
“In seeking to understand what was different, I tried thinking through a few possible reasons why this particular killing [of Ahmaud Arbery] caused so many people to speak up,” Saralyn Olson from Bixby, Oklahoma said.
The 77 Recommendations on Community Policing Revisited 3 years later
Nothing has actually changed in policing, TPD’s policies and Tulsa’s city government from 2017 — when I first began closely examining Tulsa’s community policing efforts — till now. All of the efforts that the public sees were planned behind the scenes by activists and citizens who would not and will not be silent because their community is over-policed, scrutinized, and portrayed as being a “high crime” area on television shows like Live PD.
Black inmate says he was attacked by White Supremacist from Aryan Brotherhood
A black West Virginia inmate says he was attacked by a member of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood while state prison guards either did nothing or helped facilitate the assault.
