We need a massive national program to counter hate
The soul-searching taking place over the Aug. 3 El Paso mass shooting in which a 21-year-old white racist killed 22 people and wounded 24 others …
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On guns, where do we go from here?
By Nicole “Nikki” Fried Like you, I watched in shock as news unfolded of last weekend’s mass shooting in El Paso – the 250th so …
There is something uncivilized about living in America
In America in 2019, there is something fundamentally frightening about leaving your home, because you are not sure you will return. You can be on …
Hajj trip may help Christchurch mosque shooting victims heal
PHOTO COURTESY OF STUFF.CO.NZ CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) – The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left …
Toni Morrison had luggage
Once upon a time, there was a day when I carried Toni Morrison’s luggage! Beloved had just been published and she had been invited to …
Florida attorney general out of step with voters on gun safety
Mass shootings in America have become so commonplace that gun violence did not feature during the two recent Democratic presidential debates. But whenever such tragedies …
What is the secret to African Americans winning more elections?
In 2019, and 2020, African Americans have the capacity and ability to win more political offices, on the local, state, and federal level, than ever …
Democrats render ‘No one is above the law’ meaningless
As U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller bumbled, mumbled, and stumbled his way through the U.S. House Judiciary and Intelligence Committee hearings, Democrats sang a continual …
Smith Price cemetery bones return to Annapolis
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLIPBOARD.COM By SELENE SAN FELICE The Capital ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Janice HayesWilliams spoke sweetly to the bones as she wrapped them …
Democrats blind to illegal immigration, blacks, middle class
Listening to last week’s presidential debates, one would think that Democrats only care about protecting illegal immigrants; that is, giving them free health care and …