Matter-of-fact accounting of the legal mechanism of slavery provides insight into American history and the country’s fraught present Adria R Walker In late December, a group of people recorded themselves breaking into Howard University’s Benjamin E Mays Hall, which holds some of the school’s archives. The video, posted on to TikTok, shows them rummaging through Read More…
Year: 2024
For Black ‘Nones’ Who Leave Religion, What’s Next?
By KATHRYN POST (RNS) — When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. Take Rogiérs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church. The head of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Black Secular Collective, Fibby also considers himself “culturally Christian.” “I know all the lingo, the Read More…
Southern Baptists oust one church for having woman pastor,
FILE – The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, to oust four congregations — one for having a woman as senior minister, two for what it said were failures related to the denomination’s sexual-abuse policy Read More…
DOJ Is Suing To Changing The Branding Of Sex Workers With HIV.
Prostitution is typically classified as a misdemeanor in Tennessee. But that’s not the case for sex workers living with HIV. By Lil Kalish The Justice Department sued the state of Tennessee on Thursday, alleging that the state imposes harsher criminal penalties on people who engage in sex work while living with HIV. The state has Read More…
More Kids Are Dying Of Drug Overdoses.
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair steps onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he’s weighed, he heads for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and cartoon characters. A nurse checks his blood pressure. A pediatrician asks about school, home life and his friendships. This story was Read More…
We Live in An Environment Of Complete And Utter Lawlessness.
We live in an environment of complete and utter lawlessness. When predators boldly roam the streets without fear but good people are literally afraid to leave their own homes, that is clearly a sign that our societal collapse has reached a very advanced stage. Even in the rare instances when they are actually caught and Read More…
Lawmakers Give DeSantis $10 million More To Move Migrants
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Fewer than five months after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration flew about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. – a move that cost the state around $1.5 million and is the subject of legal challenges – the Republican supermajority in the legislature has granted the administration another $10 million to Read More…
Florida’s Process To Award A Marijuana License To A Black Farmer
Home/Racial equity/A Jonesville man’s story challenges the logic of Florida’s process to award a marijuana license to a Black farmer A Jonesville man’s story challenges the logic of Florida’s process to award a marijuana license to a Black farmer By Katie HysonNovember 4, 2022 Racial equity, Report for America When medical marijuana was legalized in Florida five years Read More…